''Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (Swedish: ''Goda vänner och trogna grannar'') is a 1938 Swedish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Weyler Hildebrand Weyler Hildebrand (4 January 1890 – 17 November 1944) was a Swedish actor, film director and writer. He appeared in over 35 films between 1924 and 1944. He also directed over 20 films between 1932 and 1944 and wrote scripts to 30 films between ...

and starring Ludde Gentzel,

Greta Almroth Greta Almroth (15 April 1888 – 24 July 1981) was a Swedish silent film actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1912 and 1940. Almroth studied at theatre school and made her stage debut in 1908. She was one of the first major stars of S ...

and

Eric Abrahamsson Eric Abrahamsson (13 April 1890 – 3 November 1942) was a Swedish actor and comedian. He appeared in over fifty films between 1917 and 1942. He often worked with fellow comedian Ludde Gentzel. Selected filmography * '' A Man There Was'' (19 ...

.Wallengren p.77 It was shot at the

Råsunda Studios Filmstaden was a film studio situated in Råsunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. History Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 on the basis of designs by Swedish architec ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Arne Åkermark Arne Åkermark (1902–1962) was a Swedish art director who worked on around a hundred and eighty films during a thirty-year career. In 1948 Åkermark was employed in Britain for Ealing Studios epic '' Scott of the Antarctic''.Barr p.199 Selec ...

Cast

* Ludde Gentzel as Ludvig Ask *

as Laura Ask *

as Erik Jerker Karlsson *

Ruth Weijden Ruth Weijden (born Ruth Augusta Gustafsson; 20 July 1889 – 27 June 1956) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Kwiatkowski p.45 Selected filmography * '' The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924) * ''Sin'' (1928) * ''Artificial Svensson'' (1929) * '' ...

as Kristina Karlsson *

Marianne Aminoff Marianne Aminoff (21 September 1916 – 14 April 1984) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Uddevalla, Sweden and died in Stockholm. Partial filmography * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Mary * '' Thunder and Li ...

as Greta Ask *

Kotti Chave Kotti Chave (born Björn Julius Haraldsson Chave; 18 September 1911 – 4 May 1986) was a Finnish-born Swedish film actor.Quirk p.56 He was the son of the theatre actor Harald Sandberg. Selected filmography * ''In the Hour of Trial'' (1915) * ''T ...

as Arne Karlsson *

Bror Bügler Bror Bügler (11 December 1908 – 3 October 1975) was a Swedish film actor.Chandler p.309 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * ''Art for Art's Sake'' (1938) * ''A Woman's Face'' (1938) * ''Just a B ...

as Henrik Norling *

Olle Hilding Olle Hilding (born Hilding Olof Johansson; 19 July 1898 – 9 November 1983) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He appeared in motion pictures between 1923-1982. Biography Hilding Olof Johansson was born and died in the Katarina Parish of ...

as Emil Norling *

Olav Riégo Olav Riégo (21 April 1891 – 25 December 1956) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1956. He starred in the film ''Leva på 'Hoppet, which won the Silver Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin I ...

as Mr. Morton * Hilda Castegren as Rosa *

Richard Lund Richard Lund (9 July 1885 – 27 September 1960) was a Swedish film and theatre actor. He made his stage debut at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg in 1904 and later appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1952, making his most important ...

as Gebel *

Magnus Kesster Magnus Kesster (29 July 1901 – 15 April 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1937 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''The Pale Count'' (1937) * ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * ''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938 ...

as John *

Wiktor Andersson Wiktor Herman "Kulörten" Andersson (19 June 1887 – 13 September 1966) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1923 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923) * ''A Stolen Waltz'' (1 ...

as Nisse Klöver *

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as Pelle *

Nils Jacobsson Nils Jacobsson (10 February 1929 – 18 July 1982) was a Swedish weightlifter. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1 ...

as Fast *

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as Mrs. Mallander * Vera Lindby as Viola, Greta's friend *

Gunnar Höglund Gunnar Höglund (18 February 1923 – 16 June 1984) was a Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter. His 1964 film '' My Love and I'' was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Good Friends ...

as Kalle, Greta's brother *

Helga Brofeldt Helga Brofeldt (1881–1968) was a Swedish film actress.Wright p.21 She appeared alongside John Elfström as his wife in several of the Åsa-Nisse series of comedy films. Selected filmography * '' A Perfect Gentleman'' (1927) * '' The Realm of th ...

as Mrs. Johansson, woman at the sale *

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as Girl *

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as Shop clerk * Anna-Stina Wåglund as Shop clerk

References

Bibliography

* Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. '' Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film''. Nordic Academic Press, 2014.

External links

* 1938 films Swedish comedy films 1938 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Weyler Hildebrand Films set in Stockholm 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub