''House Slaves'' (Swedish: ''Hemslavinnor'') is a 1923 Swedish silent

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directed by

Ragnar Widestedt Ragnar Widestedt (3 May 1887 – 4 February 1954) was a Swedish stage and film actor, singer, composer and occasional film director. Freiburg p.106 Selected filmography * ''House Slaves'' (1923) * ''Skipper's Love'' (1931) * '' A Night of Love ...

and starring

Dagmar Ebbesen Dagmar Ebbesen (1 October 1891 – 6 November 1954) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1954. She was closely associated with the role of Kristina the maid which she played on stage and in three films begin ...

Agda Helin Agda Helin (27 October 1894 – 10 February 1984) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1968. Selected filmography * ''House Slaves'' (1923) * ''South of the Highway'' (1936) * '' The Three of Us'' (194 ...

and

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. It was based on a 1920 Danish play which first appeared in Sweden in 1921. It was shot at studios in

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with

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at Ränneslätt. The plot revolves around Grethe young woman who heads to Stockholm to find work as a

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. Ebbesen reprised the role of Kristina in the 1933 remake ''

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'' as well as the 1942 film ''

We House Slaves ''We House Slaves'' (Swedish: ''Vi hemslavinnor'') is a 1942 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Dagmar Ebbesen, John Botvid and Ernst Eklund.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm ...

'' as well as over five hundred times on stage.Freiburg p.106

Cast

as Kristina Mikkelsen *

as Grethe * Elvin Ottoson as Palle Rasmussen *

as Mathilde Rasmussen *

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as Josef *

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as Sophus Sörensen * Lia Norée as Anna Sörensen * Fritz Strandberg as Tobias Klementsen *

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as Carpenter *

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as Carpenter's Wife *

Elsa Ebbesen Elsa Ebbesen (7 July 1890 – 21 December 1977) was a Swedish stage actress, stage and film actress.Paietta p.139 A character actress she appeared in Swedish films and later television programmes over the course of several decades. Selected filmo ...

as Job seeking girl *

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as Vacuum cleaner salesman * Karl Hellgren as Einar - Grethe's fiancé * Torsten Lennartsson as Customer at employment office *

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as Fru Stjernholm * August Tollquist as Anselm - Kristiana's brother

References

Bibliography

* Freiburg, Jeanne Ellen. ''Regulatory Bodies: Gendered Visions of the State in German and Swedish Cinema''. University of Minnesota, 1994. * Qvist, Per Olov & Von Bagh, Peter . ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1923 films 1923 comedy films Swedish comedy films Swedish silent feature films Films directed by Ragnar Widestedt Swedish black-and-white films Films set in Stockholm Films shot in Stockholm Swedish films based on plays Silent comedy films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub