''In Paradise'' (Swedish: ''I paradis...'') is a 1941 Swedish

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directed by

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and starring Margit Manstad,

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and

Georg Rydeberg Olof Georg Rydeberg (21 July 1907 – 22 February 1983) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1981. He was married to the Finnish actress Birgit Sergelius. Partial filmography * '' International Mat ...

.Qvist & Von Bagh p.105 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Synopsis

A handsome

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has developed a reputation as a

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and he is hounded by women under this misapprehension. To escape from them he travels out to an isolated island.

Cast

* Einar Beyron as Adam Tomson * Margit Manstad as Birgitta Vendel *

as Angelica Jansson *

Birgitta Valberg Birgitta Valberg (16 December 1916 – 29 March 2014) was a Swedish actress. She was best known for her work in several Ingmar Bergman films made over a 30-year period, including the Bergman produced ''Paradise Place'' (1977). For her role in ...

as Marianne *

as Leo Flykt * Anna-Lisa Baude as Aunt Augusta *

Fritiof Billquist Erik Fritiof Billquist (5 May 1901 – 21 April 1972) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1969. Selected filmography * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * '' International Match'' (1932) * '' South of the H ...

as Oscar *

Gudrun Brost Gudrun Lisa Johanna Brost (6 April 1910 – 28 June 1993) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1936 and 1986. Partial filmography * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) - Woman at party (uncredited) * ''Jans ...

as Klara * Hilding Gavle as 'Blixten' *

Nils Lundell Nils Lundell (23 December 1889 – 11 July 1943) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1917 and 1943. Selected filmography * ''Karin Daughter of Ingmar'' (1920) * '' The Mill'' (1921) * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * ''A ...

as Lasse *

Nils Ohlin Nils Ohlin (1895–1958) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.113 Primarily acting in the theatre, he also appeared in a variety of films from the silent era to the 1950s as a character actor. Selected filmography * '' De landsflyktige ...

as Bernhard *

Harry Roeck Hansen Harry Roeck-Hansen (né Hansen; 1891–1959) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He was married to the actresses Ester Roeck-Hansen and Ruth Stevens. Selected filmography * '' Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922) * '' The Counts at Svansta'' (1924) * ' ...

as Jansson

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1941 films Swedish comedy films 1941 comedy films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Per Lindberg Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub