''Life and Death'' (Swedish: ''På liv och död'') is a 1943 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Rolf Husberg and starring

Nils Kihlberg Nils Kihlberg (4 June 1915 – 2 April 1965) was a Swedish actor, singer and director known for En trallande jänta (1942), Bröderna Östermans huskors (1945) and Det är min musik (1942). He died on April 2, 1965, in Stockholm. Nils appeared ...

Birgit Tengroth Birgit Tengroth (13 July 1915 – 21 September 1983) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1926 and 1950. Biography Tengroth debuted in Sven Jerring's radio show 'Barnens Brevlåda' together with her friend ...

and

Hasse Ekman Hasse Ekman (born Hans Gösta Ekman; 10September 191515February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and Film producer, producer for film director, film, Theatre director, stage and television director, television. Biography Hasse Ekman ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Bibi Lindström Bibi Lindström (1904–1984) was a Swedish art director.Vermilye p.122 She designed the sets for more than a hundred film productions. Selected filmography * ''Jolly Musicians'' (1932) * '' The Dangerous Game'' (1933) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1 ...

Plot summary

During

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, a train accident in the northern part of Sweden is suspected to be a sabotage. Some soldiers and guests at a ski hotel try to investigate what happened and determine who is responsible.

Cast

as Karin Sjövall *

Fänrik ''Fänrik'' () ( en, second lieutenant in the Swedish Army/Air Force, Acting sub-lieutenant in the Navy) is a company grade officer rank. In the army/airforce, it ranks above sergeant and below lieutenant. In the navy, it ranks above sergeant and ...

Sture Holm *

as Kirre Granlund *

Lillebil Kjellén Britta Lillebil Sofia Kjellén, a.k.a. Lillebil Nordrum (December 3, 1921 – March 7, 1994) was a Swedish actress born Drammen, Norway to Swedish parents. She grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, where she attended the Royal Dramatic Training Academy ...

as Gittan *

Gull Natorp Gull Natorp (10 January 1880 – 30 April 1962) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''Skottet'' (1914) - Maid * ''Hans hustrus förflutna'' (1915) - Countess Flemming ...

as Mrs. Lewen *

Björn Berglund Björn Berglund (16 October 1904 – 3 August 1968) was a Swedish stage and film and television actor. Biography Björn Nils Johan Gustaf Berglund was born in Jörn, Västerbotten County. He began his career in cinema in the 1939 Edvin Adolphson- ...

as Petter Pettersson, soldier *

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 Jöns Jönsson *

Gunnar Sjöberg Gunnar Sjöberg (25 March 1909 – 8 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Delegat från Sundsvall (uncredited) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Seaman * '' Styrman Karls ...

as Sergeant Lundblad *

Rune Halvarsson ''Rune'' Enok Halvarsson (30 July 1911 – 3 August 1969) was a Swedish actor. Halvarsson appeared in over 30 films between 1939 and 1965. When Walt Disney's ''Fun and Fancy Free'' (1947) was dubbed into Swedish Halvarsson gave his voice t ...

as Berra Sandström, soldier *

Karl-Arne Holmsten Karl-Arne Holmsten (14 August 1911 – 22 February 1995) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1968. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden and died in Lidingö, Sweden. Selected filmography * ''Emilie Högqu ...

as Lieutenant Lönnbäck *

Olof Widgren Johan Olof Widgren, né ''Pettersson'' (9 June 1907 – 6 March 1999) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1967. He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1989. His granddaughter is actress ...

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C. Åström * Anna-Stina Wåglund as Mrs. Jönsson *

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 Lasse Persson, ski instructor *

Birger Malmsten Birger Malmsten (23 December 1920 – 15 February 1991) was a Swedish actor. He had many roles in Ingmar Bergman's films. Selected filmography * ''South of the Highway'' (1936) – Student (uncredited) * ' (1940) – Staff Member (uncredited) ...

as Telephone Operator *

Mimi Nelson Mimi Nelson (25 October 1922 – 3 July 1999) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in Ingmar Bergman's films '' Port of Call'' (1948) and ''Thirst'' (1949). Selected filmography * '' Life and Death'' (1943) * '' The Sixth Shot'' (1943) ...

as Dancing Woman

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Fredrik. ''The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman''. Berghahn Books, 2016.

External links

* 1943 films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Rolf Husberg Swedish drama films Swedish black-and-white films 1943 drama films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub