''Love and the Home Guard'' (Swedish: ''Kärlek och landstorm'') is a 1931 Swedish

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directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring

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, Gösta Gustafson and Ernst Brunman.Larsson & Marklund p.122 The film's sets were designed by the

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Bertil Duroj. It was based on a play of the same title.

Synopsis

When the

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breaks out in Europe in 1914, Sweden mobilises its

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to protect the country's neutrality.

Cast

as Filip Andersson * Gösta Gustafson as Jacob Söderberg * Ernst Brunman as Josua Söderberg *

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as Frida Söderberg *

Thor Christiernsson Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and f ...

as Flink * Carl-Gunnar Wingård as Salven *

Ola Isene Ola Isene (2 June 1898 – 6 May 1973) was a Norwegian opera singer (baritone) and actor. Isene was born in Rødenes and studied at the Musikkonservatoriet in Oslo, Kristiania. He made his professional debut at the Mayol-teatret in 1923. His ope ...

as Brandt *

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as Dalenius *

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as Mia

References

Bibliography

* Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. ''Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader''. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.

External links

* 1931 films Swedish comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Schamyl Bauman 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub