''Love Wins Out'' (Swedish: ''Kärleken segrar'') is a 1949 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

Gustaf Molander Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, ''née'' Wessler, and his brother ...

and starring Karl-Arne Holmsten,

Ingrid Thulin Ingrid Lilian Thulin (; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress and director who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish a ...

and Ilselil Larsen.Qvist & Von Bagh p.146 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 ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

with

location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for exam ...

taking place around the city at

Djursholm Djursholm () is one of four suburban districts in, and the seat of Danderyd Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Djursholm is included in the multi-municipal Stockholm urban area. Djursholm is divided into a number of different areas: Djursh ...

and

Bromma Airport Bromma Stockholm Airport (formerly Stockholm-Bromma Flygplats) is a Swedish domestic and minor international airport in Stockholm. It is located west-northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city compared to the other commerci ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Nils Svenwall Nils Svenwall (1918–2005) was a Swedish art director.Cowie p.199 Selected filmography * ''Ride Tonight!'' (1942) * ''Night in Port'' (1943) * '' Little Napoleon'' (1943) * ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) * ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' ...

Cast

* Karl-Arne Holmsten as Bertil Burman *

as Margit Dahlman * Ilselil Larsen as Leni Rosner *

Olof Winnerstrand Carl Olof Magnus Winnerstrand (26 August 1875 – 16 July 1956) was a Swedish actor. Biography Born in a bourgeois home in Stockholm, Winnerstrand was a son of the well-known Stockholm goldsmith and jeweller C.A. Winnerstrand, and started ...

as Albin Dahlman *

Ester Roeck Hansen Ester Roeck-Hansen (born Ester Linnéa Andersson; 1897–1987) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Grandien p.81 She was married to the actor Harry Roeck-Hansen. Selected filmography * ''The Million Dollars'' (1926) * ''Hotel Paradis'' (1931) ...

as Mrs. Dahlman *

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as Åke Dahlman *

Sigge Fürst Karl Sigurd Tore "Sigge" Fürst (3 November 1905 – 11 June 1984) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 130 films. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died there of lung cancer in 1984. As well as appearing in films, Fürst ma ...

as Erik Berg *

Claus Wiese Claus Wiese (March 1, 1924 – September 7, 1987) was a Norwegian actor and American-based radio broadcaster. Wiese was born in Lillestrøm. He graduated from the Oslo Cathedral School in 1944 and worked as an actor with the Oslo New Theater fr ...

as Jörgen Solstad * Anna-Lisa Baude as Greta *

Kolbjörn Knudsen Kolbjörn Knudsen (13 October 1897 – 8 January 1967) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1928 and 1967. Selected filmography * '' Sin'' (1928) * ''Charlotte Löwensköld'' (1930) * '' Conflict'' (1937) * ''Gene ...

as Hartman *

Sif Ruud Sif Einarsdotter Ruud Fallde born Sif Einarsdotter Ruud (6 May 1916 – 15 August 2011), best known as Sif Ruud, was a Swedish film actress. Born in Stockholm to Einar Ruud and Inez Engström, she began her career in 1938, and appeared in 14 ...

as Mrs. Holm *

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 Schwester Erika * Else-Merete Heiberg as Karen Berg *

Solveig Hedengran Solveig Hedengran (26 April 1910 – 29 April 1956) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She appeared in about 30 films between 1919 and 1956. Selected filmography * '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''German Women - German Faithfulness'' (1 ...

as Barbro's mother *

Mona Malm Mona Kristina Wahlman (24 January 1935 – 12 January 2021), better known by her stage name Mona Malm, was a Swedish film, stage, and television actress. Born in 1935 to Harald Ericsson and Inez Malmberg, she began her career with the Swedish R ...

as Barbro, girl next door *

John Ekman John Ekman (15 November 1880 – 22 November 1949) was a Swedish film actor. Biography He first trained as an artist under Richard Bergh (1858-1919). He was employed by various theater companies; Swedish Biograft Theater in Kristianstad (19 ...

as Guest at the party *

Sven Holmberg Sven Holmberg (9 February 1918 – 1 April 2003) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1949 and 1988. Selected filmography * ''Love Wins Out'' (1949) * ''Knockout at the Breakfast Club'' (1950) ...

as Guest at the party *

Åke Engfeldt Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian ...

as Friend of Margit * Maud Hyttenberg as German nurse * Svea Holm as Prison guard in Ravensbrück *

Torsten Lilliecrona Torsten Lilliecrona (4 January 1921 – 15 October 1999) was a Swedish actor. He is mostly famous for his role as Melker Melkersson in the highly successful TV show '' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (Life on Seacrow Island) for which Astrid Lindgren w ...

as Prison guard in Ravensbrück *

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 Host of the party *

Gösta Prüzelius Karl Gösta Prüzelius (11 August 1922 – 15 May 2000) was a Swedish actor. His first film part was in the 1945 film Flickorna i Småland. He played in films as diverse as ''Summer with Monika'', '' Space Invasion of Lapland'', ''Fanny and ...

as Red Cross-worker

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1949 films Swedish drama films 1949 drama films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Gustaf Molander Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub