''More Than a Match for the Navy'' (Swedish: ''Flottans överman'') is a 1958 Swedish
comedy film directed by
Stig Olin
Stig Olin, né ''Högberg'' (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer.
He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin. He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and ...
and starring
Nils Poppe
Nils Poppe (31 May 1908 – 28 June 2000) was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', but in Sweden he was much loved and ...
,
Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often plays impulsive, working class characters.
Film actress
Harriet Andersson began her ...
and
Yvonne Lombard.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.39] It was part of a series of films featuring Poppe the recurring character Fabian Bom. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
P.A. Lundgren
Per Axel Lundgren, credited as P.A. Lundgren, (1911–2002) was a Swedish art director active in Swedish cinema from the 1940s to 1980s. He is known in particular for his collaborations with the film director Ingmar Bergman.Orr p.23
Selected film ...
. It was shot in
Eastmancolor at the
Råsunda Studios in
Stockholm
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and
on location in
Barcelona and
Benicarló
Benicarló () is a city and municipality in the north of the province of Castelló, part of the Valencian Community, in the Mediterranean Coast between the cities of Vinaròs and Peníscola, not too far south from the Ebre River.
Tourism, ag ...
in
Spain.
Synopsis
Fabian Bom is working for the Swedish
export council and is sent abroad on a
navy cruiser to promote Spanish businesses. His fiancée Gullan is irritated that he is married to his work and follows him to
Barcelona. He also encounters the free-spirited Linnea. In Barclona he meets Vera, the Swedish wife of a local businessmen. A variety of complications ensue in which Bom is pursued by an irate
bullfighter.
Cast
*
Nils Poppe
Nils Poppe (31 May 1908 – 28 June 2000) was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', but in Sweden he was much loved and ...
as Fabian Bom
*
Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often plays impulsive, working class characters.
Film actress
Harriet Andersson began her ...
as Linnea Berg
*
Yvonne Lombard as Gullan Polander
*
Sigge Fürst as Karlsson
*
Git Gay
Birgit Carp (13 July 1921 – 2 July 2007), better known by her screen name Git Gay, was a Swedish revue director, actress, and singer.
Gay was born Birgit Agda Holmberg in 1921 in Karlshamn, Sweden. Her parents wanted her to become a concerto pi ...
as Vera Cavalcante
*
Gösta Bernhard
Gösta Bernhard (26 September 1910 – 4 January 1986) was a Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1936 and 1975. He also directed 17 films between 1947 and 1975. He was born in Västervik, ...
as Eduardo Cavalcante
*
Sven-Eric Gamble
Sven-Eric Gamble (10 August 1924 – 10 May 1976) was a Swedish film actor.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
*
1924 births
1976 deaths
Male actors from Stockholm
20th-century Swedish male actors
{{Sweden-acto ...
as Halland
*
Georg Adelly
Georg Adelly (19 October 1919 – 26 October 1997) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1948 and 1984.
Selected filmography
* '' Loffe as a Millionaire'' (1948)
* '' Father Bom'' (1949)
* '' Knockout at the Breakfast Cl ...
as Sjöman
*
Sten Gester
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as Harry Sandberg
*
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 Hig ...
as Kapten Reling
*
Rolf Botvid
Rolf Botvid (26 December 1915 – 22 July 1998) was a Swedish actor and writer. He appeared in over 30 films. He was the son of actor and comedian John Botvid and was married to actress Marianne Gyllenhammar.
Selected filmography
* '' The Atla ...
as Löjtnant
*
Jaime Avellán
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and ...
as Diego Manolo
*
Einar Axelsson
Einar Axelsson (February 25, 1895–October 30, 1971) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Biography
Einar Rickard Axelsson was born at Lund in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of actors Konstantin and Amelie Axelsson. He was the brother of journali ...
as Rossling
*
Svea Holst
Svea Holst (20 April 1901 – 28 April 1996) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1923 and 1987.
Selected filmography
* '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1939)
* '' Kristin Commands'' (1946)
* ''Crisis'' (1946)
* '' ...
as Fröken Svensson
*
Bellan Roos
Bellan Roos (25 May 1901 – 8 April 1990) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1933 and 1979.
Selected filmography
* ''Boman's Boy'' (1933)
* ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934)
* '' Under False F ...
as Spansk affärskvinna
*
Michèle Apfelbaum as Flicka på Los Caracoles
*
Sten Ardenstam as Manolos hejduk
*
Tore Bengtsson as Manolos hejduk
*
Yvonne Brosset as Dansare på Los Caracoles
*
Göthe Grefbo
Göthe Grefbo (30 October 1921 – 17 May 1991) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1948 and 1989.
Selected filmography
* ''Janne Vängmans bravader'' (1948) - Railroad worker (uncredited)
* ...
as Kypare
*
Birgitta Grönwald as Flicka på Los Caracoles
*
Siv Järrel as Flygvärdinna
*
Davyla Lewenbruk as Flicka på Los Caracoles
*
Sven Melin
Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young warri ...
as Gäst på Los Caracoles
*
Rune Ottoson
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as Manolos hejduk
*
Torsten Sjöholm as Manolos hejduk
*
Georg Skarstedt
Georg Skarstedt (31 January 1900 – 8 December 1976) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more 120 films between 1920 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''The People of Norrland'' (1930)
* ''A Night of Love by the Öresund'' (1931)
* ''Inter ...
as Hovmästare på Los Caracoles
*
Alexander von Baumgarten
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
as Los Caracoles ägare
*
Chris Wahlström
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common.
People with the given name
* Chris Abani (born 1966), N ...
as Servitris på Los Caracoles
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
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1958 films
Swedish comedy films
1958 comedy films
1950s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Stig Olin
Seafaring films
Films shot in Barcelona
Films set in Barcelona
1950s Swedish films
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