''Poor Little Sven'' (Swedish: ''Stackars lilla Sven'') is a 1947 Swedish

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directed by

Hugo Bolander Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a ...

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 ...

Annalisa Ericson Annalisa Ericson (14 September 1913 – 21 April 2011The Swedish Film ...

and

Hjördis Petterson Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson (17 October 1908 – 27 May 1988) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 140 films. She was born in Visby, Sweden and died in Stockholm. Selected filmography * ''Perhaps a Poet'' (1933) * ''Eva Goes ...

.Qvist & Von Bagh p.126 The film's sets were designed by the

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Arne Åkermark Arne Åkermark (1902–1962) was a Swedish art director who worked on around a hundred and eighty films during a thirty-year career. In 1948 Åkermark was employed in Britain for Ealing Studios epic '' Scott of the Antarctic''.Barr p.199 Selec ...

. It was inspired by the plot of the 1928 British musical ''

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'', which Poppe and Ericson had appeared together in on stage.

Synopsis

Sven, an

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, is taken care of by the generous Anton Carlsson. However when Carlson marries a

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he becomes the stepfather of her two mean-spirited sons who make Sven's life increasingly difficult. Due to a mistake the daughter of a wealthy man is mistaken for a

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and she and Sven fall in love.

Cast

as Sven Carlsson *

Annalisa Ericson Annalisa Ericson (14 September 1913 – 21 April 2011The Swedish Film ...

as Marianne Wennerberg *

as Baroness Agata von Stråhle *

Douglas Håge Douglas Håge (6 March 1898 – 18 November 1959) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1932 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''Career'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * '' Nothing But ...

as Anton Carlsson *

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as Clas-Göran von Stråhle *

Hilding Gavle Hilding Gavle (28 August 1901 – 4 August 1969) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in over forty films between 1930 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) * ''Kungen kommer'' (1936) * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * ...

as Wennerberg *

Marianne Gyllenhammar Marianne Gyllenhammar (1924–2013) was a Swedish film and stage actress.Steene p.172 She was married to the actor Rolf Botvid. Selected filmography * '' Tonight or Never'' (1941) * ''There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * '' Young Blood'' (1943) * ...

as Anna-Lisa Wennerberg *

Åke Jensen Åke Jensen (1912–1993) was a Swedish stage and film actor and singer.Steene p.192 He appeared in a number of operettas and revues. Selected filmography * ''Dear Relatives'' (1933) * '' Pettersson - Sverige'' (1934) * ''The Song to Her'' (1934 ...

as Christer von Stråhle * Elisaveta as Donna Lucia *

Carl-Gunnar Wingård Carl-Gunnar Wingård (27 February 1894 – 20 January 1977) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1919 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1922) * ''New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923) * '' Her Litt ...

as Policeman *

Julia Cæsar Julia Maria Vilhelmina Cæsar (28 January 1885 – 18 July 1971) was a Swedish actress. Her acting career spanned from 1905 until 1968, during which time she appeared in a large number of revues, plays, and films. Early life Cæsar was bor ...

as Tilda, cook *

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as Bengtsson *

Artur Rolén Artur Rolén (5 May 1894 – 1 May 1972) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Furhammar p.222 He acted prolifically in Swedish cinema for several decades as a character actor. He had a long-running role as Klabbarparn in the Åsa-Nisse comedy serie ...

as Farmer * Arne Lindblad as Policeman

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1947 films Swedish comedy films 1947 comedy films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Hugo Bolander 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub