''Stronger Than the Law'' (Swedish: ''Starkare än lagen'') is a 1951 Swedish

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directed by

Bengt Logardt Bengt Logardt (9 October 1914 – 25 September 1994) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1941 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''How to Tame a Real Man'' (1941) * ''Take Care of Ul ...

and

Arnold Sjöstrand Arnold Sjöstrand (30 June 1903 – 1 February 1955) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1931 and 1952. Selected filmography * ''The Girl from Värmland'' (1931) * '' It Pays to Advertise'' (193 ...

and starring

Margareta Fahlén Gerd ''Margareta'' Fahlén (8 June 1918 – October 28, 1978) was a Swedish actress. Biography Fahlén grew up in Uppsala. After she finished her studies, she moved to Stockholm to work; in parallel with her work, she began pursuing her inter ...

and

Margit Carlqvist Margit Carlqvist (born 11 February 1932 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress. In Sweden she starred in many movies during the 1950s. Internationally, she may be best known for her role in Ingmar Bergman's film, ''Smiles of a Summer Night''. Sele ...

.Wright p.121 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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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 ...

Synopsis

The film is set in the 1870s in a remote community in the mountains of Northern

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. A strange man from the south arrives, and interacts with the strait-laced Anna and the bubbly Mimmi who openly flouts convention. Eventually it turns out that he has killed a man and is on the run.

Cast

as Anna Persson *

as Helge Andersson *

as Mimmi *

as Anders Olsson * Eva Stiberg Stina * Sven Magnusson as Per * Peter Lindgren as Manuel *

Yvonne Lombard Yvonne Lombard (born 28 May 1929) is a Swedish actress. Born in Stockholm, Lombard studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") there, where she trained between 1948 and 1951 with the likes of Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin. She has per ...

as Elvira *

Åke Fridell Åke Fridell (23 June 1919 – 26 August 1985) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gävle, Sweden and died in Stockholm. Selected filmography * ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) - Legal clerk at the mayor's party * ''Flickan och ...

as Mattias * Sten Lindgren as Parish constable * Eric Laurent as Johan Persson *

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as Ola *

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) * '' Int ...

as Priest *

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as Mme Petersen * Alf Östlund as Stenerud

References

Bibliography

* Wright, Rochelle. ''The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film''. SIU Press, 1998.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 drama films 1950s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films Films set in the 1870s Swedish historical drama films 1950s historical drama films 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub