''Taxi 13'' is a 1954 Swedish
crime
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drama film
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directed by
Börje Larsson and starring
Elof Ahrle
Elof Ahrle (21 January 1900 – 3 June 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 80 films between 1920 and 1960. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1950. He was married to actress Birgit Rosengren (1912-2011).
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,
Signe Hasso
Signe Eleonora Cecilia Hasso (''née'' Larsson; 15 August 1915 – 7 June 2002) was a Swedish actress, writer, and composer.
Biography
Hasso was born in the Kungsholmen parish of Stockholm, Sweden in 1915. Her father and grandfather died when s ...
,
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 ...
and
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 ...
.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.83] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in
Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Nils Nilsson.
Synopsis
A
Stockholm taxi driver
''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying ...
sets out to find out who murdered one of his colleagues.
Cast
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Elof Ahrle
Elof Ahrle (21 January 1900 – 3 June 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 80 films between 1920 and 1960. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1950. He was married to actress Birgit Rosengren (1912-2011).
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as Johan Alm
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Signe Hasso
Signe Eleonora Cecilia Hasso (''née'' Larsson; 15 August 1915 – 7 June 2002) was a Swedish actress, writer, and composer.
Biography
Hasso was born in the Kungsholmen parish of Stockholm, Sweden in 1915. Her father and grandfather died when s ...
as Agneta
*
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 ...
as Vera
*
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 Britt-Marie
*
Bengt Blomgren
Bengt Bertil Blomgren (15 August 1923 – 4 April 2013) was a Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter, born in Stockholm.
Selected filmography
*1997 - ''Tic Tac''
*1997 - '' Tre Kronor (TV series)''
*1997 - '' Rederiet'' (TV)
*199 ...
as Fredrik
*
Sten Gester as Man in Trenchcoat
*
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 ...
as Mia Lundgren
*
Ulf Johansson as Quarrelsome Man
*
Nancy Dalunde as Quarrelsome Wife
*
Ninni Löfberg Ninni is a given name and nickname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Ninni Kronberg (1874–1946), Swedish inventor
* Ninni Holmqvist (born 1958), Swedish novelist and translator
*Ninni Laaksonen (born 1986), Finnish model, beauty ...
as Mrs. Vestman
*
Arthur Hultling as Victor Nilsson
*
Sif Ruud as Miss Haglund
*
Ingvar Kjellson
Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson (20 May 1923 – 18 December 2014) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Ingvar Kjellson, biographic article in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' Kjellson was born in Kärna, Östergötland County. He was accepted at Dramatens ...
as Artist
*
Siegfried Fischer
Fritz Adolf Ferdinand Siegfried Fischer (14 July 1894 – 8 April 1976) was a Swedish actor, theatre manager, playwright, screenwriter and writer.
He was born in Stockholm, the son of conductor Franz Fischer. At seventeen years old he was h ...
as Axel a.k.a. Sunshine
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Alf Östlund as Silent Marie
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Sven Holmberg as Taxi Driver
*
Arvid Richter as Taxi Driver
*
Sture Djerf as Hermansson
*
Brigitte Ornstein as Office Girl
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Karl Erik Flens
Karl Erik Flens (19 March 1913 – 17 October 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1938 and 1975.
Selected filmography
* '' The Two of Us'' (1939)
* '' The Fight Continues'' (1941)
* ''How to Tame a Real Man'' (1 ...
as Exuberant Man
*
Olle Teimert
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*Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992
* Per-Olov Br ...
as Young Man Trying to Avoid Paying
*
Kjell Nordenskiöld as Young Man at Party
*
Birger Åsander
Birger Åsander (13 July 1909 – 17 January 1984) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1938 and 1980.
Selected filmography
* ''Career'' (1938)
* '' Imprisoned Women'' (1943)
* '' The Brothers ...
as Mr. Vestman
*
Rolf Tourd as Vera's Street Friend
*
Märta Dorff
Märta Dorff (1909–1990) was a Swedish film actress.Soila p.263
Selected filmography
* ''Adventure'' (1936) - Karl Henriks sekreterare (uncredited)
* '' Witches' Night'' (1937) - Student (uncredited)
* '' For Better, for Worse'' (1938) - Nurs ...
as Taxi Exchange Manager
*
Svea Holst as Cyclist Discovering the Corpse
*
Pelle Svedlund
Pelle may refer to:
* ''Pelle'' (album), a 2000 studio album of the Italian band Punkreas
* Pelle (given name)
* Pelle (surname)
* Pelle Pelle, a fashion brand
* An enzyme, also known as IRAK1
* A familiar form of the male given name Per
* Anothe ...
as Embessler
*
Elsa Winge
Elsa may refer to:
ELSA (acronym)
*ELSA Technology, a manufacturer of computer hardware
*English Language Skills Assessment
*English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
* Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects research
*European Law Students' Association
* Eu ...
as Mrs. Lindblad
*
Alva Berggren as Waitress Giving Notice
*
Arthur Fischer as Taxi Owner
*
Claes Esphagen as Garage Washer
*
Bo Gunnar Eriksson
Bo or BO may refer to
Arts and entertainment
Film, television, and theatre
*Box office, where tickets to an event are sold, and by extension, the amount of business a production receives
*'' BA:BO'', 2008 South Korean film
* ''Bo'' (film), a ...
as Tommy
*
Lissi Alandh
Lissi Alandh (1930–2008) was a Swedish film, stage and television actress.Steene p.260
Selected filmography
* '' Loffe the Tramp'' (1948)
* ''The Street'' (1949)
* '' Big Lasse of Delsbo'' (1949)
* '' The Realm of the Rye'' (1950)
* ''Miss Ju ...
as Hermansson's Woman
*
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 Police Lieutenant Johansson
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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1954 films
Swedish drama films
1954 drama films
1950s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Börje Larsson
Swedish black-and-white films
Films set in Stockholm
1950s Swedish films
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