''The Dance Hall'' (Swedish: ''Danssalongen'') is a 1955 Swedish
musical
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* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
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).
Selecte ...
,
Sonja Wigert
Sonja Wigert (11 November 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Norwegian-Swedish actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1934 and 1960. She was a spy in World War II. Ingrid Bolsø Berdal portrayed her in the film ''The Spy''.
Selected filmogra ...
and
Lars Ekborg
Lars Åke Rupert Ekborg (6 June 1926 – 7 October 1969) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and singer.
Ekborg was the father of actors Dan and Anders Ekborg. He died of liver cancer in 1969. He may be heard as the recitor in the 1956 recording of ...
.
[Nordic National Cinemas p.188] It was shot at the Kungsholmen Studios of
Nordisk Tonefilm
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in
Stockholm
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. 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 ...
Bibi Lindström
Bibi Lindström (1904–1984) was a Swedish art director.Vermilye p.122 She designed the sets for more than a hundred film productions.
Selected filmography
* ''Jolly Musicians'' (1932)
* '' The Dangerous Game'' (1933)
* '' Saturday Nights'' (1 ...
.
Cast
*
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).
Selecte ...
as Viktor
*
Sonja Wigert
Sonja Wigert (11 November 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Norwegian-Swedish actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1934 and 1960. She was a spy in World War II. Ingrid Bolsø Berdal portrayed her in the film ''The Spy''.
Selected filmogra ...
as Ria
*
Lars Ekborg
Lars Åke Rupert Ekborg (6 June 1926 – 7 October 1969) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and singer.
Ekborg was the father of actors Dan and Anders Ekborg. He died of liver cancer in 1969. He may be heard as the recitor in the 1956 recording of ...
as 'Doggen' Andersson
*
Gunvor Pontén
Gunvor Margareta Pontén (11 February 1929 – 16 February 2023) was a Swedish actress who graduated from Dramatens elevskola in 1954. She appeared in over 50 films and television shows starting in 1949. She starred in the film '' Leva på 'Hop ...
as Sonja Gren
*
Lennart Lindberg
Lennart Lindberg (1918–2004) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Wright p.177 He was married to the actress Barbro Larsson in the 1950s.
Selected filmography
* ''Customs Officer Bom'' (1951)
* '' Beef and the Banana'' (1951)
* '' U-Boat 39'' ( ...
as Bill
*
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 ...
as Cecilia
*
Naima Wifstrand
Naima Wifstrand (; 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films.
Biography
Born Siri ...
as 'Madame'
*
Sten Gester as Bengt
*
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 Ofelia
*
Mats Bahr as Oskar
*
Lasse Sarri
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as Georg
*
Birgitta Olzon
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as Minna
*
Hans Bergström as Göran
*
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 Josef Ek
*
Sonja Westerbergh
Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to:
People
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:* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films
:* Sonia ...
as Marianne Stern
*
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 Rolf Svensson
*
Catrin Westerlund
Catrin Westerlund (10 April 1934 – 18 September 1982) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1953 and 1982.
Selected filmography
* ''Marianne'' (1953)
* '' A Night in the Archipelago'' (1953 ...
as Majsan
*
Olof Sandborg
Olof Sandborg (April 30, 1884 in Göteborg – March 26, 1965 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1962.
Filmography
* '' Blodets röst'' (1913)
* '' Lady Marions sommarflirt'' (1913)
* ''Svär ...
as Doctor
*
Hanny Schedin Hanny may refer to:
First name:
* Hanny Kellner (1892-?), Austrian diver who competed in the 1912 Olympics
* Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007), Dutch poet
* Hanny Mohammed, a member of the Australian power metal band Black Majesty
* Hanny Nahmias (born ...
as Maid
*
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 Sonja's Neighbor
*
Kristina Adolphson
Kristina Adolphson (born 2 September 1937) is a Swedish film actress. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She is the daughter of the actor Edvin Adolphson and the actress Mildred Mehle, and the sister of the singer Olle Adolphson. She was marrie ...
as Greta
*
Gunnar Svensson
Gunnar Svensson (27 June 1956 – 31 January 2020) was a Swedish ice hockey player, head coach and sports agent.
During his playing career Svensson played for Örnsköldsvik and IF Björklöven. He began his coaching career in Örnsköldsvik ...
as Musician
*
Bengt-Arne Wallin
Bengt-Arne Wallin (13 July 1926 in Linköping – 23 November 2015) was a Swedish jazz composer, arranger, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player who played jazz influenced by Swedish traditional folk music. He also wrote film scores.
Biography
Betwe ...
as Musician
*
Egil Johansen as Musician
*
Gösta Krantz
Gösta Clarence Isidor Krantz (14 June 1925 – 26 December 2008) was a Swedish actor and revue artist.
Gösta Krantz was born in Ektorp in Nacka south-east of Stockholm. He started off as a confectioner, but in 1945 turned into acting afte ...
as Manager
*
Jessie Flaws
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* ''Jessie'' (2011 TV series), a 2011–15 Disney Channel ...
as Girl Dancing with Göran
*
Monica Nielsen
Monica Nielsen (born Monica Lindgren; 30 November 1937) is a Swedish actress and singer. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1947.
Selected filmography
* ''Blue Sky (1955 film), Blue Sky'' (1955)
* ''The Girl in th ...
as Girl at the Nightclub
References
Bibliography
* Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. ''Nordic National Cinemas''. Routledge, 2005.
External links
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1955 films
Swedish drama films
1955 drama films
1950s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Börje Larsson
Swedish black-and-white films
1950s Swedish films
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