''The Girl from Värmland'' (Swedish: ''Flickan från Värmland'') is a 1931 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Erik A. Petschler Erik A. Petschler (September 2, 1881 – December 10, 1945) was a Swedish stage actor, stage and film actor and film director, director. Wallengren p.105-6 Selected filmography * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1920) * ''The Devil and the Smalande ...

and starring Petschler, Gucken Cederborg 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 ...

.Krawc p.493 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Vilhelm Bryde Vilhelm Bryde (8 April 1888 – 24 April 1974) was a Swedish actor, film producer, and art director. Biography From 1909 to 1911, he was a student at Dramaten. Bryde was an actor at Svenska Teatern in Stockholm (1913-1919). He was director of t ...

Cast

* Greta Anjou as Greta Blom * Gucken Cederborg as Madame Ninon * Märta Claesson as Greta's Mother *

Knut Lambert Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used whi ...

as Squire * Herrie de Kahn as Squire's Wife *

as Lehr *

as Erik Björck * Oscar Byström as Chief Superintendent *

Artur Cederborgh Artur Cederborgh (30 December 1885 – 15 April 1961) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926) * '' The Realm ...

as Detective *

Elin Svensson Elin or Elín is a variation of Ellen and Helene used in Scandinavian and Celtic languages. Prominent people * Elin Andersdotter (d. 1569), Swedish lady-in-waiting and political conspirator * Elin Brandell (1882–1963), Swedish journalist * El ...

as Buller-Stava *

May von Voss May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, Ma ...

as Flora *

Carin Ygberg Carin is a given name and surname. As a given name it is a variant spelling of Karin. Notable persons with the name Carin include: Persons with the given name * Carin Cone (born 1940), American swimmer * Carin du Rietz (1766–1788), Swedish soldi ...

as Model *

Nils Åhsberg Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

as Tok-Jan

References

Bibliography

* Krawc, Alfred. ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the beginnings to 1984)''. Saur, 1986. * Nelmes, Jill & Selbo, Jule. ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

External links

* 1931 films Swedish drama films 1931 drama films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Erik A. Petschler Swedish black-and-white films Films set in Stockholm 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub