''The Million Dollars'' (Swedish: ''Dollarmillionen'') is a 1926 Swedish silent

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directed by

Sigurd Wallén Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 188420 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.Margita Alfvén Margita Alfvén (November 16, 1905 – March 11, 1962) was a Danish-born Swedish film actress of the silent and early sound era.Gustafsson p.203 She was the daughter of the composer Hugo Alfvén and the artist Marie Krøyer. Selected filmograph ...

Richard Lund Richard Lund (9 July 1885 – 27 September 1960) was a Swedish film and theatre actor. He made his stage debut at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg in 1904 and later appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1952, making his most important ...

and Axel Hultman.Gustafsson p.179 It is based on Axel Essén's 1917 novel of the same name, later also turned into a 1942 Finnish film '' Dollari-miljoona''. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

Margita Alfvén Margita Alfvén (November 16, 1905 – March 11, 1962) was a Danish-born Swedish film actress of the silent and early sound era.Gustafsson p.203 She was the daughter of the composer Hugo Alfvén and the artist Marie Krøyer. Selected filmograph ...

as Fylgia Falkman *

as Richard Bergin * Fredrik Hedlund as Arthur Falkman * Axel Hultman as Simon Jakobovsky *

Constance Gibson Constance may refer to: Places *Konstanz, Germany, sometimes written as Constance in English *Constance Bay, Ottawa, Canada *Constance, Kentucky *Constance, Minnesota *Constance (Portugal) *Mount Constance, Washington State People *Constance ( ...

as Mrs. Malla Falkman * Albert Christiansen as Pricken Falkman * Elsa Steinvall as Lojan Falkman *

Ivar Kåge Ivar Kåge (21 February 1881 – 21 April 1951) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1949. Selected filmography * '' The Conflicts of Life'' (1913) * ''Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924) * '' The ...

as Baron af Segerlind *

Ester Roeck Hansen Ester Roeck-Hansen (born Ester Linnéa Andersson; 1897–1987) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Grandien p.81 She was married to the actor Harry Roeck-Hansen. Selected filmography * '' The Million Dollars'' (1926) * ''Hotel Paradis'' (1931) ...

as Baron's Second Fiancée *

Georg Blomstedt Georg Blomstedt (1872–1933) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Cowie p.211 Selected filmography * ''The Lass from the Stormy Croft'' (1917) * ''Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922) * '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923) * '' The People of Simlang Valley ...

as Drunken job applicant * Anna Diedrich as Woman with Dog *

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as Policeman *

Olof Krook Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: *Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 * Per-Olov Br ...

as Process server *

Otto Malmberg Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Customs officer *

Isa Quensel Isa Quensel (21 September 1905 – 3 November 1981) was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows. In 1939 she created the title role in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korng ...

as Journalist *

Edla Rothgardt Edla (10th-century - 11th century), was a Slavic Viking Age woman. She was the mother of King Emund of Sweden and Queen Astrid of Norway. Tradition says Edla was the daughter of a Lechitic Tribal chief who has ruled part of terrain between ...

as Seamstress * Kurt Welin as Job applicant at Jakobovsky's

References

Bibliography

* Tommy Gustafsson. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014.

External links

* 1926 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1926 films Films directed by Sigurd Wallén Swedish silent films Swedish black-and-white films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub