''The Sixth Commandment'' (Swedish: ''Sjätte budet'') is a 1947 Swedish

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directed by and starring

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and also featuring

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and

Ingrid Backlin Ingrid Backlin (née Michaelsson) (born 16 May 1920 in Stockholm, died 24 February 2013) was a Swedish actress. Backlin made her film acting debut in 1940 in ''Snurriga familjen'' by Ivar Johansson, and would later participate in more than 30 f ...

.Ramsaye p.42 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Nils Nilsson. The title refers to the Sixth Commandment for

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Synopsis

Jane Hagwald has been married for many years and has grown gradually dissatisfied in the relationship, and she takes a lover. When her daughter discovers her affair she drives her out of the home.

Cast

as Jane Hagwald *

as Dr. Krister Ekberg *

as Karl hagwald *

as Kerstin Hagwald *

Irma Christenson Irma Christenson (14 January 1915 – 21 February 1993) was a Swedish actress notable for her many roles in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and in many films. Christenson was born in the small village of Hunnebostrand. She studied at ...

as Märta Widen *

Lauritz Falk Lauritz Falk (15 November 1909 – 1 February 1990) was a Swedish-Norwegian actor, film director, singer and painter. He appeared in about 60 roles in films and TV between 1923 and 1989. He is the cousin of the Swedish artist Bertram Schmiterl ...

as Bengt Bernfors *

Margot Ryding Margot (; ) is a feminine French given name, a variant of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following: People with the given name Margot * Margot Asquith, countess of Oxford and Asquith * Marguerite ...

as Maja *

Mimi Pollak Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 – 11 August 1999) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. Biography Maria Helena Pollak was born in Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at the ...

as Woman *

Ebba Wrede Ebba is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Ebbe, which is a diminutive form of the Germanic name Eberhard or Everhard, meaning " strong." Alternately, it may be a form of an Old English name Æbbe, of unknown derivation, which was the ...

as Woman * Anna-Stina Wåglund as Woman

References

Bibliography

* Ramsaye, Terry. ''International Motion Picture Almanac''. Quigley Publishing Company, 1948.

External links

* 1947 films Swedish drama films 1947 drama films 1940s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub