''The Two of Us'' (Swedish: ''Vi två'') is a 1930

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directed by John W. Brunius and starring

Edvin Adolphson Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night'' (1939), and is noted for his ...

Margit Manstad Margit Manstad (21 July 1902 – 23 March 1996) was a Swedish actress. She was frequently cast in vampish roles.Nordic National Cinemas p. 168 Selected filmography * ''Anna-Clara and Her Brothers'' (1923) * '' A Maid Among Maids'' (1924) * ''Th ...

and

Erik Berglund Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Sweden, Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred ...

.Sadoul p.32 It was produced and distributed by the Swedish subsidiary of

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at the company's

Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there. A second studio was added to the original ...

. It was one of a large number of

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s shot at Joinville during the early years of the

sound era A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...

. It is a Swedish-language remake of the 1929

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film '' The Lady Lies''.

Synopsis

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widower shocks his two grown-up children when he takes up with a

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in a

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, and they seek to break up the developing relationship.

Cast

as Robert Rossiter *

as Joyce Roamer *

as Charles Tyler *

Märta Ekström Märta Valborg Ekström (28 January 1899 – 23 January 1952) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Charles XII'' (1925) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) *''The Doctor's Secret'' (1930) * ''The Two of Us'' (1930) * ...

as Miriam Pearson *

Ivan Hedqvist Ivan Hedqvist (8 June 1880 – 23 August 1935) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.103 He also directed four silent films. Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' Life in the Country'' (1924) * '' Ingmar's Inheritance ...

as Henry Tuttle * Anne-Marie Brunius as Josephine Rossiter *

Ragnar Falck Johan Ragnar Falck (23 July 1905 – 25 March 1966) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Goble p.299 He also directed two films in 1944. He was married to the actress Britta Brunius. Selected filmography * ''The Two of Us'' (1930) * ''Internation ...

as Bob Rossiter *

Anna-Lisa Fröberg Anna-Lisa (born Anna Lisa Ruud; 30 March 1933 – 21 March 2018) was a Norwegian-born actress who appeared primarily in American films and television series, until she returned to Norway in the early 1970s, where she became a puppeteer. Earl ...

as Amelia Tuttle, Henry Tuttles fru * Britta Vieweg as Ann Gardner * Elsa de Castro as Första expediten på Yvonne Modes

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Sadoul, Georges. ''Dictionary of Film Makers''. University of California Press, 1972.

External links

* 1930 films American drama films Swedish drama films 1930 drama films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by John W. Brunius Swedish black-and-white films Swedish films based on plays Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films Films set in New York City 1930s American films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub