''The Yellow Clinic'' (Swedish: ''Gula kliniken'') is a 1942 Swedish

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directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Arnold Sjöstrand,

Viveca Lindfors Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress. Biography Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the d ...

and Nils Lundell.Qvist & Von Bagh p.105 It was made at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with

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also taking place at the Södersjukhuset and the Karolinska Hospitals in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Synopsis

The head of a woman's clinic is firmly against

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, but one of his doctors has opposing views.

Cast

* Arnold Sjöstrand as Dr. Jörn *

as Nurse Doris * Nils Lundell as Olsson * Gudrun Brost as Nurse Olga *

Åke Grönberg Karl Åke Edvard Grönberg (26 March 1914 – 15 September 1969) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in nearly 100 films. Grönberg was a versatile stage personality of his day, performing as a singer, variety artist, actor, in musical show ...

as Herman Karlsson *

Barbro Kollberg Barbro Kollberg (27 December 1917 – 6 March 2014) was a Swedish film actress. Born in Eskilstuna, Södermanlands län, Sweden, she starred in Ingmar Bergman's 1946 '' It Rains on Our Love''. She lived to be 96. Selected filmography * ...

as Irma Svensson, maid * Barbro Ribbing as Margit Wall * Henrik Schildt as Einar Franke * Sten Lindgren as Dr. Nizzen *

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as Prof. Wall *

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as Miss Lind, actress * Anna Lindahl as Mrs. Olsson *

Mona Mårtenson Monica Ingeborg Elisabeth "Mona" Mårtenson (4 May 1902 – 8 July 1956) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1923 and 1949. She was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. Early career Mona grew up in Helsingborg and ...

as Mrs. Andersson *

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as Dr. Åkerholm *

Gull Natorp Gull Natorp (10 January 1880 – 30 April 1962) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''Skottet'' (1914) - Maid * ''Hans hustrus förflutna'' (1915) - Countess Flemming ...

as Nurse Dagmar * Arthur Fischer as Sailor *

Bellan Roos Bellan Roos (25 May 1901 – 8 April 1990) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1933 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * '' Under False ...

as Mrs. Karlsson *

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as Nurse Dagmar *

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as Mrs. Berglund *

Erik Hell Erik Hell (11 August 1911 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish actor. Hell was born in Kalliokoski, Finland, to a Norwegian father and a Finnish mother. He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. He married the actre ...

as First Mate * Bertil Hilbert as Dr. Jönsson * Gerda Landgren as Mrs. Lundkvist * Greta Liming as Mrs. Krantz *

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as Sterner, engineer *

Ruth Stevens Ruth Stevens (born Ruth Astrid Frideborg Nilsson; 21 March 1903 – 27 March 1989) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She was generally cast playing degenerate young woman. Nordic National Cinemas p.168 She was married to the film director Gö ...

as Mrs. Lorell

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1942 films Swedish drama films 1942 drama films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ivar Johansson Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub