''They Staked Their Lives'' ( sv, Med livet som insats) is a 1940 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
Alf Sjöberg
Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish theatre director, theatre and film director. He won the Palme d'Or, Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment (1944 film), Torment ...
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Cast
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Aino Taube as Wanda
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Åke Ohberg
Åke Ohberg (20 July 1905 – 18 July 1975) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in about 30 roles in films between 1932 and 1961.
Ohberg was born to Johan and Hulda Ohberg in Västerås, Sweden.
Marriage and Family
He married ac ...
as John
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Anders Henrikson
Anders Henrik Henrikson (13 June 1896 – 17 October 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1965. He also directed 30 films between 1933 and 1956.
Selected filmography Actor
* '' The ...
as Max (as Anders Henriksson)
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Gösta Cederlund
Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Selected filmography
* '' A Dangerous Wooing'' ( ...
as Baker
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Holger Löwenadler
Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include ...
as Miller
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Eivor Landström
Harriet Eivor Emilie Landström (22 March 1919 – 4 August 2004) was a Swedish actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Mother Gets Married'' (1937)
* '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938)
* '' Life Begins Today'' (1939)
* '' Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939 ...
as Eva
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Hampe Faustman
Erik "Hampe" Faustman (born Erik Stellan Chatham; 3 July 1919 – 26 August 1961) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 20 films between 1940 and 1961. He also directed 20 films between 1943 and 1955. He was married ...
as Freedom fighter (as Erik Faustman)
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Bengt Ekerot
Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot (8 February 1920 – 26 November 1971) was a Swedish actor best known for portraying Death in '' The Seventh Seal'' (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. In 1956, he directed the world premiere of '' Long Day's Journey i ...
as Freedom fighter
* Torsten Hillberg as Colonel
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Ernst Brunman
Ernst Olof Wilhelm Brunman (2 August 1886 – 1 January 1961) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Steene p.194
Selected filmography
* '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923)
* '' Artificial Svensson'' (1929)
* '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930)
* '' Frida's Songs'' ...
as Innkeeper
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Frithiof Bjärne
Friðþjófur (variations: Fritiof, Frithiof, Fritjof, Frithjof, and Fridtjof) is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from Old Norse friðr (“peace”) + þjófr (“thief”). Maybe a kenning (a metaphorical phrase used in Old Norse poe ...
as Captain (as Fritjof Bjärne)
References
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1940 films
1940s Swedish-language films
1940 drama films
Swedish black-and-white films
Swedish drama films
Films directed by Alf Sjöberg
1940s Swedish films
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