''The Red Horses'' (Swedish: ''De röda hästarna'') is a 1954 Swedish

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directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Gun Arvidsson,

Jan-Erik Lindqvist Jan Erik Lindqvist (25 July 1920 – 23 October 1988) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1942 and 1988. Selected filmography * ''We House Slaves'' (1942) * '' Realm of Man'' (1949) * ''Dance ...

and

Rut Holm Rut Holm (1 November 1900 – 4 July 1971) was a Swedish film actress.Wright p.21 Selected filmography * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * '' The Southsiders'' (1932) * '' Secret Svensson'' (1933) * '' Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * '' Fridol ...

.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It is a remake of the 1950 Danish film '' The Red Horses'', itself based on a 1943 novel by

Morten Korch Morten Luther Gudmund Korch (1876–1954) was a Danish writer who wrote populist stories and romances about rural Denmark. During his lifetime, he was the most widely read author in Denmark. Korch wrote 123 novels, several of which were made ...

. It was shot at Svensk Talfilm's studios in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

and

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took place around Malmö including

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and

Hörby Hörby () (old da, Hørby) is a locality and the seat of Hörby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 15 631 inhabitants in 2019. 6 km (3.7 mi) south-east of the center of Hörby is at least since 1959 the location of a radio and ...

Cast

* Gun Arvidsson as Margit Törner *

as Bertil Hagert *

as Louise * Artur Rolén as Ludde Mårtenson * Harry Persson as Olle Olsson *

Inger Juel Inger Juel (18 September 1926 – 12 August 1979) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Vermilye p.64 Selected filmography * ''The Loveliest Thing on Earth'' (1947) * '' Each Heart Has Its Own Story'' (1948) as Hildegard * ''Vi flyr på Rio'' (194 ...

as Ulla Cronstam *

Hugo Björne Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor. Biography Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalmar ...

as Hjalmar Hagert *

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 Harald Friberg * Ebba Ringdahl as Ester Törner * Allan Bohlin as Willner * Nils Fritz as Ester's Lawyer * John Precht as Helge Törner *

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as Doctor *

Margaretha Löwler Margaretha is the standard Dutch form of the feminine given name Margaret as well as a common form of it in Sweden. In daily life, many use a short form, like ''Gré'', '' Greet'', '' Greta'', '' Grietje'', '' Marga'', ''Margo'', ''Margot'', ''Mar ...

as Gunnel Hagert * Helen Jonson as Greta Friberg * Anders Hellquist as Priest at Wedding

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1954 films Swedish drama films 1954 drama films 1950s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ivar Johansson Swedish black-and-white films Horse racing films Films based on Danish novels Remakes of Danish films 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub