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directed by

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and starring

John Elfström Per Johan "John" Hilding Elfström (20 April 1902 – 27 March 1981) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 120 films. He was born in Ovansjö, Sweden and died in Täby, Sweden. He starred in the Åsa-Nisse series of films. Sel ...

Artur Rolén Artur Rolén (5 May 1894 – 1 May 1972) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Furhammar p.222 He acted prolifically in Swedish cinema for several decades as a character actor. He had a long-running role as Klabbarparn in the Åsa-Nisse comedy serie ...

and

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.Krawc p.474 It was the second film in the long-running

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series about a raffish character living in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

Åsa-Nisse is fond of

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, but a new

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has his eye on them. When Åsa-Nisse gets his foot caught in a trap, he is arrested and taken to the city of

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for trial. The same evening he and his companions go out for a night on the town where they meet two attractive young woman. Sometime later Åsa-Nisse has to explain with difficulty to his wife just what they got up to that night.

Cast

as Åsa-Nisse *

as Klabbarparn *

as Eulalia *

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as Eric Broo *

Emy Hagman Emy Hagman (9 June 1906 – 30 January 1976) was Swedish film actress and stage actress. Larsson & Marklund p.198 She appeared mainly in comedies, often with rural settings although she was herself a native of the city of Gothenburg. She was marr ...

as Elsa Broo * Ulla-Carin Rydén as Britta *

Gustaf Lövås Gustaf Lövås (born Karl Gustaf Andersson; 28 December 1894 – 10 November 1968) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.87 Many of his later screen appearances were in the long-running '' Åsa-Nisse'' series in which he played the recur ...

as Sjökvist *

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as Jönsson *

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as Kristin *

Willy Peters Willy Peters (31 January 1915 – 13 August 1976) was a Swedish actor and director. He appeared in about 50 films. He was married to actress Agneta Lagerfeldt. Selected filmography * ''Ungdom av i dag'' (1935) - Nyblom * '' Med folket för fos ...

as Klöverhage *

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as Astrid * Siv Ericks as Greta *

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as Judge

References

Bibliography

* Krawc, Alfred. ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the beginnings to 1984)''. Saur, 1986.

External links

* 1950 films Swedish comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ragnar Frisk Swedish black-and-white films 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub