''Blossom Time'' ( sv, Den blomstertid) is a 1940 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring

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, Gerd Hagman and

Arnold Sjöstrand Arnold Sjöstrand (30 June 1903 – 1 February 1955) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1931 and 1952. Selected filmography * ''The Girl from Värmland'' (1931) * '' It Pays to Advertise'' (193 ...

.Qvist & Von Bagh p.131 It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of

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with location shooting on

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. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Max Linder.

Cast

as Allan Olsson * Gerd Hagman as Eva Andersson, teacher *

as Fritiof *

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 Plutten *

Carl Barcklind Carl Barcklind (1 June 1873 – 21 August 1945) was a Swedish stage actor, stage and film actor. Biography Carl Vilhelm Barcklind was born at Sala in Västmanland County, Sweden. He made his debut as an opera singer in 1907 at the Oscarsteatern. H ...

as Lövström * Holger Löwenadler as Lundgren *

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as Fritiof's Mother *

Hilding Gavle Hilding Gavle (28 August 1901 – 4 August 1969) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in over forty films between 1930 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) * ''Kungen kommer'' (1936) * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * ...

as Priest * Ernst Brunman as Shopkeeper *

Barbro Flodquist Barbro Larsdotter Flodquist (19 April 1919 – 29 January 1971) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 17 films between 1940 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''Hanna in Society'' (1940) * ''Blossom Time'' (1940) * ''Sun Over Klara'' ( ...

as Girl *

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as Ida

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. * Wakeman, John. ''World Film Directors: 1890-1945''. H.W. Wilson, 1987.

External links

* * 1940 films 1940s Swedish-language films 1940 drama films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Alf Sjöberg Swedish drama films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-drama-film-stub