''Living on 'Hope (Swedish: ''Leva på 'Hoppet) is a 1951 Swedish
comedy film directed by
Göran Gentele and starring
Meg Westergren,
Ingrid Thulin,
Per Oscarsson and
Gunvor Pontén.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.147] It was shot at the
Sundbyberg Studios
Sundbyberg Municipality (''Sundbybergs kommun'' or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban p ...
of
Europa Film in
Stockholm
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and
on location around the city. 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 ...
Arne Åkermark. At the
1st Berlin International Film Festival
The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951 at the Titiana-Palast cinema. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's ''Rebecca''. At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear award was introduced, and it ...
it won the
Silver Bear (Comedies) award.
Synopsis
Daydreaming
theatre student
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In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
Vivi imagines herself and her friends setting up a travelling
theatrical troupe on a old
cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...
named 'Hope' (Hoppet) and enjoying a series of adventures.
Cast
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Meg Westergren as Vivi
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Ingrid Thulin as Yvonne
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Per Oscarsson as Per
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Gunvor Pontén as Maj-Britt
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Jarl Kulle as Jalle
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Arne Ragneborn
Arne Ragneborn (13 July 1926 – 5 January 1978) was a Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 23 films between 1944 and 1976. Ragneborn starred in the film '' Leva på 'Hoppet, which won the Silver Bear (Comedies) ...
as Arne
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Hjördis Petterson as Teacher
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Olav Riégo as Teacher
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Tord Stål as Teacher
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Rudolf Wendbladh as Harry, mayor
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Anna-Lisa Baude
Anna-Lisa Baude (25 September 1897 – 7 June 1968) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1921 and 1968.
Selected filmography
* '' The Girl in Tails'' (1926)
*''Hotel Paradis'' (1931)
* ''Colourful Pages'' (1931)
* ' ...
as Hilda, mayoress
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Eric Gustafson as Advertising Executive
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Arthur Fischer as Yvonne's Father
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Wiktor Andersson as Office clerk
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Barbro Fleege Barbro is a female given name in Scandinavia, with the same origin as Barbara
In a village in Dalecarlia, Barbro is also an "estate name", a unisex concept not taken into account in the Swedish name law, which leads to a lot of confusion.http://sp ...
as Office clerk
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Torsten Lilliecrona as Office clerk
References
Bibliography
* Hjort, Mette & Lindqvist, Ursula. ''A Companion to Nordic Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
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1951 films
1951 comedy films
Swedish comedy films
1950s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Göran Gentele
Swedish black-and-white films
Films set in Stockholm
Films shot in Stockholm
1950s Swedish films
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