''Lärarinna på vift'' () is a 1941 Swedish
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film directed by
Börje Larsson, who also wrote the script.
Plot summary
Karin Berggren is a strict teacher at Sunninge flickpension, a distinguished boarding school for girls in a venerable old castle in
Scania
Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...
in the south of Sweden. The school awaits the son of its founder for an inspection.
The night before the inspection Karin and her colleague Bror sneak away to visit a nightclub in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
. There, Karin suddenly, when she hears the nightclub singer sing, on a whim wants to see if she possibly could do it better? She gets herself up on stage and starts to sing. And is greeted by cheers and standing ovations.
After her success, Karin is offered an engagement at the nightclub, and accepts it, to be able to raise money to cover the embezzlement of the schools money by a colleague, that has just been discovered. So by daytime she is a teacher in French and by night a seductive nightclub singer in Copenhagen, under the name Lucy Phillips.
When the founders son Peter visits the girls school the following day, he soon understands what is going on and tries to put an end to Karins singing career, convinced that it is not appropriate for a teacher at the school.
Karin's double life is soon discovered at the school and the scandal is a fact. Colleagues gather for deliberation on Karin's future there, but she has already left for Copenhagen to perform. So the colleagues follow her, to see her performance with their own eyes, and there Karin makes her entrance on stage, singing ''Love's ABC''...
Cast
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Karin Ekelund as Karin Bergengren, teacher, appearing as a singer under the name ''Lucy Phillips''
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Allan Bohlin as Peter Kullby
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Georg Rydeberg
Olof Georg Rydeberg (21 July 1907 – 22 February 1983) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1981. He was married to the Finnish actress Birgit Sergelius.
Partial filmography
* '' International Ma ...
as Doctor Bror Viberg, a teacher
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Gull Natorp as Ms Kristin Bruuhn, Principal of Sunninge girls school
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Eric Gustafson as Jens Worms-Pedersen, manager of the nightclub ''Natuglen'' in Copenhagen
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Hugo Björne as chairman of the girls school, Count
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Eric Abrahamsson as Napoleon Bengtsson, janitor
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Hjördis Petterson as Ms Hedberg, a teacher
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Diana Miller
Diana Miller (March 18, 1902 – December 18, 1927) was an American actress in silent motion pictures. She had red hair and excelled in playing roles which required delineation of character. She was briefly married to director and produ ...
as Nightclub singer
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Liane Linden as Astrid, a pupil
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Karin Nordgren as Gertrud Norell, a pupil
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Ulla Hodell as Marianne, a pupil
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Helga Hallén as a Danish journalist
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Ragnar Widestedt
Ragnar Widestedt (3 May 1887 – 4 February 1954) was a Swedish stage and film actor, singer, composer and occasional film director.Freiburg p.106
Selected filmography
* '' House Slaves'' (1923)
* '' Skipper's Love'' (1931)
* '' A Night of Lov ...
as a Danish journalist
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Sigge Fürst as "The Great", Kullbys contact at the nightclub
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Artur Rolén as his "accomplice"
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Sven Aage Larsen as head waiter at the nightclub
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Ester Textorius as Ms Boman, a teacher
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Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson as a Danish journalist
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Richard Lund as a teacher
References
External links
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1941 films
1940s Swedish-language films
Swedish black-and-white films
1941 romantic comedy films
Swedish romantic comedy films
Films directed by Börje Larsson
1940s Swedish films
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