''Mother-in-Law's Coming'' (Swedish: ''Svärmor kommer'') is a 1932 Swedish

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directed by

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and starring

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, Nils Wahlbom and

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.Larsson & Marklund p.130 It was shot at the

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in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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. It is based on the

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stage farce '' My Wife's Family'' by Fred Duprez.

Cast

as Mother-in-law * Nils Wahlbom as Abel *

as Ulla Berggren * Adolf Jahr as John Berggren *

Annalisa Ericson Annalisa Ericson (14 September 1913 – 21 April 2011The Swedish Film ...

as Maggie *

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as Olle *

Erik Berglund Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred films. ...

as Adelfors *

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as Dolly Deje * Birgitta Hede as Sally, maid

References

Bibliography

* Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. ''Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader''. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Paul Merzbach Swedish films based on plays Remakes of British films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub