''Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (First Mate Karlsson's Sweethearts) is a Swedish film comedy from 1938 directed by

Gustaf Edgren Gustaf Edgren (1 April 1895 – 10 June 1954) was a Swedish screenwriter, film director and producer.Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.327 Selected filmography * ''40 Skipper Street'' (1925) * '' First Mate Karlsson's Sweethearts'' ( ...

. The script was written by Oscar Rydqvist and Oscar Hemberg. It was based on Sigge Strömberg's novels ''Styrman Karlssons flammor'' and ''Styrman Karlssons bröllopsresa'', which were published in 1918 and 1919. Edgren had earlier created a silent film version, also titled ''Styrman Karlssons flammor'', in 1925. Three actors appeared in both films:

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, Knut Lambert, and

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. In

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created a Danish version of the same novels in 1958 called '' Styrmand Karlsen''. The Norwegian actress Nanna Stenersen played the role of Bessie Mathiesen, and another Norwegian actor,

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, played a minor role as the smuggler Joe. The film had its Swedish premiere at the Scandia theater in Stockholm on September 19, 1938.

Plot

Kalle (

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) and his girlfriend Blenda (

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) are on the way home from Tivoli amusement park in Stockholm when he tells her that he will be away for two years as a first mate on a sailing ship, but he swears his eternal fidelity to her. During the journey, the ship take Bessie ( Nanna Stenersen) on board because her vessel was wrecked. Will Kalle manage to resist the temptation of having a beautiful woman on board while Blenda is waiting for him at home?

Cast

as Kalle Karlsson, first mate on the ''Maria Albertina'' *

as Mrs. Ragna Doring, widow at Stonebridge Castle *

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as Mrs. Margaret Mathiesen, née Lady Plumfield * Nanna Stenersen as Bessie Mathiesen, her daughter, Mrs. Doring's niece *

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as Cecil Alexander Burke, Lord of Baconshire, Middleton, and Yukonwich *

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as William ("Bill"), Mrs. Doring's husband's nephew * Ludde Gentzel as Ludvig "Ludde" Landegren, cockswain * Erik "Bullen" Berglund as Sjögren, captain of the ''Maria Albertina '' *

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as the lawyer *

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as the woman in the hotel room *

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as Juanita * Karin Albihn as Pamela Janitros, a Greek barmaid *

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as a geisha *

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as the South Sea girl * Judith Holmgren as the girl with the turban at the palisade *

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as the girl on the street in London and guest at the inn

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0030807
''Styrman Karlssons flammor'
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Swedish comedy films 1938 films 1930s Swedish-language films 1938 comedy films