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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Qvist & von Bagh p.105 The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in

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and the city's

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department store.

Synopsis

Maj-Lis Wassberg, an

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, hears from a classmate about the poor working conditions at a major Stockholm department store. She gets a job there to investigate and encounters a bullying head of department as well as his son Thore Almen, with whom she soon falls in love. Thore is trying to form a

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for which he is fired. Discovering that her father is a

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at the

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that owns the store, she appeals to him to try and sort things out.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1942 films Swedish drama films 1942 drama films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ragnar Frisk Swedish black-and-white films Films set in Stockholm Films shot in Stockholm 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub