''The Serious Game'' (Swedish: ''Den allvarsamma leken'') is a 1945 Swedish
period
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* Periodic sentence (or rhetorical period), a concept ...
drama film
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directed by
Rune Carlsten
Rune Carlsten (1890–1970) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Carlsten studied at Stockholm University 1908–1910, was involved with Einar Fröberg's theater company 1910–1912, at the Swedish Theater in Stockho ...
and starring
Viveca Lindfors
Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Biography
Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the da ...
,
John Ekman
John Ekman (15 November 1880 – 22 November 1949) was a Swedish film actor.
Biography
He first trained as an artist under Richard Bergh (1858-1919). He was employed by various theater companies; Swedish Biograft Theater in Kristianstad (19 ...
and
Olof Widgren
Johan Olof Widgren, né ''Pettersson'' (9 June 1907 – 6 March 1999) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1967. He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1989.
His granddaughter is actress ...
. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in
Stockholm
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Bertil Duroj
Bertil Duroj (1893–1967) was a Swedish art director. Active in the Swedish film industry he designed the sets for more than a hundred productions during his career. These included ''The Yellow Clinic'' (1942).Laura p.96
Selected filmography
...
. Is is based on the 1912
novel of the same title by
Hjalmar Söderberg
Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg (2 July 1869 – 14 October 1941) was a Swedish novelist, short story writer, playwright and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stoc ...
.
[Goble p.947]
Synopsis
At the turn of the
twentieth century
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January 1, 1901 (1901, MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 (2000, MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu, Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and ...
, Arvid and Lydia are in love. However, his poor financial circumstances lead her to marry a wealthy, older man instead.
Cast
*
Viveca Lindfors
Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Biography
Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the da ...
as Lydia Stille
*
John Ekman
John Ekman (15 November 1880 – 22 November 1949) was a Swedish film actor.
Biography
He first trained as an artist under Richard Bergh (1858-1919). He was employed by various theater companies; Swedish Biograft Theater in Kristianstad (19 ...
as Anders Stille, hennes far
*
Olof Widgren
Johan Olof Widgren, né ''Pettersson'' (9 June 1907 – 6 March 1999) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1967. He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1989.
His granddaughter is actress ...
as Arvid Stjärnblom
*
Åke Claesson
Åke Claesson (2 July 1889 – 29 May 1967) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1925 and 1962.
Selected filmography
* ''Två konungar'' (1925) - Carl Michael Bellman
* '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) - Carl Michae ...
as Roslin
*
Eva Dahlbeck
Eva Elisabet Dahlbeck (8 March 1920 – 8 February 2008) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Brink of Life'' (1958). Dahlbeck retired ...
as Dagmar Randel
*
Gösta Cederlund
Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Selected filmography
* '' A Dangerous Wooing'' ( ...
as Redaktör Markel
*
Josua Bengtson
Josua Bengtson (10 January 1882 – 15 December 1958) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Steene p.393 He appeared prolifically as a character actor in the theatre and in Swedish cinema following his debut during the silent era. Some of his final ...
as Grosshandlar Randel
*
Hjördis Petterson
Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson (17 October 1908 – 27 May 1988) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 140 films. She was born in Visby, Sweden and died in Stockholm.
Selected filmography
* ''Perhaps a Poet'' (1933)
* ''Eva Goes ...
as Hans hustru
*
Hugo Björne
Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor.
Biography
Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalmar ...
as Chefredaktör Doncker
*
Gunnar Sjöberg
Gunnar Sjöberg (25 March 1909 – 8 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Delegat från Sundsvall (uncredited)
* ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Seaman
* '' Styrman Karls ...
as Baron Freutiger
*
Ulf Palme
Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö.
Partial filmography
* '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström
* '' The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne
* '' ...
as Ture Törne
*
Renée Björling
Renée Björling (10 July 1898 – 4 March 1975) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Lovö, Sweden and died in Täby.
Partial filmography
* ''Tre indvendige Jomfruer'' (1914) - Daughter
* ''The Downy Girl'' (1919) - Anne-Marie Ehi ...
as Ester Roslin
*
Carl Deurell
Carl Deurell (1868–1962) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Fromell p.177
Selected filmography
* '' Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström'' (1923)
* ''The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924)
* ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926)
* '' Tired Theodor ...
as Arvid's Father
*
Gösta Holmström
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People
* Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
* Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier
* Gösta Andersson (wrestle ...
as Captain Linde
*
Sven Lindberg as Lovén
*
Ruth Weijden
Ruth Weijden (born Ruth Augusta Gustafsson; 20 July 1889 – 27 June 1956) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Kwiatkowski p.45
Selected filmography
* ''The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924)
* '' Sin'' (1928)
* '' Artificial Svensson'' (1929)
* ' ...
as Augusta, Stille's Maid
*
Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten (23 December 1920 – 15 February 1991) was a Swedish actor. He had many roles in Ingmar Bergman's films.
Selected filmography
* ''South of the Highway'' (1936) – Student (uncredited)
* ' (1940) – Staff Member (uncredited ...
as Kaj Lidner
*
Per Oscarsson
Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film ''Hunger'', which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Early life
Oscarsson was born, along ...
as Filip Stille, Lydia's Brother
*
Yngve Nyqvist
Yngve is a Scandinavian male given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway. It is the modern form of either Old Norse Yngvi or of Ingwin.
''Yngvi'' was the Old Norse name of the Germanic god ''Ingu-'', later identified with Freyr, or of ''Ingwian-' ...
as Randel's Guest
*
Sven-Eric Gamble as Young Man at the Party
*
Inga-Lill Åhström as Guest at Doncker's Party
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
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1945 films
1945 drama films
1940s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Rune Carlsten
Films based on Swedish novels
1940s historical drama films
Swedish historical drama films
Films set in the 1900s
1940s Swedish films
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