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Simon of Backabo

1934 film

Simon of Backabo (Swedish: Simon i Backabo) is a 1934 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Hilda Borgström and Sickan Carlsson.[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

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Synopsis

A young man living with his grandmother and her maid Greta in the countryside, unexpectedly inherits a large fortune.

Cast

  • Fridolf Rhudin as Simon Jönsson
  • Hilda Borgström as Grandmother
  • Sickan Carlsson as Greta
  • Thor Modéen as Gustaf Strömberg
  • Semmy Friedmann as Dicke Lundén
  • Mona Mårtenson as Mary Haglund
  • Holger Löwenadler as Charley
  • Emy Hagman as Jenny
  • Weyler Hildebrand as Julius Göransson
  • Carl Andersson as Frenchman
  • Helge Andersson as Stationmaster in Backabo
  • Naemi Briese as Lisa
  • Wiola Brunius as Waitress
  • Ernst Brunman as Man in reception committee
  • Elsa Carlsson as Mademoiselle Claire de la Meunière
  • Sonja Claesson as En kvinna
  • Erland Colliander as Clerk at the Foreign Department
  • Julia Cæsar as Mrs. Ewa Amalia Roos
  • Nils Dahlgren as Man in reception committee
  • Eric Dahlström as Train passenger
  • Carl Deurell as Judge
  • John Elfström as Petter i Hagen
  • Albin Erlandzon as Man in Backabo
  • Georg Fernqvist as Photographer
  • Emil Fjellström as Porter
  • Hartwig Fock as Auctioneer
  • Knut Frankman as Man at the auction
  • Sigge Fürst as Man interested in boxing
  • Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the auction
  • Paul Hagman as Man
  • Wictor Hagman as Photographer
  • John Hilke as Journalist
  • Nils Jacobsson as Journalist
  • Sven Jerring as Radio Announcer
  • Erik Johansson as Shopkeeper in Backabo
  • Knut Lambert as Man in reception committee
  • Arne Lindblad as Man
  • Richard Lindström as Foreign department minister
  • Walter Lindström as Policeman
  • Helge Mauritz as Man in reception committee
  • Martin Nilsson as Sjungande gast på Blenda
  • Yngve Nyqvist as Man in reception committee
  • Knut Pehrson as Flight Captain
  • Algot Persson as Wardrober at Cafe de Paris
  • Arvid Petersén as Ship broker
  • Bellan Roos as Girl in News-Stand
  • Wanda Rothgardt as Assistant at the Charm Institute
  • Holger Sjöberg as Maitre d' at Cafe de Paris
  • Georg Skarstedt as Gas salesman
  • Hugo Tranberg as Man in reception committee
  • Ilse-Nore Tromm as Guest at Cafe de Paris
  • Tom Walter as Newspaper salesman
  • Ivar Widner as Band leader

References

  1. [1]
    Larsson & Marklund p.125

Bibliography

  • Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.


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