The Bjorck Family

1940 film
  • 21 January 1940 (1940-01-21)
Running time
98 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

The Bjorck Family (Swedish: Familjen Björck) is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Anders Henrikson and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Frida Winnerstrand and Birgitta Arman.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It was based on a radio show of the same name that ran from 1936 to 1943.

Synopsis

The Björck family are a respectable middle-class Stockholm household. However the daughter Greta is showing interest in an unsuitable boyfriend while ignoring a more clean-cut suitor while her father is being pursued by the seductive Astrid Holten.

Cast

  • Olof Winnerstrand as Ingeniör Björck
  • Frida Winnerstrand as Fru Björck
  • Birgitta Arman as Greta, deras dotter
  • Åke Johansson as Ville, deras son
  • Margit Manstad as Astrid Holten
  • Carin Swensson as Hulda
  • Gull Natorp as Tant Inga
  • Carl-Axel Hallgren as Bertil
  • Ulf Westman as Börje Schack
  • Carl-Gunnar Wingård as Karlgren
  • Anna-Lisa Baude as Fröken Widén
  • Artur Rolén as Edvin Holten
  • Gerda Björne as Irma
  • Åke Claesson as Karl
  • Julie Bernby as Miss Engström
  • Georg Funkquist as Ladies' Hairdresser
  • Harry Roeck Hansen as Algot
  • Viran Rydkvist as Woman at Dog Show
  • Frithiof Bjärne as Doorman at Scala

References

  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.110

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • The Bjorck Family at IMDb
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Films directed by Anders Henrikson