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Dunungen
Also known as [The Downy Girl], [In Quest of Happiness], [In Search of Happiness]
(1919) Sweden
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Ivan Hedqvist
Cast: Ivan Hedqvist [Teodor Fristedt, the manor squire], Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson [Gunilla Fristedt, Teodor’s mother], Ernst Öberg [Ulrik Fristedt, the mayor], Mia Gründer [Beate Sophie Fristedt, the mayor’s wife], Ragnar Widestedt [Mauritz Fristedt], Carl Browallius [Ehinger, a baker], Anna Wahlbom [Ehinger’s wife], Renée Björling [Anne-Marie Ehinger, called The Downy Girl], Carl-Gunnar Wingård [Kalle, the baker’s apprentice], Bror Öbergson [Malcolm Borgström, a steward], Bertil Wallroth [Jan Gösta Colmodin, a royal official], Sonja Looft [Elisabet Westling], Maggan Larsson [Frederique Westling, Elisabet’s sister], Otto Malmberg [Inspector Nyberg], Mia Backman [Frida, Squire Teodor’s housekeeper], Axel Nilsson [Wilhelmsson, the gardener], Bell Hedqvist [the Downy Girl’s girlfriend], Emil Hållenius [Burgess]
Svenska Biografteatern Aktiebolaget production; distributed by Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå. / From the play adaptation Dunungen by Selma Lagerlöf of the short story “Dunungen” by Selma Lagerlöf. Art direction by Axel Esbensen. Cinematography by J. Julius (Julius Jaenzon). Intertitle design by Arthur Sjögren. / Released 1 December 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film debuts of Björling and Wingård.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 21 November 2022.
References: Bardèche-History p. 184; McIlroy-Sweden p. 21; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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