Life in the Country (Swedish: Livet på landet) is a 1943 Swedish historical comedy film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Edvard Persson, George Fant and Birgitta Valberg. It is based on the 1862 German novel From My Farming Days by Fritz Reuter, which had previously been adapted into the 1924 Swedish silent film Life in the Country.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder.
Cast
Edvard Persson as Zakarias Bräsig
George Fant as Frans von Rambow
Bror Bügler as Axel von Rambow
Birgitta Valberg as Frida von Rambow
Ivar Kåge as Carl Haverman
Ingrid Backlin as Louise Haverman
Willy Peters as Fritz
Mim Persson as Marie Möller
Kolbjörn Knudsen as Carl Brockman
Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Brockman
Birgitta Arman as Salla Brockman
Nancy Dalunde as Malla Brockman
Sven Bergvall as Reverend Berger
Gull Natorp as Mrs. Berger
Albert Ståhl as Brolin
John Ericsson as Anders
John Norrman as Night-watchman
Robert Johnson as Auctioneer
Georg Fernqvist as Daniel
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.