The Girls in Smaland (Swedish: Flickorna i Småland) is a 1945 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Åke Grönberg and Sigge Fürst. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It takes its title from the popular 1912 song of the same title.
Synpsis
Gunnar takes a train to Vimmerby to look for work. The area is famous for beautiful woman, but he lands a job as a farmhand on the mean-spirited male farmer Jönsson's property. When he grows tired of this he finds a new job with a female farm owner Christina Larsson, but she is nothing like he expected.
Cast
Sickan Carlsson as Christina Larsson
Åke Grönberg as Gunnar
Sigge Fürst as Algotsson
Ruth Kasdan as Tattar-Emma
Douglas Håge as Jönsson
Carl Reinholdz as Alfred Forsman
Rut Holm as Hanna
Ingrid Östergren as Märtha
John Elfström as Laban
Carin Swensson as Ottilia
Ninni Löfberg as Ester
Olga Appellöf as Woman
Kolbjörn Knudsen as Måns
Nils Hallberg as Gypsy
Artur Rolén as Photographer
Viktor Haak as Daniel ve Korsgrinna
Gösta Prüzelius as Agronomist
Stig Johanson as Man
Siegfried Fischer as Potential horse buyer
Mona Geijer-Falkner as Old woman at the market
John Hilke as Employment agency clerk
Birger Lensander as Farm hand kicked out by Jönsson
Aurore Palmgren as Grandmother
Andrew Walter as Accordion player
Tom Walter as Train driver
Inga-Lill Åhström as Waitress
References
Bibliography
Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.