Beef and the Banana (Swedish: Biffen och Bananen) is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Rolf Husberg and starring Åke Grönberg, Åke Söderblom and Lillebil Kjellén. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in a variety of settings. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.
It is an adaptation of the long-running comic strip of the same title by Jan-Erik Garland. It was followed by two sequels Blondie, Beef and the Banana (1952) and Klarar Bananen Biffen? (1957), with the two leading actors reprising their roles.
Synopsis
Two men work with contrasting personalities work together in a bicycle factory. One is a meat-eater and the other a vegetation.
Cast
Åke Grönberg as Biffen
Åke Söderblom as Bananen
Lillebil Kjellén as Kerstin Carve
Lennart Lindberg as Stickan Berglund
Håkan Westergren as Carlsson
Gösta Prüzelius as Tage Wendel
Maj Larsson as Ella Öhman
Siv Larsson as Elsa Öhman
Harriet Andersson as Girl
Nils Hultgren as Teacher at Kalmar Slott
Wiktor Andersson as Customer
Yngve Lundh as Bicyclist
Sven 'Svängis' Johansson as Bicyclist
Nils 'Bagarn' Johansson as Bicyclist
Rudolf E. Eklöw as Sports journalist
Jan-Erik Garland as Sports journalist
Raymond Maës as Swiss bicyclist
K.G. Norlén a s Holm, supervisor
Bertil Perrolf as Radio reporter
Birgit Rogner as Maid
Oscar Söderlund as Sports journalist
References
Bibliography
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. Segrave, Kerry & Martin, Linda. The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era--biographies, Criticism, Filmographies, Bibliographies. McFarland, 1990.