Dear Relatives

Dear Relatives
Directed byGustaf Molander
Written byGösta Stevens
Gustaf Molander
Based onDen kære familie by Gustav Esmann
Produced byStellan Claësson
StarringGösta Ekman
Tutta Rolf
Carl Barcklind
CinematographyÅke Dahlqvist
Edited byRolf Husberg
Music byJules Sylvain
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 25 October 1933 (1933-10-25)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Dear Relatives (Swedish: Kära släkten) is a 1933 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Gösta Ekman, Tutta Rolf and Carl Barcklind. Molander also co-wrote the screenplay with Gösta Stevens. The film was a hit at the box office.[1][2] It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around a wealthy wholesaler, his three daughters and their husbands. While two of his sons-in-law are doing very well, the third is an impoverished nobleman married to his daughter Lilli. They attempt to boost their fortunes by opening a nightclub.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Elkington p.57
  2. ^ Wright p.32

Bibliography

  • Elkington, Author Trevor. Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition. Wayne State University Press, 2005.
  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.


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