Dynamite (1947 film)

Dynamite
Directed by	Åke Ohberg
Written by	Harald Beijer
Based on	Dynamite by Harald Beijer
Produced by	Åke Ohberg
Starring	Birgit Tengroth Åke Ohberg Bengt Ekerot Marianne Löfgren
Cinematography	Sven Thermænius
Music by	Erland von Koch
Production company	Sveafilm
Distributed by	Sveafilm
Release date	7 February 1947 (1947-02-07)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Dynamite (Swedish: Dynamit) is a 1947 Swedish crime drama film directed by Åke Ohberg and starring Birgit Tengroth, Bengt Ekerot and Marianne Löfgren.[1][2] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Nilsson.

Synopsis

A young tearaway is drifting into a life of petty crime. He steals some dynamite in order to frighten people. However, one of his teachers believes that there is still hope for him.

Cast

• Birgit Tengroth as Gudrun Brogren
• Åke Ohberg as Sixten Krogh
• Bengt Ekerot as Allan Axelson
• Marianne Löfgren as Ottilia Axelsson
• Carl Ström as Axelsson
• Nils Hallberg as Oskar Axelsson
• Hilda Borgström as Mrs. Plym
• Erik Berglund as Criminal Inspector
• Märta Arbin as Criminal Inspector's wife
• Ingemar Pallin as Criminal Inspector's son
• Gull Natorp as Dean's Wife
• Carin Swensson as Dean's housemaid
• Harry Ahlin as Bodin
• Sif Ruud as Mrs. Bodin
• Rudolf Wendbladh as Principal
• Olav Riégo as Colonel
• Maja Cassel as Colonel's wife
• Gustav Hedberg as Constable Svärd
• Gösta Ericsson as Constable Carlsson
• Åke Engfeldt as Lt. Erik Arnell
• Sten Lindgren as Larsson, grocery store owner
• Magnus Kesster as Complaining man
• Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman in milk store
• Astrid Bodin as Woman in milk store
• Elsa Ebbesen as Woman

References

1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.58
2. Larsson & Marklund p.150

Bibliography

• Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders (ed.). Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• Dynamite at IMDb