The Bells of the Old Town

The Bells of the Old Town
Directed byRagnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Written byRagnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Bertil Malmberg
Produced byOlle Brunaeus
StarringEdvard Persson
George Fant
Elsie Albiin
CinematographyJames B. Shackelford
Music byAlvar Kraft
Production
company
Distributed byEuropa Film
Release date
  • 30 December 1946 (1946-12-30)
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The Bells of the Old Town (Swedish: Klockorna i Gamla sta'n) is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius and starring Edvard Persson, George Fant and Elsie Albiin.[1] It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of Europa Film in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder. It was the first Swedish feature film to be shot in colour, using the Cinecolor process.[2]

Synopsis

Carl Magnus Berg is a kind-hearted bailiff operating in the Old Town of Stockholm. He takes pity on a struggling jazz musician and his girlfriend Karin.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.124
  2. ^ Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.XXII

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Sundholm, John. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2012.


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