The Hard Game

The Hard Game
Directed by	Lars-Eric Kjellgren
Written by	Olle Länsberg
Produced by	Allan Ekelund
Starring	Sven-Eric Gamble Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz Åke Grönberg
Cinematography	Lasse Björne Gunnar Fischer
Edited by	Ingemar Ejve
Music by	Thore Swanerud
Production company	Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	10 September 1956 (1956-09-10)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Hard Game (Swedish: Den hårda leken) is a 1956 Swedish sports drama film directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren and starring Sven-Eric Gamble, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz and Åke Grönberg.[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Gothenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

Synopsis

A promising young working-class boxer Conny Persson is pushed hard by his unscrupulous manager Andy Ekström. When Conny meets and falls in love with Margit Söderberg, she tries to persuade him to quit the cynical boxing profession and concentrate on running a flower shop with her

Cast

• Sven-Eric Gamble as Conny Persson
• Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz as Margit Söderberg
• Åke Grönberg as Andy Ekström
• John Elfström as William Persson
• Märta Dorff as Ester, Conny's mother
• Lissi Alandh as Sally, waitress
• Sten Gester as Viking Svensson
• Sissi Kaiser as Karin
• Arne Källerud as Pram
• Erik Strandmark as Wille Thoren
• Britta Brunius as Margit's mother
• Olav Riégo as Margit's father
• Henrik Schildt as Redman
• Stig Johanson as Brollan
• Erik Molin as Bigge Ek
• Bengt Ahlin as Boxer
• Sten Ardenstam as Guest at café
• Horace Brandt as Boxing referee
• Jens Brandt as Boxer
• Gösta Brodén as Photographer
• Eskil Engstrand as Boxer
• Jerry Eriksson as Boxer
• Elisabet Falk as Britta Lindström
• Gustaf Gustafson as Florist
• Jan Henrikson as Boxer
• Willy Karlsson as Florist
• Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist as Man at fairground
• Charlie Löfman as Nisse Sandberg
• Gösta Malmborg as Man with gong
• Charles Moore as Black boxer
• Gunnar Nielsen as Kalle Johansson
• John Nilsson as Jonne Ring
• Nils Olsson as Boxer
• Tord Peterson as Fimpen
• Hanny Schedin as Margit's friend
• Olle Seijbold as Photographer
• Gunnar Thim as Sotarn
• Ivar Wahlgren as Backman
• Boris Wiklund as Boxer

References

1. "Den hårda leken (1956) - SFDB".

Bibliography

• Crosson, Seán (ed.).Sport, Film and National Culture. Routledge, 2020.
• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• The Hard Game at IMDb