The Motor Cavaliers

The Motor Cavaliers
Directed byElof Ahrle
Written byGert Marcusson
Produced byCarl-Johan Sundquist
StarringÅke Söderblom
Viveca Serlachius
Sten Gester
CinematographyHilding Bladh
Edited byLennart Wallén
Music bySune Waldimir
Production
company
Sandrews
Distributed byStockholm Film
Release date
  • 13 March 1950 (1950-03-13)
Running time
74 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The Motor Cavaliers (Swedish: Motorkavaljerer) is a 1950 Swedish comedy sports film directed by Elof Ahrle and starring Åke Söderblom, Viveca Serlachius and Sten Gester.[1][2] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

Synopsis

A shop assistant becomes an unlikely motorcycle speedway star after he agrees to substitute for his friend who actually drove the winning bike. After trying to escape publicity he heads to the countryside, but returns to take part in a major race which he himself really wins this time. He also wins the affections of the daughter of his employer.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.39
  2. ^ Segrave & Martin p.273

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.


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