Stronger Than the Law (Swedish: Starkare än lagen) is a 1951 Swedish historical drama film directed by Bengt Logardt and Arnold Sjöstrand and starring Margareta Fahlén, Bengt Logardt and Margit Carlqvist.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.
Synopsis
The film is set in the 1870s in a remote community in the mountains of Northern Sweden. A strange man from the south arrives, and interacts with the strait-laced Anna and the bubbly Mimmi who openly flouts convention. Eventually it turns out that he has killed a man and is on the run.
Cast
- Margareta Fahlén as Anna Persson
- Bengt Logardt as Helge Andersson
- Margit Carlqvist as Mimmi
- Arnold Sjöstrand as Anders Olsson
- Eva Stiberg Stina
- Sven Magnusson as Per
- Peter Lindgren as Manuel
- Yvonne Lombard as Elvira
- Åke Fridell as Mattias
- Sten Lindgren as Parish constable
- Eric Laurent as Johan Persson
- Albert Ståhl as Ola
- Georg Skarstedt as Priest
- Edel Stenberg as Mme Petersen
- Alf Östlund as Stenerud
References
- ^ Wright p.121
Bibliography
- Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.
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