The Quartet That Split Up (Swedish: Kvartetten som sprängdes) is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Adolf Jahr, Anita Björk, Inga Landgré and Victor Sjöström.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same title by Birger Sjöberg, which had previously been made into a 1936 film.[2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.
Synopsis
The members of a string quartet in a small Swedish town decided to speculate on the stock market with unexpected results.
Cast
- Adolf Jahr as Karl Ludvig Sundelin
- Anita Björk as Maj Andersson
- Inga Landgré as Märta Åvik
- Victor Sjöström as Gustaf Borg
- Edvin Adolphson as Anders Åvik
- Sven Lindberg as Editor Bengt 'Cello' Erlandsson
- Jarl Kulle as Ture Borg
- Dagmar Ebbesen as Aunt Klara
- Marianne Löfgren as Selma Åvik
- Gunnar Björnstrand as Engineer Planertz
- Olof Winnerstrand as Olsén
- Torsten Winge as Löf
- Gösta Gustafson as Organist
- Stig Olin as Werner
- Anders Andelius as Borg's shop assistant
- Margit Andelius as Olsén's guest
- Gunwer Bergkvist as Member of Anemon choire
- John W. Björling as Man at the waterfront
- Gunnar Bohman as Olsén's guest
- Karl Bornfors as Viola player
- Ernst Brunman as Olsén's guest
- Elsa Ebbesen as Mrs. Tillberg
- Hans Edelskog as Edmund Åvik
- Rune Halvarsson as Jensen, barber
- Olle Hilding as Thun
- Birger Lensander as Factory manager
- Torsten Lilliecrona as Rescuer
- John Melin as Stolz
- Björn Näslund as Olle, Edmund's friend
- Elvin Ottoson as Olsén's guest
- Aurore Palmgren as Alida, Borg's housemaid
- Olav Riégo as Editor at Kuriren
- Lasse Sarri as Pelle, Edmund's friend
- Hanny Schedin as Alma, Åvik's housemaid
- Georg Skarstedt as Backlund
- Carl Ström as Mr. Bergström
- Einar Söderbäck as Factory worker
- Eric von Gegerfelt as Olsén's guest
- Birger Åsander as Factory worker
- Gunnar Öhlund as Rescuer
- Alf Östlund as Olsén's guest
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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