Stronger Than the Law
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| Directed by | Bengt Logardt Arnold Sjöstrand |
| Written by | Bernhard Nordh |
| Based on | Stronger Than the Law by Bernhard Nordh |
| Starring | Margareta Fahlén Bengt Logardt Margit Carlqvist |
| Cinematography | Rune Ericson |
| Edited by | Lennart Wallén |
| Music by | Sven Sköld |
Production company | Sandrews |
| Distributed by | Sandrew-Baumanfilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Wright p.121
Bibliography
[edit]- Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.
External links
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