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Simon of Backabo

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Simon of Backabo
Directed byGustaf Edgren
Written byOscar Hemberg
Ragnhild Prim
Oscar Rydqvist
Based onSympatiska Simon by Gösta Gustaf-Janson
Produced byStellan Claësson
StarringFridolf Rhudin
Hilda Borgström
Sickan Carlsson
CinematographyMartin Bodin
Music byEric Bengtson
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 29 October 1934 (1934-10-29)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Simon of Backabo (Swedish: Simon i Backabo) is a 1934 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Hilda Borgström and Sickan Carlsson.[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Synopsis

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A young man living with his grandmother and her maid Greta in the countryside, unexpectedly inherits a large fortune.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Larsson & Marklund p.125

Bibliography

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  • Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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