Dear Relatives

Dear Relatives
Directed by	Gustaf Molander
Written by	Gösta Stevens Gustaf Molander
Based on	Den kære familie by Gustav Esmann
Produced by	Stellan Claësson
Starring	Gösta Ekman Tutta Rolf Carl Barcklind
Cinematography	Åke Dahlqvist
Edited by	Rolf Husberg
Music by	Jules Sylvain
Production company	Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	25 October 1933 (1933-10-25)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Dear Relatives (Swedish: Kära släkten) is a 1933 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Gösta Ekman, Tutta Rolf and Carl Barcklind. Molander also co-wrote the screenplay with Gösta Stevens. The film was a hit at the box office. It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around a wealthy wholesaler, his three daughters and their husbands. While two of his sons-in-law are doing very well, the third is an impoverished nobleman married to his daughter Lilli. They attempt to boost their fortunes by opening a nightclub.

Cast

• Gösta Ekman as Claes af Leijonstam
• Tutta Rolf as Lilli af Leijonstam
• Carl Barcklind as Mr. Friis
• Thor Modéen as Filip Randel
• Edvin Adolphson as Ludwig
• Dora Söderberg as Tyra
• Sickan Carlsson as Marianne Friis
• Georg Rydeberg as Erik Cronskiöld
• Åke Jensen as Valdemar Nyström
• Ruth Stevens as Sally
• Eric Abrahamsson as Karlsson
• Oscar Byström as Adolf
• Tord Bernheim as Dancing man at Kragknappen
• Wiola Brunius as Young woman at Kragknappen
• Alice Carlsson as Young woman at Kragknappen
• Sigge Fürst as Dancing man at Kragknappen
• Nils Hultgren as Count Cronskiöld's servant

Bibliography

• Elkington, Author Trevor. Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition. Wayne State University Press, 2005.
• Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.

External links

• Dear Relatives at IMDb