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The Bjorck Family

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The Bjorck Family
Directed byAnders Henrikson
Written byRagnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Alice Svensk
Produced byLorens Marmstedt
StarringOlof Winnerstrand
Frida Winnerstrand
Birgitta Arman
CinematographyErnst Westerberg
Edited byRolf Husberg
Music byEskil Eckert-Lundin
Thore Ehrling
Production
company
Terrafilm
Distributed byTerrafilm
Release date
  • 21 January 1940 (1940-01-21)
Running time
98 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The Bjorck Family (Swedish: Familjen Björck) is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Anders Henrikson and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Frida Winnerstrand and Birgitta Arman.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It was based on a radio show of the same name that ran from 1936 to 1943.

Synopsis

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The Björck family are a respectable middle-class Stockholm household. However the daughter Greta is showing interest in an unsuitable boyfriend while ignoring a more clean-cut suitor while her father is being pursued by the seductive Astrid Holten.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.110

Bibliography

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  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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