Flickan från Backafall (1953)
1h 31m
Running Time
March 2, 1953Release Date
Flickan från Backafall (1953)
1h 31m
Running Time
March 2, 1953Release Date
Plot.
Set on the island of Ven in the 1920s, Ellen is engaged with Per the sailor and waits for him while he is away at sea. She works as a maid in a rich family where Robert, the black sheep of the family, tries to seduce her. This leads to a rumour she has been unfaithful to Per. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Viola Sundberg
Ellen
Sven Lindberg
Per
Kenne Fant
Nils
Kenne Fant
Nils
Holger Löwenadler
August Larsson
Edvard Persson
Silla-Sven
Märta Dorff
August Larsson's wife
Bror Bügler
Director
Gabriel Jönsson
Writer
Aurore Palmgren
Botilla
Åke Ohlmarks
Writer
Dagmar Ebbesen
Anna-Kristin Backe
Olof Winnerstrand
Vicar
Harry Arnold
Composer
Ingvar Borild
Cinematographer
Carl-Einar Gregmar
Robert Dücker
Hilmer Ekdahl
Cinematographer
Jan Molander
Justus Mellgren
Renée Björling
Mrs Dücker
Olav Riégo
Mr Dücker
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Frans Backe
Verner Edberg
'Knottet'
Gösta Gustafson
Matts shoemaker
Lars Egge
Fredrik Åkerberg
Details.
Wiki.
The Girl from Backafall (Swedish: Flickan från Backafall) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant. It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.