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Beef and the Banana (Swedish: Biffen och Bananen) is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Rolf Husberg and starring Åke Grönberg, Åke Söderblom and Lillebil Kjellén.[1][2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in a variety of settings. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.

Beef and the Banana
Directed by	Rolf Husberg
Written by	Gösta Stevens
Based on	Biffen och Bananen by Jan-Erik Garland
Produced by	Helge Hagerman
Starring	Åke Grönberg Åke Söderblom Lillebil Kjellén
Cinematography	Åke Dahlqvist Gunnar Fischer
Edited by	Oscar Rosander
Music by	Jerry Högstedt
Production company	Fribergs Filmbyrå
Distributed by	Fribergs Filmbyrå
Release date	12 February 1951
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

It is an adaptation of the long-running comic strip of the same title by Jan-Erik Garland. It was followed by two sequels Blondie, Beef and the Banana (1952) and Klarar Bananen Biffen? (1957), with the two leading actors reprising their roles.

Synopsis

Two men work with contrasting personalities work together in a bicycle factory. One is a meat-eater and the other a vegetation.

Cast

• Åke Grönberg as Biffen
• Åke Söderblom as Bananen
• Lillebil Kjellén as Kerstin Carve
• Lennart Lindberg as Stickan Berglund
• Håkan Westergren as Carlsson
• Gösta Prüzelius as Tage Wendel
• Maj Larsson as Ella Öhman
• Siv Larsson as Elsa Öhman
• Harriet Andersson as Girl
• Nils Hultgren as Teacher at Kalmar Slott
• Wiktor Andersson as Customer
• Yngve Lundh as Bicyclist
• Sven 'Svängis' Johansson as Bicyclist
• Nils 'Bagarn' Johansson as Bicyclist
• Rudolf E. Eklöw as Sports journalist
• Jan-Erik Garland as Sports journalist
• Raymond Maës as Swiss bicyclist
• K.G. Norlén a s Holm, supervisor
• Bertil Perrolf as Radio reporter
• Birgit Rogner as Maid
• Oscar Söderlund as Sports journalist

References

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
• Segrave, Kerry & Martin, Linda. The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era--biographies, Criticism, Filmographies, Bibliographies. McFarland, 1990.

External links

• Beef and the Banana at IMDb

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