Widower Jarl (Swedish: Änkeman Jarl) is a 1945 Swedish comedy film directed by Sigurd Wallén and starring Wallén, Dagmar Ebbesen, Sven Magnusson and Ingrid Backlin.[1] It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Växjö and Tingsryd. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder. It is based on the 1940 play Widower Jarl by Vilhelm Moberg.
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Directed by | Sigurd Wallén |
Written by | Vilhelm Moberg Sigurd Wallén |
Based on | Widower Jarl by Vilhelm Moberg |
Starring | Sigurd Wallén Dagmar Ebbesen Sven Magnusson Ingrid Backlin |
Cinematography | Elner Åkesson |
Edited by | Wic Kjellin |
Music by | Erik Baumann Nathan Görling |
Production company | Europa Film |
Distributed by | Europa Film |
Release date | 27 August 1945 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Andreas, a widowed Småland villager, is planning to get remarried to Gustava. His children oppose the marriage, fearing it may lose them their inheritance while a local shoemaker has designs on Gustava himself.
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