Carl-Anders Dymling (1898-1961) was a Swedish film producer and director.

Biography

Dymling became a

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at the

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in 1921 and a Philosophy Licentiate in literary history in 1925. In 1931 he became head of Radioteatern in

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. Between 1942 and his death in 1961, he was President of

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, heading the county's largest film company. He initiated a policy of making prestigious, artistic productions that was less than successful. Although he was resistant to the making of the melodrama ''

Sunshine Follows Rain ''Sunshine Follows Rain'' (Swedish: ''Driver dagg faller regn'') is a 1946 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Mai Zetterling, Alf Kjellin and Sten Lindgren. The film is based on a 1943 novel by Margit Söderholm. ...

'', based on

Margit Söderholm Margit Söderholm (1905–1986) was a Swedish writer. Her prize-winning 1943 historical romance novel ''Sunshine Follows Rain (novel), Sunshine Follows Rain'' was adapted into a 1946 Sunshine Follows Rain, film of the same title. Her 1954 novel '' ...

's novel, the 1946 release turned out to be the company's most profitable film of the

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. Nordic National Cinemas p.188

References

Bibliography

* Gunnar Iverson, Astrid Soderbergh Widding & Tytti Soila. ''Nordic National Cinemas''. Routledge, 2005.

External links

* 1898 births 1961 deaths Mass media people from Gothenburg University of Gothenburg alumni Swedish film producers Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen {{Sweden-film-bio-stub