''Man's Way with Women'' ( sv, Sången om den eldröda blomman) is a 1934 Swedish romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Per-Axel Branner Per-Axel Helge Branner (né Larsson; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1975) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director.Qvist & von Bagh p.197 Selected filmography * '' Getting Married'' (1926) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' Pettersson ...

. It is based on the Finnish novel ''

The Song of the Blood-Red Flower , translator = W. J. Alexander Worster , image = Thesongofthebloodredflower 1921.jpg , caption = A hardcover of the 1921 English version , author = Johannes Linnankoski , illustrator = , cover_artist = , coun ...

'' by

Johannes Linnankoski Johannes Linnankoski (originally Vihtori Johan Peltonen, 18 October 1869 – 10 August 1913) was a Finland, Finnish author and playwright, which mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel ...

. The interior shots of the film were shot in Råsunda's Filmstaden studios and the exterior scenes in

Uppland Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhab ...

Ramsele Ramsele () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Sollefteå Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 968 inhabitants in 2010. Since the 1960s, the population has decreased from 1563 to 968. It is situated by the river Faxälven ...

and

Långsele Långsele () is a locality situated in Sollefteå Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the ...

. The film premiered at the Röda Kvarn theatre in Stockholm on November 12, 1934.Filmpremiärer i Sverige
(in Swedish) The film US release was in 1937.Kendra Steiner Editions: Dwain Esper’s “Man’s Way With Women” (Sweden/US 1934-37)
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Cast

Edvin Adolphson Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night'' (1939), and is noted for his ...

as Olof Koskela *

Inga Tidblad Inga Sofia Tidblad (29 May 1901 – 12 September 1975) was a Swedish actress. She was one of the most praised actresses in Swedish theatre during her lifetime. Biography Tidblad grew up in Stockholm as daughter to engineer Otto Tidblad and ...

as Kyllikki *

Birgit Tengroth Birgit Tengroth (13 July 1915 – 21 September 1983) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1926 and 1950. Biography Tengroth debuted in Sven Jerring's radio show 'Barnens Brevlåda' together with her friend ...

as "Dark Eye" * Anna Lindahl as "Motherwort" * Gull-Maj Norin as "Gazelle" *

Marianne Löfgren Marianne Löfgren (24 February 1910 – 4 September 1957) was a Swedish actress. She played in Åke Ohberg's ''Elvira Madigan'' (1943), director Ingmar Bergman's debut ''Crisis'' in 1946, Hasse Ekman's '' Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) and i ...

as Elliina Virttanen * Aino Taube as Annikki *

John Ekman John Ekman (15 November 1880 – 22 November 1949) was a Swedish film actor. Biography He first trained as an artist under Richard Bergh (1858-1919). He was employed by various theater companies; Swedish Biograft Theater in Kristianstad (19 ...

as Olof's father * Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren as Olof's mother *

Anders Henrikson Anders Henrik Henrikson (13 June 1896 – 17 October 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1965. He also directed 30 films between 1933 and 1956. Selected filmography Actor * '' The ...

as Antti, Kyllikki's cousin *

Sven Bergvall Sven Bergvall (25 May 1881 – 2 November 1960) was a Swedish actor. Biography Bergvall made his stage debut in 1901 and was since 1917 at the Dramaten. He acted in Swedish films from 1914 to 1954. He fought energetically for the actors' prof ...

as Kyllikki's father

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Svensk Filmdatabas: Sången om den eldröda blomman (1934)
(in Swedish) 1934 films 1934 romantic drama films Swedish romantic drama films 1930s Swedish-language films Films based on Finnish novels 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-romance-film-stub