''The Ghost Reporter'' (Swedish: ''Spokreportern'') is a 1941 Swedish
comedy film directed by
Schamyl Bauman
Magnus Schamyl Bauman (4 December 1893 – 28 February 1966) was a Swedish film director (in 1931-57).
Born in Vimmerby, Småland. First studied law and modern languages at Uppsala University. In 1917 he began to work with translating text ...
and starring
Åke Söderblom,
Thor Modéen and
Annalisa Ericson.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.44] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolita ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
Arthur Spjuth.
Cast
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Åke Söderblom as Lasse Nylund
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Thor Modéen as Augustus Blomkvist / Emil Blomkvist
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Annalisa Ericson as Karin Blomkvist
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Erik Berglund as Tobias Holmgren
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Eric Abrahamsson as John Wester
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John Botvid as Nylund
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Torsten Winge
Torsten Winge (10 May 1886 – 6 May 1969) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1917 and 1961.
Selected filmography
* '' Robinson i skärgården'' (1920)
* ''Thomas Graal's Ward'' (1922)
* '' Where the Lighthouse ...
as Diplomat
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Hilding Gavle as Amanuelo Fernando
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Viran Rydkvist as Ida Karlsson
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Emil Fjellström as Hesa Fredrik
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Bror Bügler
Bror Bügler (11 December 1908 – 3 October 1975) was a Swedish film actor.Chandler p.309 He also directed three films.
Selected filmography
* '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937)
* ''Art for Art's Sake'' (1938)
* '' A Woman's Face'' (1938)
* '' Just ...
as Snutfagra Svensson
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Wiktor Andersson
Wiktor Herman "Kulörten" Andersson (19 June 1887 – 13 September 1966) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1923 and 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923)
* '' A Stolen Waltz'' ( ...
as Kofots-Lasse
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Mimi Pollak
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 – 11 August 1999) was a Swedish actress and theatre director.
Biography
Maria Helena Pollak was born in Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at the ...
as Ballet Teacher
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Gideon Wahlberg as Night Editor
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Erik A. Petschler as Diplomat
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Bror Abelli as Dr. Ahlman
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Folke Algotsson as Engineer
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Gunnar Björnstrand
Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman.
Biography
Björnstrand was born Knut Gunnar Johanson in Stockholm as son of actor Oscar Johanson an ...
as Sausage Factory Engineer
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Artur Cederborgh
Artur Cederborgh (30 December 1885 – 15 April 1961) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919)
* ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926)
* '' The Realm ...
as Editor Jonsson
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Elly Christiansson as Waitress
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Åke Claesson
Åke Claesson (2 July 1889 – 29 May 1967) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1925 and 1962.
Selected filmography
* ''Två konungar'' (1925) - Carl Michael Bellman
* '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) - Carl Michae ...
as Opera Director Fridell
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Julia Cæsar
Julia Maria Vilhelmina Cæsar (28 January 1885 – 18 July 1971) was a Swedish actress. Her acting career spanned from 1905 until 1968, during which time she appeared in a large number of revues, plays, and films.
Early life
Cæsar was bor ...
as Alfhild the Housekeeper
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Carl Ericson as Handyman
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Arthur Fischer as Editor Palmgren
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Axel Högel
Axel Högel (1884–1970) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Kwiatkowski p.73 He was a prolific character actor in the theatre and in Swedish cinema.
Selected filmography
* '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923)
* '' Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925)
* '' Ka ...
as Foreman
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Greta Liming as Ballet Girl
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Arne Lindblad as Manne Bergström
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Aurore Palmgren
Aurore Palmgren (28 March 1880 – 28 June 1961) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Rasmussen p.300
Selected filmography
References
Bibliography
* Rasmussen, Bjørn. ''Filmens hvem-vad-hvor: Udenlanske film 1950-1967''. Politiken, 1968 ...
as Mrs. Nylund
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Hilmer Peters as Photographer
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Bellan Roos as Woman Cook
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Gunnel Wadner as Ballet Girl
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Bojan Westin as Ballet Girl
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Carl-Gunnar Wingård
Carl-Gunnar Wingård (27 February 1894 – 20 January 1977) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1919 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1922)
* ''New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923)
* '' Her Litt ...
as Gentleman Waiting Outside
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Georg Årlin
Georg Adolf Wilhelm Årlin (30 December 1916 – 27 June 1992) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in 50 films between 1940 and 1988. Born in Rödeby, a southern Sweden locality in Blekinge County's Karlskrona Municipality, Georg Årlin d ...
as Editor
References
Bibliography
* Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
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1941 films
1941 comedy films
Swedish comedy films
1940s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Schamyl Bauman
1940s Swedish films
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