''The Apple War'' ( sv, Äppelkriget) is a 1971 Swedish

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Tage Danielsson Tage Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He is best known for his collaboration with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage. Career After graduation from ...

, starring

Gösta Ekman Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director. Career Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented ...

Hans Alfredsson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their ...

, Tage Danielsson,

Monica Zetterlund Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained int ...

and

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

. The political theme of the film is the battle between nature on the one hand and commercialisation and

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on the other set to exploit and ultimately destroy land and natural resources. The film can also be seen as an early criticism of

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as it depicts foreign, and large scale, capitalist investors and entrepreneurs as exploiters working side by side with domestic, small scale, capitalists. The songs in ''The Apple War'' are composed and written by Evert Taube, who also makes a cameo in the film as the old man who dances with

at the end party, and while there also recites a part of one of his most famous songs, "Calle Schewens vals", performed by the cast in the same scene at the end. Winner of three

Guldbagge Award The Guldbagge Awards ( sv, Guldbaggen, en, Gold scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the nam ...

s, ''The Apple War'' is a popular cult film in Sweden, and referred to as a " Hasse & Tage" film due to the creators Tage Danielsson and Hasse Alfredson.

Plot

A Swiss businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and

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). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.

Cast

* Per Grundén as Jean Volkswagner *

as Sten Wall *

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as Hans Nilsson *

Yvonne Lombard Yvonne Lombard (born 28 May 1929) is a Swedish actress. Born in Stockholm, Lombard studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") there, where she trained between 1948 and 1951 with the likes of Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin. She has per ...

as Kerstin Gustafson *

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as Tore Gustafson *

as Anna Lindberg *

Håkan Serner John Gunnar Håkan Serner (1 September 1933 in Malmö – 25 October 1984 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. Family He was nephew to Frank Heller, and stepfather to Malin Gjörup. Awards In 1977 Serner received the award for Best Actor at ...

as Eberhard Lindberg *

Hans Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their ...

as Severin Lindberg *

Birgitta Andersson Ulla Birgitta Helena Andersson (born ''Andersson''; 20 April 1933) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Career Andersson made her breakthrough by acting in various variety shows with Povel Ramel and Karl Gerhard. She was part of the group around ...

as Luft-Hanna Lindberg *

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as Agnes Lindberg *

Nils Ahlroth Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

as Gustav Lindberg / jätte *

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as Bert Lindberg *

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as Janet Lindberg /

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* Martin Ljung as Åke Lindberg *

as Roy Lindberg *

as Bernhard Lindberg *

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as Larsson i Tofta * Ingvar Ottoson as Werner Affeman *

Gus Dahlström Gus Dahlström (6 November 1906 – 25 December 1989) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1942 and 1984. Partial filmography * ''Olycksfågeln nr 13'' (1942) - Gurra (uncredited) * ''Kvinnan tar befälet'' ( ...

as Film director * Tomas Alfredson as Count *

Karl Erik Flens Karl Erik Flens (19 March 1913 – 17 October 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1938 and 1975. Selected filmography * '' The Two of Us'' (1939) * '' The Fight Continues'' (1941) * ''How to Tame a Real Man'' (1 ...

as Valfrid Paulsson

Songs by Evert Taube used in the soundtrack

In order: *" Änglamark" (instrumental; at the beginning of the film) *"Mirrabooka marsch" (instrumental) *"Solig morgon" (instrumental) *" Sjösala vals" (hummed by a woman off camera) *"Calle Lång dansar portugis" (instrumental) *"Diktaren och Tiden" (instrumental) *"Julius och Mariella" (instrumental) *" Byssan lull" (instrumental) *" Möte i monsunen" (instrumental) *"Stockholmsmelodi", performed by Evert Taube (recited) *"Pierina eller Blå anemonerna", performed by Thord Carlsson, Folke Eng, Lars Malgefors, Håkan Norlen and Lillemor Lysell *" Fritiof Anderssons paradmarsch" (instrumental) *"Bal på Skeppsholmen" (instrumental- "domino effect" sequence) *"Min älskling (du är som en ros)" (instrumental) *" Nocturne" (instrumental - Herr Volkswagner goes to sleep) *"

Calle Schewens vals Calle Schewens vals (''Calle Schewen's waltz'') is a 1932 Swedish waltz written by Evert Taube. When Taube wanted to be member of the secret society '' Pelarorden'' in 1931, he was stumped until Albert Engström ordered him to write a song about ...

", performed by Martin Ljung,

and Evert Taube (at the outdoor wedding/summer party/picnic) *"Änglamark", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube (at the end credits)

Awards

The film won the Swedish Film Institute's

("Golden Beetle") award in 1972 in three categories: *

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* Best Director - Tage Danielsson *

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- Monica Zetterlund

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Applewar 1971 films 1971 comedy-drama films 1970s Swedish-language films Films directed by Tage Danielsson Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award 1971 comedy films 1971 drama films Swedish comedy-drama films 1970s Swedish films