''They Staked Their Lives'' ( sv, Med livet som insats) is a 1940 Swedish

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

Alf Sjöberg Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for '' Torment'' ( sv, Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 ...

Cast

* Aino Taube as Wanda *

Åke Ohberg Åke Ohberg (20 July 1905 – 18 July 1975) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in about 30 roles in films between 1932 and 1961. Ohberg was born to Johan and Hulda Ohberg in Västerås, Sweden. Marriage and Family He married ac ...

as John *

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 Max (as Anders Henriksson) *

Gösta Cederlund Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. Selected filmography * '' A Dangerous Wooing'' ...

as Baker *

Holger Löwenadler Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include ...

as Miller *

Eivor Landström Harriet Eivor Emilie Landström (22 March 1919 – 4 August 2004) was a Swedish actress. Selected filmography * '' Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938) * '' Life Begins Today'' (1939) * '' Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939 ...

as Eva *

Hampe Faustman Erik "Hampe" Faustman (born Erik Stellan Chatham; 3 July 1919 – 26 August 1961) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 20 films between 1940 and 1961. He also directed 20 films between 1943 and 1955. He was married ...

as Freedom fighter (as Erik Faustman) *

Bengt Ekerot Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot (8 February 1920 – 26 November 1971) was a Swedish actor best known for portraying Death in '' The Seventh Seal'' (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. In 1956, he directed the world premiere of '' Long Day's Journey i ...

as Freedom fighter * Torsten Hillberg as Colonel *

Ernst Brunman Ernst Olof Wilhelm Brunman (2 August 1886 – 1 January 1961) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Steene p.194 Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' Artificial Svensson'' (1929) * '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) * '' Frida's Songs'' ...

as Innkeeper * Frithiof Bjärne as Captain (as Fritjof Bjärne)

References

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* 1940 films 1940s Swedish-language films 1940 drama films Swedish black-and-white films Swedish drama films Films directed by Alf Sjöberg 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub