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The Clang Of The Pick
''The Clang of the Pick'' (Swedish: ''Hård klang'') is a 1952 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, Edvin Adolphson and Margit Carlqvist.Sundholm p.294 It was shot at the Kungsholmen Studios of Nordisk Tonefilm in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bibi Lindström. Synopsis The village of Brovik on the coast of Småland in southern Sweden is transformed from a small agricultural settlement into a booming port due to the development of a granite quarrying by a German industrialist Klaus Willenhart in the late nineteenth century. By the First World War his son Frans has taken over the business and identifies strongly with the local community in neutral Sweden. By contrast his father, wife Vera and brother Gert are strongly committed to the German Empire and the cause of victory. Vera leaves Frans and goes with her brother-in-law, an on officer in the Kaiser's army, to work as a nurse. Frans bonds with Minka, the nie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Mattsson
Arne Mattsson (2 December 1919 – 28 June 1995) was a Sweden, Swedish film director. Biography Born in Uppsala, the early films of Mattsson were mostly Comedy, comedies. His biggest success was ''One Summer of Happiness, Hon dansade en sommar'' (1951, aka. ''One Summer of Happiness''), which earned him the Golden Bear at the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and a nomination for the Grand Prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival in 1952. It caused some controversy at the time because it contained nudity. His 1953 film of Peder Sjögren's second novel, ''Bread of Love'' (''Kärlekens bröd''), based on Sjögren's experiences as a volunteer in the Finnish Continuation War of 1941–44 angered the author, was banned in Finland and incurred the wrath of the Soviets at the Cannes Film Festival. In spite of all this, Sjögren grudgingly admitted that as a study of men under severe pressure it was impressive. In 1958 he di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neutral Sweden
Sweden had a policy of neutrality in armed conflicts from the early 19th century, until 2009, when it entered into various mutual defence treaties with the European Union (EU), and other Nordic countries.What price neutrality? The Economist. By Charlemagne. June 21, 2014. Downloaded Sep. 17, 2017. The policy originated largely as a result of Sweden's involvement in the , during which over a third of the country's territory was lost in the (1808–1809), including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmar Ebbesen
Dagmar Ebbesen (1 October 1891 – 6 November 1954) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1954. She was closely associated with the role of Kristina the maid which she played on stage and in three films beginning with ''House Slaves'' in 1923.Freiburg p.106 Selected filmography * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1922) * ''House Slaves'' (1923) * ''New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923) * '' The Red Day'' (1931) * '' Skipper's Love'' (1931) * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * ''Love and Deficit'' (1932) * '' The Southsiders'' (1932) * '' Secret Svensson'' (1933) * ''Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * ''House Slaves'' (1933) * ''The Women Around Larsson'' (1934) * '' Close Relations'' (1935) * '' The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * '' The Quartet That Split Up'' (1936) * ''Baldwin's Wedding'' (1938) * '' We at Solglantan'' (1939) * '' Life Begins Today'' (1939) * ''Hanna in Society'' (1940) * ''Her Melody'' (1940) * ''A Crime'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Kesster
Magnus Kesster (29 July 1901 – 15 April 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1937 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' The Pale Count'' (1937) * '' Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * '' A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * '' A Woman's Face'' (1938) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * '' Whalers'' (1939) * ''Between Us Barons'' (1939) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * '' Only One Night'' (1939) * '' Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * '' Dunungen'' (1941) * '' The Poor Millionaire'' (1941) * '' There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * '' A Girl for Me'' (1943) * '' The Green Lift'' (1944) * ''His Excellency'' (1944) * '' His Majesty Must Wait'' (1945) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1945) * '' Iris and the Lieutenant'' (1946) * '' It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) * '' Incorrigible'' (1946) * '' When the Meadows Blossom'' (1946) * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Dynamite'' (1947) * ''I Love You Karlsson'' (1947) * '' On These Shoulders'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Hell
Erik Hell (11 August 1911 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish actor. Hell was born in Kalliokoski, Finland, to a Norwegian father and a Finnish mother. He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. He married the actress Öllegård Wellton in 1960. They were married until his death. He was the father of the actor Krister Hell. Erik Hell is buried in the memorial garden at Solna Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' Blossom Time'' (1940) - Miner (uncredited) * ''Snapphanar'' (1941) - Swedish soldier (uncredited) * '' The Yellow Clinic'' (1942) - First Mate (uncredited) * '' Ride Tonight!'' (1942) - Hans of Lenhovda * '' The Heavenly Play'' (1942) - Jon Persson * '' There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) - Jodl (uncredited) * '' Kungajakt'' (1944) - Möllersten * ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) - Lieutenant Gerhard Grijp * '' Live Dangerously'' (1944) - Parachuting Saboteur * '' The Invisible Wall'' (1944) - Walter Corell * '' Oss tjuvar emellan eller En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Bergh
Eva Bergh (25 February 1926 – 19 February 2013) was a Norwegian actress. Eva Bergh was born Eva Johansen at Kolbotn in Oppegård, Norway. She was married to the composer Sverre Arvid Bergh (1915–1980) and was the sister-in-law of his brother violinist and orchestral leader Øivind Bergh (1909–1987) She made her debut at Det Nye Teater in Oslo during 1949. She held a prominent position at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen for over 40 years. She appeared in a number of roles in dramas and several major roles in plays by Ludvig Holberg and William Shakespeare. She also had a number of roles in Norwegian and foreign films. Her most notable film roles were in the British crime film '' The Long Memory'' (1953) directed by Robert Hamer and the Norwegian crime film '' Struggle for Eagle Peak'' (1960) directed by Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima Wifstrand
Naima Wifstrand (; 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, List of opera directors, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films. Biography Born Siri Naima Matilda Wifstrand in Stockholm in 1890, she was raised by her mother in Fleminggatan. Wifstrand never trained acting but learned the art thoroughly when she in 1905 joined the Anna Lundberg Theatre Company, a well reputed and respected theatre company in Sweden at the time. She travelled with them for a number of years, appearing in small parts. This eventually led her to small parts at theatres in Helsinki and around Stockholm. But at this time Wifstrand did not have her mind set on acting, instead she sought to be a singer. And it was as a grand operetta singer she became famous and enjoyed a successful star career for 30 years in Sweden. Career and break-through Wifstrand studied music and singing in Stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Von Nauckhoff
Rolf von Nauckhoff (1909–1968) was a Swedish film actor who worked mainly in Germany.World Filmography: 1967 p.152 Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) - Student reading a poem (uncredited) * ''Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) - Waiter * '' All Lies'' (1938) - Paul, Rechtsanwalt * ''Hurrah! I'm a Father'' (1939) - Freund von Peter * '' Duel with Death'' (1949) - Dr. Ernst Romberg * ''White Gold'' (1949) - Ing. Hopkins * '' The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) - Pastor Johannes Klappstein * '' The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice'' (1950) - Dr. Ihlenfeld * ''Crown Jewels'' (1950) - Minister * ''Die Tat des Anderen'' (1951) * '' Heart's Desire'' (1951) - Chefarzt Dr. Thomas * ''Begierde'' (1951) - Martin Reval * '' The Lady in Black'' (1951) - Henry Richards * '' The Clang of the Pick'' (1952) - Gert Willenhart * ''Man on a Tightrope'' (1953) - Police Agent (uncredited) * ''A Heart Plays False'' (1953) - Direktor Hersbach * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine'' (1953) - Kunsthändler Thorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Hallberg
Nils Hallberg (18 September 1921 – 8 October 2010) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1934 and 1974. Selected filmography * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * '' The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) * '' The Lady Becomes a Maid'' (1936) * '' The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) * '' Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * '' We at Solglantan'' (1939) * ''In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * '' Imprisoned Women'' (1943) * '' My People Are Not Yours'' (1944) * '' We Need Each Other'' (1944) * ''The People of Hemsö'' (1944) * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) * '' Harald the Stalwart'' (1946) * '' Brita in the Merchant's House'' (1946) * ''Two Women'' (1947) * ''Dynamite'' (1947) * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1947) * '' Maria'' (1947) * '' Port of Call'' (1948) * '' Private Bom'' (1948) * ''Robinson in Roslagen'' (1948) * '' Foreign Harbour'' (1948) * ''Sunshine'' (1948) * '' The Street'' (1949) * '' Son of the Sea'' (1949) * ''Two Stories Up'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elfström
Per Johan Hilding "John" Elfström (20 April 1902 – 27 March 1981) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 120 films. He is most famous for starring in the Åsa-Nisse series of films. He foremost made lighter comedies, even if he sometimes also appeared in heavier contexts. Ingmar Bergman had him play the blind worker in Music in Darkness (1948), and in Arne Mattsson's ''One Summer of Happiness'' (1951) he played an unpleasant priest. He was born in Ovansjö (present Sandviken Municipality, Sweden, grew up in Aspås and died in Täby. Selected filmography * '' People of Hälsingland'' (1933) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * '' Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * '' Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * '' Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * '' Poor Ferdinand'' (1941) * '' She Thought It Was Him'' (1943) * ''In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * '' The Forest Is Our Heritage'' (1944) * '' The Emperor of Portugallia'' (1944) * ''Oss tjuvar emell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrapnel Shell
Shrapnel shells were anti-personnel artillery munitions that carried many individual bullets close to a target area and then ejected them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike targets individually. They relied almost entirely on the shell's velocity for their lethality. The munition has been obsolete since the end of World War I for anti-personnel use; high-explosive shells superseded it for that role. The functioning and principles behind shrapnel shells are fundamentally different from high-explosive shell fragmentation. Shrapnel is named after Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel, a Royal Artillery officer, whose experiments, initially conducted on his own time and at his own expense, culminated in the design and development of a new type of artillery shell. Usage of the term "shrapnel" has changed over time to also refer to fragmentation of the casing of shells and bombs, which is its most common modern usage and strays from the original meaning. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive weapon placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Similar to anti-personnel mine, anti-personnel and other land mines, and unlike purpose launched naval depth charges, they are deposited and left to wait until, depending on their fuzing, they are triggered by the approach of or contact with any vessel. Naval mines can be used offensively, to hamper enemy shipping movements or lock vessels into a harbour; or defensively, to create "safe" zones protecting friendly sea lanes, harbours, and naval assets. Mines allow the minelaying force commander to concentrate warships or defensive assets in mine-free areas giving the adversary three choices: undertake a resource-intensive and time-consuming minesweeping effort, accept the casualties of challenging the minefield, or use the unmined waters where the greatest concentration of enemy firepower will be encountered. Although international law requires signatory nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
