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Viran Rydkvist
Anna Elvira Oscaria Rydkvist (1 December 1879 – 10 July 1942) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. Born and brought up in Stockholm, she made her acting debut in 1897 at the Arena theatre. During her career, she appeared in numerous stage performances as well as 29 film productions. In 1915, she co-founded the in Gothenburg. Between 1922 and 1935, she ran the Lilla teatern, becoming one of the first women to run a theatre in Sweden. Life Viran Rydkvist was born on 1 December 1879 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of actors Sara (''née'' Lundgren) and Albert Rydqvist, who also owned a theatre. She first appeared in a minor role on the Swedish theatre stage in ''Boccaccio'' in 1897. The leading Swedish theatre practitioner Albert Ranft employed Rydkvist in his company, and she began to tour with his troupe. Under the auspices of Ranft's company, Rydkvist was associated with the Folkan theatre from 1900 to 1903, and arrived at the theatre scene of Gothen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. The director's function is to ensure the quality and completeness of theatre production and to lead the members of the creative team into realizing their artistic vision for it. The director thereby collaborates with a team of creative individuals and other staff to coordinate research and work on all the aspects of the production which includes the Technical and the Performance aspects. The technical aspects include: stagecraft, costume design, theatrical properties (props), lighting design, set design, and sound design for the production. The performance aspects include: acting, dance, orchestra, chants, and stage combat. If the production is a new piece of writing or a (new) translation of a play, the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasateatern
Vasateatern or ''"Vasan"'' ( English: ''Vasa Theatre'') is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Vasagatan 19–21 in central Stockholm. History The theater was designed by Fredrik Ekberg (1837- 1898) and inaugurated in 1886. It was for many years run by theatre director and actor Albert Ranft (1858–1938) who in the early 20th century staged a large number of French and British comedy plays. He had personal contact with many of the most popular European comedy playwrights at the time, including George Bernard Shaw, and successfully had a great number of contemporary comedy plays translated and staged in Sweden. Plays such as Oscar Wilde's '' The Importance of Being Earnest (Mr Ernst)'', Shaw's '' You Never Can Tell (Man kan aldrig veta)'' and '' Major Barbara'', and ''Jack Straw'' by W. Somerset Maugham. Popular French playwrights at the theatre included Georges Feydeau and Georges Berr. Works by August Strindberg were also produced at the Vasateatern. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frestelse
''Frestelse'' (Temptation) is a Swedish black-and-white drama film from 1940. It was directed by Arne Bornebusch. The screenplay was written by Torsten Lundqvist and Bornebusch. Production and release The film was shot in 1939 at Europa Studio in Sundbyberg, Stockholm, and Norway. The film was released as ''Ingeborg Lien'' in Norway and as ''Suurkaupungin leikkikalu'' (Big City Plaything) in Finland. Plot The young Norwegian fisherman's daughter Ingeborg Lien, who lives in a remote fishing village, dreams of success and the big city. She gets there and wins a beauty pageant. Ingeborg is attended to by two men, who have no other purpose than to enjoy her as a young and charming mistress for a while. When Ingeborg realizes this, she turns to a newly acquired female friend. During a police raid in a sinister gambling den, she manages to escape and is rescued by the taxi driver and engineering student Gustav Lind. He takes care of Ingeborg without asking for anything in return. Gust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bjorck Family
''The Bjorck Family'' (Swedish: ''Familjen Björck'') is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Anders Henrikson and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Frida Winnerstrand and Birgitta Arman.Qvist & Von Bagh p.110 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It was based on a radio show of the same name that ran from 1936 to 1943. Synopsis The Björck family are a respectable middle-class Stockholm household. However the daughter Greta is showing interest in an unsuitable boyfriend while ignoring a more clean-cut suitor while her father is being pursued by the seductive Astrid Holten. Cast * Olof Winnerstrand as Ingeniör Björck * Frida Winnerstrand as Fru Björck * Birgitta Arman as Greta, deras dotter * Åke Johansson as Ville, deras son * Margit Manstad as Astrid Holten * Carin Swensson as Hulda * Gull Natorp as Tant Inga * Carl-Axel Hallgren as Bertil * Ulf Westman as Börje Schack * Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Us Barons
''Between Us Barons'' (Swedish: ''Oss baroner emellan'') is a 1939 Swedish comedy film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Adolf Jahr, Birgit Tengroth and Gösta Cederlund.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.93 It was inspired by the British novel ''Following Ann'' by Kenneth R. G. Browne. It was shot at the Gärdet Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. Synopsis A baron returns to Sweden after many years in Argentina. Soon after arriving, his luggage is stolen by a confidence trickster who masquerades as the baron in order to gain an invitation to the estate of a wealthy couple. Things become more complicated when the baron himself turns up, also in disguise. Cast * Adolf Jahr as Gustaf Adolf Leijoncloo * Birgit Tengroth as Inga * Gösta Cederlund as Hektor Blomqvist * Tollie Zellman as Agnes, hans hustru * Elsa Desolneux Elsa may refer to: ELSA (acronym) *ELSA Technology, a manufacturer of computer hardwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Saves The Day
''Adolf Saves the Day'' (Swedish: ''Adolf klarar skivan'') is a 1938 Swedish comedy film directed by and starring Adolf Jahr and also featuring Artur Cederborgh, Eleonor de Floer and Hilding Gavle.Larsson & Marklund p.130 The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. Synopsis Adolf Jansson gets a job as a servant for a wealthy family. Cast * Adolf Jahr as Adolf Jansson * Artur Cederborgh as August Pettersson * Anna Hillberg as Adele Pettersson * Eleonor de Floer as Susette Pettersson * Hilding Gavle as Count Sixten von Jahn * Olga Appellöf as Miss Sandin * Eivor Engelbrektsson as Viola * Georg Funkquist as Butler * Gösta Gustafson as Patent Official * Linnéa Hillberg as Gullan Hansson * Elsa Holmquist as Karin Hansson * Elsa Jahr as Stina * Arne Lindblad as Berg * Vera Lundquist as Greta * Lotten Olsson as Mrs. Bohman * Charley Paterson as Sirius Jansson * Viran Rydkvist as Liskulla * Margit Tirkkonen as Stina * John Westin as Man in Searc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Flu (film)
''Russian Flu'' (Swedish: ''Ryska snuvan'') is a 1937 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Åke Söderblom, Karin Swanström and Sickan Carlsson.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.62 It was the second Swedish film of the Norwegian actress Kirsten Heiberg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Main cast * Åke Söderblom as Kalle Brodin * Karin Swanström as Mrs. Brodin * Sickan Carlsson as Bojan * Kirsten Heiberg as Nadja Ivanovna * Edvin Adolphson as Nikolajevitj * Anders Henrikson as Grischa * Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Paul * Nils Jacobsson as Ernst Rolf * Olof Winnerstrand as Köhler * Ivar Kåge as Köhler's Friend * Olof Sandborg as Colonel * Katie Rolfsen as Ciceron * Eric Gustafson as Gulaschbaron * Elof Ahrle as Den svenske maskinreparatören i Moskva * Georg Rydeberg as A man * Tom Walter as Partikamrat * Holger Löwenadler Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipwrecked Max
''Shipwrecked Max'' (German: ''Rendezvous im Paradies'', Swedish: ''Skeppsbrutne Max'') is a 1936 Austrian-Swedish drama film directed by Fritz Schulz and Sigurd Wallén and starring Max Hansen, Gull-Maj Norin and Brita Appelgren.Qvist & Von Bagh p.151 It was produced in separate German and Swedish-language versions. Such Multiple-language version were common in the first few years of sound film before dubbing became more widespread. It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bertil Duroj and Bibi Lindström. Cast Swedish version * Max Hansen as Max Mattsson * Björn Berglund as Sten Sergius - pilot * Gull-Maj Norin as Ann-Kathrine * Brita Appelgren as Bibi * Greta Wenneberg as Karin * Ragnar Falck as Olle - pianist * Gösta Kjellertz as Bo Sanger - Bibi's brother * Ingrid Wiksjö as Operetta primadonna * Carl-Gunnar Wingård as Director Köhler * Elof Ahrle as Publicity Expert * John Norrman as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagens Nyheter
''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record. History and profile ''Dagens Nyheter'' was founded by Rudolf Wall in December 1864. The first issue was published on 23 December 1864. During its initial period the paper was published in the morning. In 1874 the paper became a joint stock company. Its circulation in 1880 was 15,000 copies. In the 1890s, Wall left ''Dagens Nyheter'' and soon after, the paper became the organ of the Liberal Party. From 1946 to 1959, Herbert Tingsten was the executive editor. The newspaper is owned by the Bonnier Group since 1909, when Karl Otto Bonnier acquired the remaining shares that his family had not owned (his father Albert had already acquired some shares since 1888). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repertoire
A repertoire () is a list or set of dramas, operas, musical compositions or roles which a company or person is prepared to perform. Musicians often have a musical repertoire. The first known use of the word ''repertoire'' was in 1847. It is a loanword from the French language, as (), with a similar meaning in the arts. This word, in turn, has its origin in the Late Latin word ''repertorium''. The concept of a basic repertoire has been extended to refer to groups which focus mainly on performing standard works, as in repertory theater or repertoire ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form .... See also * setlist – a list of works for a specific performance * playlist – a list of works available to play * signature song – a musical composition most asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Film Database
The Swedish Film Database ( sv, Svensk filmdatabas) is an Internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the ''Filmhuset'' building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm. The building, c .... It contains information about all Swedish films from 1897 onwards and foreign films that had cinema premiere in Sweden. It also provides many biographies of actors, directors, producers etc. who participated in Swedish films over the years. It is created with the support of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The database comprises about 62,000 films (17,000 Swedish films) and 265,000 people. References External linksSwedish Film Database Swedish film websites Online film databases Databases in Sweden {{website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
