''Black Rudolf'' (Swedish: ''Svarte Rudolf'') is a 1928 Swedish

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directed by

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and starring Fridolf Rhudin,

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and

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.Gustafsson p.104 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Vilhelm Bryde. The film was premiered on 22 October 1928 and was shot in the Filmstaden Råsunda with exteriors from Dalarö, Drottningholm Palace Park, Roslagsbanan, Munsö in Mälaren and the waters off the Huvudskär lighthouse in the Stockholm archipelago by Adrian Bjurman.

Cast

* Fridolf Rhudin as Rudolf Carlsson *

as Nancy von Rosen *

as Baransky * Weyler Hildebrand as Franz Schultze * Carl-Gustaf Berg as Per-Olof Sjöberg * Linnea Spångberg as Inga Österman * Signhild Björkman as Waitress *

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as Customs Officer * Birgit Chenon as Actress * Karen Christensen as Kissing Scene Actress * Lola Grahl as Ritzo-Rita * Nalle Haldén as Department Store Manager * Karl Jonsson as Cinematographer * Ludde Juberg as Actor * Herman Lantz as Bootlegger * Katie Rolfsen as Beda Johansson *

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as Actor * Wilhelm Tunelli as Johan Österman

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Tommy. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Gustaf Edgren 1920s Swedish-language films Films about filmmaking Silent Swedish drama films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub