''Frestelse'' (Temptation) is a Swedish black-and-white drama film from 1940. It was directed by

Arne Bornebusch Arne Folke Harald Bornebusch (December 10, 1905 – October 13, 1973) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. Personal life Bornebusch was born in Hjortsberga, Sweden. He married Annika Backelin, with whom he had a son, Lars Peder Gustaf ...

. The screenplay was written by

Torsten Lundqvist Torsten Lundqvist (14 June 1894 – 12 January 1957) was a Swedish screenwriter. He worked one many scripts during the 1930s and 1940s, and was one of the three most prolific screenwriters in Swedish cinema alongside Sölve Cederstrand and Gösta ...

and Bornebusch.

Production and release

The film was shot in 1939 at Europa Studio in

Sundbyberg Sundbyberg Municipality (''Sundbybergs kommun'' or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban ...

, Stockholm, and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. 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. Gustav also gets her a place as a nanny with his boss, but one day the police find her there. He buys a train ticket for Ingeborg so that she can travel back to the fishing village. She does not return home, but instead tries to drown herself. Ingeborg is saved in the end. She now understands what luxury and external appearances are worth, and she confidently looks forward to a different life together with Gustav.

Cast

Sonja Wigert Sonja Wigert (11 November 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Norwegian-Swedish actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1934 and 1960. She was a spy in World War II. Ingrid Bolsø Berdal portrayed her in the film ''The Spy''. Selected filmogra ...

as Ingeborg Lien *

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 Rolf Arming *

Karl-Arne Holmsten Karl-Arne Holmsten (14 August 1911 – 22 February 1995) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1968. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden and died in Lidingö, Sweden. Selected filmography * '' Emilie Högq ...

as Gustav Lind * Ullastina Rettig as Marianne *

Ludde Juberg Per Ludvig "Ludde" Juberg (April 23, 1884 – May 8, 1968) was a Swedish actor and theater director. Filmography *1929: '' Konstgjorda Svensson'' as the medical orderly *1936: '' Ä' vi gifta?'' as Olsson, a porter *1937: '' Adolf Armstarke'' a ...

as Lambert Ljunggren *

Gunnar Simenstad Gunnar Simenstad (May 14, 1914 – February 2, 1986) was a Norwegian actor. In addition to his stage career, he appeared in several films. Filmography * 1935: '' Du har lovet mig en kone!'' as Marlow * 1937: ''By og land hand i hand'' as Adolf ...

as Ole Arntsen *

Rune Carlsten Rune Carlsten (1890–1970) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Carlsten studied at Stockholm University 1908–1910, was involved with Einar Fröberg's theater company 1910–1912, at the Swedish Theater in Stockholm ...

as Tage Wickman * Wera Lindby as Lillan * George Thunstedt as Krister Strand * Eric Gustafson as Set Wormgardt *

Tryggve Larssen Tryggve Larssen (October 3, 1887 – June 28, 1967) was a Norwegian actor. Larssen debuted as an actor in Ludovica Levy's touring theatre in 1911, after which he was engaged with the National Theater in Bergen and the Norwegian Theater in Os ...

as Jonas Lien *

Aagot Børseth Aagot Børseth (29 November 1898 – 19 December 1993) was a Norwegian actress. Biography Aagot Tangen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She made her debut at Rogaland Teater in Stavanger during 1918 as Grete in ''Faddergaven'' by ...

as Asbjørg Lien *

Artur Rolén Artur Rolén (5 May 1894 – 1 May 1972) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Furhammar p.222 He acted prolifically in Swedish cinema for several decades as a character actor. He had a long-running role as Klabbarparn in the Åsa-Nisse comedy ser ...

as the croupier * Viran Rydkvist as the landlady * Gösta Grip as the friend

References

External links

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''Frestelse''
at Filmfront
''Frestelse''
at the

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 S ...

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