''Home from Babylon'' () is a 1941 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Alf Sjöberg Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish theatre director, theatre and film director. He won the Palme d'Or, Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment (1944 film), Torment ...

and starring

Gerd Hagman Gerd Hagman (4 July 1919 – 30 November 2011) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 20 films and television shows between 1940 and 2007. Selected filmography * ''Blossom Time (1940 film), Blossom Time'' (1940) * ''The Fight Cont ...

Arnold Sjöstrand Arnold Sjöstrand (30 June 1903 – 1 February 1955) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1931 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' The Girl from Värmland'' (1931) * '' It Pays to Advertise'' (19 ...

and

Georg Rydeberg Olof Georg Rydeberg (21 July 1907 – 22 February 1983) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1981. He was married to the Finnish actress Birgit Sergelius. Partial filmography * '' International Ma ...

. It was based on a 1923 novel of the same title by Sigfrid Siwertz. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in

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and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

An engineer and a businessman are trying to escape the civil war in

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. They suffer much, including contracting typhoid and the businessman dies. The engineer changes identity with the businessman. Although based on Siwertz's novel, the plot of the novel has been extended in time to the pre-war years of World War II.

Cast

as Britta von Wendt *

as Linus Treffenberg *

as Cesar Lee *

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 Sergej Nabocof *

Irma Christenson Irma Christenson (14 January 1915 – 21 February 1993) was a Swedish actress notable for her many roles in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and in many films. Christenson was born in the small village of Hunnebostrand. She studied at ...

as Marcelle *

Olof Widgren Johan Olof Widgren, né ''Pettersson'' (9 June 1907 – 6 March 1999) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1967. He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1989. He began by acting in student ...

as John Bidencap *

Rune Carlsten Rune Carlsten (2 July 1890 – 12 October 1970) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Carlsten studied at Stockholm University from 1908 to 1910, was involved with Einar Fröberg's theater company from 1910 to 1912, at ...

as Wigelius *

Georg Funkquist Georg Funkquist (13 March 1900 – 23 October 1986) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Uppsala and died in Stockholm. Selected filmography * '' The Red Day'' (1931) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) * '' Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * ...

as Hugo * Barbro Kollberg as Gunborg *

Frank Sundström Frank Sundström (16 January 1912 – 8 November 1993) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1933 and 1989. In 1948 he played the lead in the American film '' Song of My Heart''. Selected filmo ...

as Marabou

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Gustafsson, Fredrik. ''The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman''. Berghahn Books, 2016. * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1941 films 1941 drama films 1940s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Alf Sjöberg Swedish drama films Films based on Swedish novels 1940s Swedish films Films based on works by Sigfrid Siwertz {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub