''Pimpernel Svensson'' is a 1950 Swedish

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directed by Emil A. Lingheim and starring

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, Ivar Wahlgren and Aurore Palmgren.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 It was made at the

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studios of Europa Film and on location in

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. Arne Åkermark was its

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Synopsis

In an updating of ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', a Swede travels to

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in 1945 to rescue his nephew who has been trapped in the

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-occupied port.

Cast

as Anders 'Pimpernel' Svensson * Ivar Wahlgren as Ville Lundgren * Aurore Palmgren as Willy's Mother * Gunnel Wadner as Willy's Wife * Arne Wirén as General Badajsky * Rodja Persidsky as Major Pusjkin * Algot Larsson as August Andersson * Signe Wirff as Refugee * Ove Flodin as Pålson * John Degerberg as Bell-ringer * Walter Sarmell as Station Master * Frans Begger as Russian Soldier * Svea Holst as Pimpernel's Maid * Minna Larsson as Karla Andersson * Inger Sotnikov as Girl in Stettin * Mikael Sotnikov as Schultze * Maj-Britt Thörn as Prostitute

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1950s Swedish-language films Films directed by Emil A. Lingheim Swedish black-and-white films 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub