''Summer and Sinners'' (Swedish: ''Sommar och syndare'') is a 1960 Swedish

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directed by

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and starring Karl-Arne Holmsten,

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Bibi Lindström. It was shot in

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. The film was very poorly received, and even some of its own cast members were publicly critical. This marked a turning point in the previously high regard in which Mattsson's films were held.Björklund & Larsson p.63

Cast

* Karl-Arne Holmsten as Emil Horneberg *

as Helga Krus *

Olof Thunberg Fritz-Olof Thunberg (21 May 1925 – 24 February 2020) was a Swedish actor and director. He was perhaps best known for being the voice of the cartoon character Bamse#Protagonists, Bamse. Early life and career Thunberg was born Fritz-Olof ...

as Ove Högsbo *

as Heidi Horneberg * Gio Petré as Liselotte Högsbo *

Yngve Gamlin Yngve Gamlin (17 March 1926 – 1 February 1995) was a Swedish actor and film director. His 1965 film '' The Chasers'' was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize. Gam ...

as Prof. Cornelius * Lena Granhagen as Mrs. Zitter * Nils Hallberg as Åke Johansson *

Sture Lagerwall Sture Lagerwall (13 December 1908 – 1 November 1964) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Stockholm, and died in Limhamn, Sweden, in 1964. Selected filmography * ' ...

as Sven Molmagen *

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as Kansas Joe *

Sif Ruud Sif Einarsdotter Ruud Fallde born Sif Einarsdotter Ruud (6 May 1916 – 15 August 2011), best known as Sif Ruud, was a Swedish film actress. Born in Stockholm to Einar Ruud and Inez Engström, she began her career in 1938, and appeared in 14 ...

as Ms. Prytz

References

Bibliography

* Björklund, Elisabet & Larsson, Mariah. ''Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays''. McFarland, 2016. * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1960 films 1960s Swedish-language films Films directed by Arne Mattsson Swedish comedy films 1960 comedy films 1960s Swedish films {{1960s-Sweden-film-stub