''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (Swedish: ''Klockan på Rönneberga'') is a 1944
Swedish
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drama film
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directed and co-written by
Gunnar Skoglund
Gunnar Skoglund (1899–1983) was a Swedish film director, film editor, editor and screenwriter. He also acted in several films. He worked on a number of newsreels for Svensk Filmindustri.Hjort & Lindqvist p.137
Selected filmography
* ''Black Rud ...
and starring
Lauritz Falk
Lauritz Falk (15 November 1909 – 1 February 1990) was a Swedish-Norwegian actor, film director, singer and painter. He appeared in about 60 roles in films and TV between 1923 and 1989. He is the cousin of the Swedish artist Bertram Schmiterlö ...
,
Vibeke Falk
Vibeke Falk (née Mowinckel; 27 September 1918 – 9 October 2011) was a Norwegian actress.
Biography
She was a daughter of the wholesaler Thorolf Beyer Mowinckel and Jenny Modesta Fasmer. From 1937 to 1950, she was married to the actor Laur ...
and
Hilda Borgström
Hilda Teresia Borgström (13 October 1871 – 2 January 1953) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Biography
Born in 1871 in Stockholm, Borgström made her film debut in 1912. She starred in leading parts in Victor Sjöström's silent film ...
.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.58] It was shot at the
Filmstaden
Filmstaden was a film studio situated in RÃ¥sunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios of its time in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 based on designs by Swedish arch ...
in
RÃ¥sunda, in
Stockholm
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Nils Svenwall
Nils Svenwall (1918–2005) was a Swedish art director.Cowie p.199
Selected filmography
* ''Ride Tonight!'' (1942)
* '' Night in Port'' (1943)
* '' Little Napoleon'' (1943)
* ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944)
* ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' ...
.
Cast
*
Signhild Björkman as Narrator
*
Lauritz Falk
Lauritz Falk (15 November 1909 – 1 February 1990) was a Swedish-Norwegian actor, film director, singer and painter. He appeared in about 60 roles in films and TV between 1923 and 1989. He is the cousin of the Swedish artist Bertram Schmiterlö ...
as Lennart Heijken
*
Vibeke Falk
Vibeke Falk (née Mowinckel; 27 September 1918 – 9 October 2011) was a Norwegian actress.
Biography
She was a daughter of the wholesaler Thorolf Beyer Mowinckel and Jenny Modesta Fasmer. From 1937 to 1950, she was married to the actor Laur ...
as Viveka Langenfeldt
*
Sten Sture Modéen
The STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and during the Korean War. The Sten paired a simple design with a low production cos ...
as Gunnar Heijken
*
Gun Robertson as Eva Heijken
*
Monica Tropp as Vivan
*
Sten Lindgren
Sten Lindgren (22 June 1903 – 13 May 1959) was a Swedish film actor.Chandler p.307 He made his debut in the 1925 silent historical film ''Charles XII''.
Selected filmography
* ''Charles XII'' (1925)
* ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925)
* '' People ...
as Brolin
*
Jullan Kindahl
Jullan Kindahl (12 April 1885 – 18 April 1979) was a Swedish actress. Born Julia Carolina Carlsson, she worked as an actress from 1900s until the 1960s. She appeared in Swedish theatres like the Hippodromen in Malmö, the Malmö City Theatre i ...
as Madame Hallström
*
Hilda Borgström
Hilda Teresia Borgström (13 October 1871 – 2 January 1953) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Biography
Born in 1871 in Stockholm, Borgström made her film debut in 1912. She starred in leading parts in Victor Sjöström's silent film ...
as Sara
*
Oscar Ljung
Oscar Ljung (6 September 1909 – 29 April 1999) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1935 and 1983. He was born in Landskrona, Sweden.
Partial filmography
* ''Järnets män'' (1935) - Sten Brändström
* ''T ...
as Henrik Heijken
*
Hartwig Fock Hartwig may refer to:
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* Hartwig (surname)
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as Jerker Boman
*
Birgit Chenon
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* Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress
* Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician
* Bir ...
as Elisabet Heijken
*
Gunnar Olsson as Clock salesman
*
Glann Gustafsson as Marianne, Lennart's sister
*
Lil Germudson Lil or LIL may refer to:
Use as a short form of "little" Musicians
*Lill Babs (1938–2018), Swedish musician
*Lil B (born 1989), American rapper
*Lil Baby (born 1994), American rapper
*Lil Bibby (born 1994), American rapper
* Lil Bitts (born ...
as Ebba, Lennart's sister
*
Signe Enwall
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*Signe (Finnish princess), a legendary Finnish princess
*Signy, two heroines in N ...
as Sofi
*
Nils Dahlgren
Nils Ivar Edvard Dahlgren (2 April 1891 – 30 October 1948) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He acted on stage for around twenty years before making his film debut in 1934. He generally played small, supporting parts on screen but played a lea ...
as Major
*
Erik Hell
Erik Hell (11 August 1911 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish actor. Hell was born in Kalliokoski, Finland, to a Norwegian father and a Finnish mother. He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. He married the actre ...
as Lieutenant Gerhard Grijp
*
Kotti Chave
Kotti Chave (born Björn Julius Haraldsson Chave; 18 September 1911 – 4 May 1986) was a Finnish-born Swedish film actor.Quirk p.56 He was the son of the theatre actor Harald Sandberg (actor), Harald Sandberg.
Selected filmography
* ''In the Ho ...
as Lieutenant Bergencrona
*
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs
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as Lieutenant Malm
*
Ivar KÃ¥ge
Ivar KÃ¥ge (21 February 1881 – 21 April 1951) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1949.
Selected filmography
* '' The Conflicts of Life'' (1913)
* '' Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924)
* '' The ...
as Colonel
*
Ã…ke Jensen
Åke Jensen (1912–1993) was a Swedish stage and film actor and singer.Steene p.192 He appeared in a number of operettas and revues.
Selected filmography
* ''Dear Relatives'' (1933)
* '' Pettersson - Sverige'' (1934)
* ''The Song to Her'' (1934) ...
as Lieutenant Birger Langenfeldt
*
Gerda Björne as Mayor's wife
*
Wiktor Andersson
Wiktor Herman "Kulörten" Andersson (19 June 1887 – 13 September 1966) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1923 and 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923)
* '' A Stolen Waltz'' ( ...
as Lindgren, groom
*
Barbro Fleege as Mally
*
Kerstin Holmberg as Beate
*
Gabriel Rosén as Baron at the mayor's party
*
Ã…ke Fridell
Ã…ke Fridell (23 June 1919 – 26 August 1985) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gävle, Sweden and died in Stockholm.
Selected filmography
* '' The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) - Legal clerk at the mayor's party
* ''Flickan och ...
as Legal clerk at the mayor's party
*
Gösta Gustafson
Gösta Gustafson (15 November 1886 – 19 January 1963) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Steene p.287 He acted prolifically in the theatre and on screen for several decades.
Selected filmography
* '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1924)
* '' ...
as Ko-Johan Johansson
*
Helge Hagerman
Helge Hagerman (19 May 1910 – 25 November 1995) was a Swedish actor and film producer. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1933 and 1989.
Selected filmography
* ''His Life's Match'' (1932)
* '' Raggen'' (1936)
* '' The Quartet That ...
s Lindström
*
Carl Ström
Carl Johan Vilhelm Ström (18 June 1888 – 18 November 1957) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1923 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* '' Iron Wills'' (1923)
* '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928)
* '' Cavaliers of the C ...
as Forsberg, forester
*
Anders Frithiof
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as Banker
*
Rolf Gregor as Karlsson, stablehand
*
Henry Lundqvist as Johan
*
Viveka Magnét as Maja
*
Erik Sundqvist as Erik, Johan's rival
*
Lasse Krantz
Lasse Krantz (10 August 1903 – 10 January 1973) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 20 films between 1931 and 1968.
Selected filmography
* ''How to Tame a Real Man'' (1941)
* ''Dolly Takes a Chance'' (1944)
* ''The Old Clo ...
as August Johansson
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
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1944 films
Swedish drama films
1944 drama films
1940s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Gunnar Skoglund
Swedish black-and-white films
1940s Swedish films
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