''Uncle Frans'' (Swedish: ''Farbror Frans'') is a 1926 Swedish

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directed by

Sigurd Wallén Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 188420 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.Ivan Hedqvist Ivan Hedqvist (8 June 1880 – 23 August 1935) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.103 He also directed four silent films. Selected filmography * ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' Life in the Country'' (1924) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance ...

Inga Tidblad Inga Sofia Tidblad (29 May 1901 – 12 September 1975) was a Swedish actress. She was one of the most praised actresses in Swedish theatre during her lifetime. Biography Tidblad grew up in Stockholm as daughter to engineer Otto Tidblad and ...

and

Richard Lund Richard Lund (9 July 1885 – 27 September 1960) was a Swedish film and theatre actor. He made his stage debut at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg in 1904 and later appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1952, making his most important ...

.Gustafsson p.101 It was shot at the

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in Stockholm and on location in

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Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde.

Synopsis

In the 1880s, an older woman reflects on the events of her life, including her romantic affairs.

Cast

Ivan Hedqvist Ivan Hedqvist (8 June 1880 – 23 August 1935) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.103 He also directed four silent films. Selected filmography * ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' Life in the Country'' (1924) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance ...

as Uncle Frans *

as Kaja *

as Peter Dam * Margita Alfvén as Margareta Solling *

Stina Berg Stina Berg (21 October 1869 – 5 October 1930) was a Swedish silent film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1912 and 1931. Selected filmography * '' Laughter and Tears'' (1913) directed by Victor Seastrom * ''Children of ...

as Housekeeper * Knut Lambert as Kaja's Father *

Gustaf Lövås Gustaf Lövås (born Karl Gustaf Andersson; 28 December 1894 – 10 November 1968) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.87 Many of his later screen appearances were in the long-running ''Åsa-Nisse'' series in which he played the recu ...

as Skater *

Olof Wifstrand Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: *Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 *Per-Olov Bra ...

as Helle * Lili Ziedner as Actress

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Tommy. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014. * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films Swedish drama films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Sigurd Wallén 1920s Swedish-language films Films based on Danish novels Films set in the 1880s Swedish historical films 1920s historical films Films shot in Denmark Silent drama films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub