Witches' Night (1937 film)

1937 film
  • 1 November 1937 (1937-11-01)
Running time
81 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

Witches' Night (Swedish: Häxnatten) is a 1937 Swedish drama film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Gösta Ekman, Signe Hasso and Ruth Stevens.[1] The film's sets were designed by the Austrian art director Erwin Scharf.

Synopsis

A teacher and poet is much missed when he leaves a school to get married, particularly by one of the students Majken. Five years later she encounters him again.

Cast

  • Gösta Ekman as Arne Markell
  • Signe Hasso as Majken Celsing
  • Ruth Stevens as Lena Markell
  • Göran Bernhard as Gunnar Markell
  • Sture Lagerwall as Balalajkan
  • Einar Axelsson as Bengt Arktander
  • Eric Abrahamsson as Mr. Olsson
  • Gerda Björne as Mrs. Olsson
  • Märtha Lindlöf as Grandmother
  • Aurore Palmgren as Sidonia
  • Margareta Bergfeldt as Anna
  • Kurt Björkvall as Self
  • John Botvid as Prison guard
  • Märta Dorff as Student
  • Gustaf Färingborg as Journalist
  • Sigge Fürst as Policeman
  • Mona Geijer-Falkner as Cleaning lady
  • Torsten Hillberg as Night porter
  • Axel Högel as Prison guard
  • Nils Johannisson as Sörenson
  • Saga Sjöberg as Student
  • Inga-Lill Åhström as Greta

References

  1. ^ Gustafsson p.33

Bibliography

  • Gustafsson, Fredrik. The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman. Berghahn Books, 2016.
  • Witches' Night at IMDb


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