The Girl from Backafall (Swedish: Flickan från Backafall) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
Cast Viola Sundberg as Ellen Sven Lindberg as Per Kenne Fant as Nils Edvard Persson as Silla-Sven Holger Löwenadler as August Larsson Märta Dorff as Mrs. Larsson Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Captain Backe Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Backe Olof Winnerstrand as Vicar Aurore Palmgren as Botilla Olav Riégo as Dücker Renée Björling as Mrs. Dücker Charles Gregmar as Robert Dücker Jan Molander as Hellberg Verner Edberg as Adolf Gösta Gustafson as Matts Shoemaker Lars Egge as Fredrik Åkerberg Anders Andelius as Sailor at 'Tre bröder' Margit Andelius as Mrs. Svensson Per Appelberg as Boy at shooting range Astrid Bodin as Dücker's cook Helga Brofeldt as Gossip Thure Carlman as Fisherman Harald Emanuelsson as Lasse, postman Kurt Friborn as Guest at Robert's party Leif Hedenberg as Boy at the dance John Larsson as Dücker's driver Monica Lindman Sven Magnusson as Fisherman Gull Natorp as Vicar's wife Carin Norberg as Vera, Ellen's friend Mim Persson as Guest at the coffee party Bellan Roos as Dücker's housewife Håkan Rylander as Woker Bengt Sundmark as Boy at the dance Gaby Svallner as Guest at Robert's party Carin Swensson as Farmer's wife Olle Teimert as Boy at shooting range Rudolf Wendbladh as Schultze, German captain Annalisa Wenström as Waitress Berit Örtengren as Girl at shooting range
References
Bibliography Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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