Home from Babylon (Swedish: Hem från Babylon) is a 1941 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Gerd Hagman, Arnold Sjöstrand and Georg Rydeberg.[1][2][3] It was based on a 1923 novel of the same title by Sigfrid Siwertz.[4] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj.
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| Directed by | Alf Sjöberg |
| Written by | Sigfrid Siwertz Alf Sjöberg |
| Based on | Home from Babylon by Sigfrid Siwertz |
| Starring | Gerd Hagman Arnold Sjöstrand Georg Rydeberg |
| Cinematography | Karl-Erik Alberts |
| Edited by | Tage Holmberg |
| Music by | Miff Görling Arthur Österwall Seymour Österwall |
Production company | Wivefilm |
| Distributed by | Wivefilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Cast
edit- Gerd Hagman as Britta von Wendt
- Arnold Sjöstrand as Linus Treffenberg
- Georg Rydeberg as Cesar Lee
- Anders Henrikson as Sergej Nabocof
- Irma Christenson as Marcelle
- Olof Widgren as John Bidencap
- Rune Carlsten as Wigelius
- Georg Funkquist as Hugo
- Barbro Kollberg as Gunborg
- Frank Sundström as Marabou
References
edit- ^ "Hem från Babylon". Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Gustafsson p.37
- ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.131
- ^ Goble p. 431
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Gustafsson, Fredrik. The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman. Berghahn Books, 2016.
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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