Man's Way with Women () is a 1934 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Per-Axel Branner. It is based on the 1905 Finnish novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski.
The interior shots of the film were shot at Råsunda's Filmstaden studios and the exterior scenes in Uppland, Ramsele and Långsele. The film premiered at the Röda Kvarn theatre in Stockholm on November 12, 1934.Filmpremiärer i Sverige (in Swedish) The film's US release was in 1937.Kendra Steiner Editions: Dwain Esper’s “Man’s Way With Women” (Sweden/US 1934-37)
Dwain Esper picked this Swedish drama for US distribution because it contained a nude swim. Esper would then create a "mind-boggling English dub", and a lurid promotion campaign for the film.
Cast Edvin Adolphson as Olof Koskela Inga Tidblad as Kyllikki Birgit Tengroth as "Dark Eye" Anna Lindahl as "Motherwort" Gull-Maj Norin as "Gazelle" Marianne Löfgren as Elliina Virttanen Aino Taube as Annikki John Ekman as Olof's father Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren as Olof's mother Anders Henrikson as Antti, Kyllikki's cousin Sven Bergvall as Kyllikki's father
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Svensk Filmdatabas: Sången om den eldröda blomman (1934) (in Swedish)