Brita in the Merchant's House (Swedish: Brita i grosshandlarhuset) is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Åke Ohberg and starring George Fant, Eva Dahlbeck and Åke Grönberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.58 It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder.
Synopsis Brita leaves her dull, impoverished rural existence and moves to Stockholm where she gets a job as a maid in the house of a wealthy wholesaler where she falls in love with the merchant's son. However, Arvid, a young man from her home village comes to the city to court her as well.
Cast George Fant as Greger Eva Dahlbeck as Brita Åke Grönberg as Arvid Ernst Eklund as Grosshandlaren Stina Hedberg as Hans fru Hilda Borgström as Ida Olav Riégo as Kanslirådet Renée Björling as Hans fru Agneta Lagerfeldt as Sonja Ib Schønberg as Korvgubben Bengt Ekerot as 'Paniken' Carl Ström as Britas far Linnéa Hillberg as Britas mor Anna-Greta Krigström as Ella Astrid Bodin as Kokerskan Carin Swensson as Extrahjälpen Olle Hilding as Olsson John Norrman as Postman Aurore Palmgren as Arvid's Mother Nils Hallberg as Conscript Ingemar Holde as Conscript Tord Stål as Officer Albert Ståhl as Janitor
References
Bibliography Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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