Dear Relatives (Swedish: Kära släkten) is a 1933 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Gösta Ekman, Tutta Rolf and Carl Barcklind. Molander also co-wrote the screenplay with Gösta Stevens. The film was a hit at the box office.Elkington p.57Wright p.32 It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
Synopsis The plot revolves around a wealthy wholesaler, his three daughters and their husbands. While two of his sons-in-law are doing very well, the third is an impoverished nobleman married to his daughter Lilli. They attempt to boost their fortunes by opening a nightclub.
Cast Gösta Ekman as Claes af Leijonstam Tutta Rolf as Lilli af Leijonstam Carl Barcklind as Mr. Friis Thor Modéen as Filip Randel Edvin Adolphson as Ludwig Dora Söderberg as Tyra Sickan Carlsson as Marianne Friis Georg Rydeberg as Erik Cronskiöld Åke Jensen as Valdemar Nyström Ruth Stevens as Sally Eric Abrahamsson as Karlsson Oscar Byström as Adolf Tord Bernheim as Dancing man at Kragknappen Wiola Brunius as Young woman at Kragknappen Alice Carlsson as Young woman at Kragknappen Sigge Fürst as Dancing man at Kragknappen Nils Hultgren as Count Cronskiöld's servant
References
Bibliography Elkington, Author Trevor. Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition. Wayne State University Press, 2005. Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.
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