The Quartet That Split Up (Swedish: Kvartetten som sprängdes) is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Adolf Jahr, Anita Björk, Inga Landgré and Victor Sjöström.Qvist & Von Bagh p.115 It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same title by Birger Sjöberg, which had previously been made into a 1936 film.Goble p.431 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.
Synopsis The members of a string quartet in a small Swedish town decided to speculate on the stock market with unexpected results.
Cast Adolf Jahr as Karl Ludvig Sundelin Anita Björk as Maj Andersson Inga Landgré as Märta Åvik Victor Sjöström as Gustaf Borg Edvin Adolphson as Anders Åvik Sven Lindberg as Editor Bengt 'Cello' Erlandsson Jarl Kulle as Ture Borg Dagmar Ebbesen as Aunt Klara Marianne Löfgren as Selma Åvik Gunnar Björnstrand as Engineer Planertz Olof Winnerstrand as Olsén Torsten Winge as Löf Gösta Gustafson as Organist Stig Olin as Werner Anders Andelius as Borg's shop assistant Margit Andelius as Olsén's guest Gunwer Bergkvist as Member of Anemon choire John W. Björling as Man at the waterfront Gunnar Bohman as Olsén's guest Karl Bornfors as Viola player Ernst Brunman as Olsén's guest Elsa Ebbesen as Mrs. Tillberg Hans Edelskog as Edmund Åvik Rune Halvarsson as Jensen, barber Olle Hilding as Thun Birger Lensander as Factory manager Torsten Lilliecrona as Rescuer John Melin as Stolz Björn Näslund as Olle, Edmund's friend Elvin Ottoson as Olsén's guest Aurore Palmgren as Alida, Borg's housemaid Olav Riégo as Editor at Kuriren Lasse Sarri as Pelle, Edmund's friend Hanny Schedin as Alma, Åvik's housemaid Georg Skarstedt as Backlund Carl Ström as Mr. Bergström Einar Söderbäck as Factory worker Eric von Gegerfelt as Olsén's guest Birger Åsander as Factory worker Gunnar Öhlund as Rescuer Alf Östlund as Olsén's guest
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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