The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Swedish: Sången om den eldröda blomman) is a 1956 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Jarl Kulle, Anita Björk and Ulla Jacobsson.Nordic National Cinemas p.201 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It is one of several film adaptations of the 1905 novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Finnish author Johannes Linnankoski.
Cast Jarl Kulle as Olof Koskela Anita Björk as Kyllikki Malm Ulla Jacobsson as Elli Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz as Annika Marianne Bengtsson as Maria Linnéa Hillberg as Olof's Mother Gunnel Lindblom as Kerstin Fylgia Zadig as Rosa Monica Nielsen as Britta Edvin Adolphson as Malm Axel Slangus as Väinö Olof Bergström as Kaleb Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Olof's Father Ingvar Kjellson as Falk Sven-Eric Gamble as Stoker Ernst Brunman as Wedding Guest Arthur Fischer as Wedding Guest Birger Lensander as Man in Village Åke Lindström as Raftsman Gustaf Hedström as Vicar Hortensia Hedström as Vicar's Wife Marrit Ohlsson as Maid Birger Åsander as Farm Hand
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Bibliography Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge, 2005. Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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