Sunshine Follows Rain

Sunshine Follows Rain
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Directed by	Gustaf Edgren
Produced by	Harald Molander
Written by	Gustaf Edgren Gardar Sahlberg
Based on	Sunshine Follows Rain by Margit Söderholm
Starring	Mai Zetterling Alf Kjellin Sten Lindgren
Music by	Eskil Eckert-Lundin Gösta Krön Bengt Wallerström
Cinematography	Martin Bodin
Edited by	Tage Holmberg
Production company	Fribergs Filmbyrå Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release dates	26 December 1946
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Sunshine Follows Rain (Swedish: Driver dagg faller regn) is a 1946 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Mai Zetterling, Alf Kjellin and Sten Lindgren. The film is based on a 1943 novel by Margit Söderholm.

Söderholm's novel won an award in a competition, and director Gustaf Edgren who had been on the jury wished to make a film out of it. However Carl-Anders Dymling the head of Svensk Filmindustri, was unimpressed with the story and proved very resistant to the project. However, the film turned out to be the company's most profitable of the sound era. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It was made at the Filmstaden in Stockholm with some location shooting around Hälsingland where the film is set. It premiered at the Palladium in Stockholm. It was later released in Germany and Austria by Constantin Film.

Synopsis

In nineteenth century Sweden, a wealthy farmer's daughter engaged to be married, begins a romance with a penniless folk musician.

Cast

• Mai Zetterling as Marit
• Alf Kjellin as Jon
• Sten Lindgren as Germund
• Hilda Borgström as Kerstin
• Anna Lindahl as Elin, änka på Olsgården
• Eric von Gegerfelt as Eliasfar
• Tyra Fischer as Eliasmor
• Ulf Palme as Mats, deras son
• Hugo Hasslo as Knut
• Inga Landgré as Barbro
• Ivar Hallbäck as Glabo-Kalle
• Göran Ax as Boy
• Torsten Bergström as Vicar
• Carl Ström as Forester
• Einar Söderbäck as Nils, Hand

Bibliography

• Gunnar Iverson, Astrid Soderbergh Widding & Tytti Soila. Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge, 2005.
• Mariah Larsson. A Cinema of Obsession: The Life and Work of Mai Zetterling. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2020.

External links

• Sunshine Follows Rain at IMDb