The Girls of Uppakra

The Girls of Uppakra
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Directed by	Lorens Marmstedt Alice Eklund
Written by	Torsten Quensel
Based on	The Girls of Uppakra by Maja Jäderin-Hagfors
Starring	Stina Hedberg Isa Quensel Vera Valdor
Music by	Sune Waldimir
Cinematography	Olle Ekman
Production company	Nordisk Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Film AB Paramount
Release dates	26 December 1936
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Girls of Uppakra (Swedish: Flickorna på Uppåkra) is a 1936 Swedish drama film directed by Alice Eklund and Lorens Marmstedt and starring Stina Hedberg, Isa Quensel and Vera Valdor. It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder. Is is based on a 1927 novel of the same title.

Synopsis

The widow Marie Brummell lives in Stockholm with her four daughters, but is terrible at managing money. She manages to scrape together enough money to acquire a farm in Uppakra in Scania.

Cast

• Stina Hedberg as Marie Brummell
• Isa Quensel as Elsa Brummell
• Vera Valdor as Brita Brummell
• Marie-Louise Sorbon as Ann-Marie Brummell
• Ulla Sorbon as Svea Brummell
• Inga Jansson as Ingrid Brummell
• Lauritz Falk as Gunnar Broman
• Dagmar Ebbesen as Kristina Broman
• Semmy Friedmann as Eric Dahlberg
• Gösta Cederlund as Steen
• Carl Deurell as Tradesman Eriksson
• Anna-Lisa Fröberg as Secretary
• Mona Geijer-Falkner as Market Customer
• Nils Hallberg as Rowdy Boy
• Arne Lindblad as Waiter
• Olav Riégo as Bank Manager
• Stina Sorbon as Office Clerk
• Gösta Terserus as Constable Lagström

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• The Girls of Uppakra at IMDb