Dear Relatives

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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.^[1][2] 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.

External links

• Dear Relatives at IMDb