When Love Came to the Village

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When Love Came to the Village
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Directed by Arne Mattsson
Produced by Lennart Landheim
Written by Albert Olsson (novel)
Olle Hellbom
Volodja Semitjov
Starring Sven Lindberg
Ruth Kasdan
Edvin Adolphson
Music by Lille Bror Söderlundh
Cinematography Sten Dahlgren
Sven Thermænius
Edited by Lennart Wallén
Production
company
Distributed by Nordisk Tonefilm
Release dates
9 October 1950
Running time
110 minutes
Country Sweden
Language Swedish

When Love Came to the Village (Swedish: När kärleken kom till byn) is a 1950 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Sven Lindberg, Ruth Kasdan and Edvin Adolphson.[1] It was made at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in Gamleby and Västervik. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It is noted for its more traditional depiction of romantic scenes compared to Mattsson's One Summer of Happiness the following year which featured nudity.[2]

Synopsis

A substitute teacher arrives in a rural area of Sweden to take over the duties of the regular schoolmaster while he is in hospital. His new methods of teaching doesn't impress the locals and he begins a brief affair with the schoolmaster's wife with whom he is staying.

Cast

References

  1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.147
  2. Björklund & Larsson p.22

Bibliography

  • Björklund, Elisabet & Larsson, Mariah. Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays. McFarland, 2016.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

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