Simon of Backabo

Simon of Backabo (Swedish: Simon i Backabo) is a 1934 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Hilda Borgström and Sickan Carlsson.^[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Synopsis

A young man living with his grandmother and her maid Greta in the countryside, unexpectedly inherits a large fortune.

Cast

• Fridolf Rhudin as Simon Jönsson
• Hilda Borgström as Grandmother
• Sickan Carlsson as Greta
• Thor Modéen as Gustaf Strömberg
• Semmy Friedmann as Dicke Lundén
• Mona Mårtenson as Mary Haglund
• Holger Löwenadler as Charley
• Emy Hagman as Jenny
• Weyler Hildebrand as Julius Göransson
• Carl Andersson as Frenchman
• Helge Andersson as Stationmaster in Backabo
• Naemi Briese as Lisa
• Wiola Brunius as Waitress
• Ernst Brunman as Man in reception committee
• Elsa Carlsson as Mademoiselle Claire de la Meunière
• Sonja Claesson as En kvinna
• Erland Colliander as Clerk at the Foreign Department
• Julia Cæsar as Mrs. Ewa Amalia Roos
• Nils Dahlgren as Man in reception committee
• Eric Dahlström as Train passenger
• Carl Deurell as Judge
• John Elfström as Petter i Hagen
• Albin Erlandzon as Man in Backabo
• Georg Fernqvist as Photographer
• Emil Fjellström as Porter
• Hartwig Fock as Auctioneer
• Knut Frankman as Man at the auction
• Sigge Fürst as Man interested in boxing
• Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the auction
• Paul Hagman as Man
• Wictor Hagman as Photographer
• John Hilke as Journalist
• Nils Jacobsson as Journalist
• Sven Jerring as Radio Announcer
• Erik Johansson as Shopkeeper in Backabo
• Knut Lambert as Man in reception committee
• Arne Lindblad as Man
• Richard Lindström as Foreign department minister
• Walter Lindström as Policeman
• Helge Mauritz as Man in reception committee
• Martin Nilsson as Sjungande gast på Blenda
• Yngve Nyqvist as Man in reception committee
• Knut Pehrson as Flight Captain
• Algot Persson as Wardrober at Cafe de Paris
• Arvid Petersén as Ship broker
• Bellan Roos as Girl in News-Stand
• Wanda Rothgardt as Assistant at the Charm Institute
• Holger Sjöberg as Maitre d' at Cafe de Paris
• Georg Skarstedt as Gas salesman
• Hugo Tranberg as Man in reception committee
• Ilse-Nore Tromm as Guest at Cafe de Paris
• Tom Walter as Newspaper salesman
• Ivar Widner as Band leader

References

1. ^ Larsson & Marklund p.125

Bibliography

• Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• Simon of Backabo at IMDb