International Match
Directed byGunnar Skoglund
Written bySigfrid Borgström
Gunnar Skoglund
Produced byStellan Claësson
StarringGeorg Blomstedt
Fritiof Billquist
Olof Sandborg
CinematographyFerenc Zádori
Edited byGunnar Skoglund
Music byJules Sylvain
Production
company
Svensk Kulturfilm
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
29 March 1932
Running time
87 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

International Match (Swedish: Landskamp) is a 1932 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Skoglund and starring Georg Blomstedt, Fritiof Billquist and Olof Sandborg.[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Future star Ingrid Bergman made her screen debut in the film as an extra, appearing as a girl waiting in a queue.[2]

Synopsis

Erik, the son of a farmer, gets engaged to Brita a shop assistant. At his engagement party he ends up getting drunk. When a policeman is then stabbed with his knife, he is suspect but eventually cleared of any crime. However his father is so ashamed that he sells his farm and moves the family to Stockholm. There both Erik and his father struggle to find work, but eventually the son's athletic prowess allows him to get a job in a department store. His relationship with Brita becomes more distant, while his father himself becomes increasingly alcoholic and attempts suicide. at last Brita has a change of heart and helps Erik's father recover some money that had been stolen and buy back his farm and return to a life of sobriety.

Cast

References

  1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.51
  2. Qvist & Von Bagh p.51

Bibliography

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


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