Synnöve Solbakken (1957 film)

Synnöve Solbakken is a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Hellström and starring Synnøve Strigen, Harriet Andersson and Edvin Adolphson.[1][2] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location around Gudbrandsdalen in Norway. The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Harald Garmland. It is based on the 1857 novel of the same title novel of the same title by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.

Synnöve Solbakken
Directed byGunnar Hellström
Written byOlle Mattson
Gunnar Hellström
Based onSynnöve Solbakken by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Produced byRune Waldekranz
StarringSynnøve Strigen
Harriet Andersson
Edvin Adolphson
CinematographySven Nykvist
Edited byLennart Wallén
Music byTorbjörn Lundquist
Production
company
Sandrews
Distributed bySandrew-Baumanfilm
Release date
25 November 1957
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

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References edit

  1. ^ Wright p.141
  2. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.13

Bibliography edit

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.

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