The Girls of Uppakra (Swedish: Flickorna på Uppåkra) is a 1936 Swedish drama film directed by Alice Eklund and Lorens Marmstedt and starring Stina Hedberg, Isa Quensel and Vera Valdor.[1] It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder. It is based on a 1927 novel of the same title.

The Girls of Uppakra
Directed byLorens Marmstedt
Alice Eklund
Written byTorsten Quensel
Based onThe Girls of Uppakra by Maja Jäderin-Hagfors
StarringStina Hedberg
Isa Quensel
Vera Valdor
CinematographyOlle Ekman
Music bySune Waldimir
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Distributed byFilm AB Paramount
Release date
  • 26 December 1936 (1936-12-26)
Running time
78 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

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The widow Marie Brummell lives in Stockholm with her four daughters, but is terrible at managing money. She manages to scrape together enough money to acquire a farm in Uppakra in Scania.

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.110

Bibliography

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