The Jazz Boy (Swedish: Jazzgossen) is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed and by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle and Georg Funkquist.[1] The film was an attempt to make a nostalgic cavalcade of the Swedish entertainment scene of the 1920s and 1930s, and featured many songs from that era. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

The Jazz Boy
Directed byHasse Ekman
Written byHasse Ekman
Åke Söderblom
Gösta Stevens
Produced byAllan Ekelund
StarringHasse Ekman
Maj-Britt Nilsson
Elof Ahrle
Georg Funkquist
CinematographyMartin Bodin
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byCharles Redland
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Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 6 October 1958 (1958-10-06)
Running time
104 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Cast

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Zarah Leander and Einar Söderbäck appear uncredited.

Soundtrack

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References

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  1. ^ Gustafsson p.118

Bibliography

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  • Gustafsson, Fredrik. The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman. Berghahn Books, 2016.
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