Walpurgis Night (film)

Walpurgis Night (Swedish: Valborgsmässoafton) is a 1935 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Lars Hanson, Karin Kavli, Victor Sjöström and Ingrid Bergman.[1][2][3] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Walpurgis Night
Directed byGustaf Edgren
Written byOscar Rydqvist
Gustaf Edgren
Produced byStellan Claësson
StarringLars Hanson
Karin Kavli
Victor Sjöström
Ingrid Bergman
CinematographyMartin Bodin
Edited byOscar Rosander
Music byEric Bengtson
Friedrich Kuhlau
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 23 October 1935 (1935-10-23)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Cast edit

 
Scene from the film Walpurgis Night
 
Georg Rydeberg and Lars Hanson in Walpurgis Night

References edit

  1. ^ Santas & Wilson p.181
  2. ^ Noack p.118
  3. ^ Larsson & Marklund p.107

Bibliography edit

  • Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
  • Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
  • Santas, Constantine & Wilson, James M. The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

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