In Lilac Time (Swedish: När syrenerna blomma) is a 1952 Swedish historical drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Kenne Fant, Nine-Christine Jönsson and Gudrun Brost. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.
Synopsis
In the late nineteenth century Johannes, a Stockholm boy is left by his middle-class parents and brought up in the countryside where he struggles to settle in. The unrelenting hostility is only softened by the kind Charlotta. When he is twenty he returns to the capital city and enlists in the Royal Guards and meets up with Charlotta again.
Cast
Kenne Fant as Johannes Weijner
Nine-Christine Jönsson as Charlotta aka Trubbnos
Gudrun Brost as Alexandra Weijner
Eva Stiberg as Frida
Maj-Lis Lüning as Julia
Åke Fridell as Doctor
John Elfström as Gustafson
Anna-Lisa Baude as Emma
Ingrid Backlin as Aina Wickman
Börje Mellvig as Wickman
Hjördis Petterson as Mrs. Lamberg, 'Bläsan'
Willy Peters a John Weijner
Björn Berglund as Rudolf
Lissi Alandh as Lena i Härsikeby
Sten Lindgren as August Åhlund
Hugo Björne as King Oscar II
Olav Riégo as General Sven Lagerberg
Arthur Fischer as Cobbler Strid
References
Bibliography
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
1952 films
1952 drama films
1950s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Ivar Johansson
Swedish black-and-white films
Films set in the 1880s
Swedish historical drama films
1950s historical drama films
Films based on Swedish novels
Films set in Stockholm
1950s Swedish films
