När syrenerna blomma
5
105 minutes
2/4/1952
Overview
The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for him is a girl, Lotta, who promises to marry him one day. When he's 20 he moves to Stockholm and joins the Royal guards at the Royal palace. Quite by accident he meets Lotta again and start an affair with her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Cast List
Kenne Fant
as Johannes Weijner
Nine-Christine Jönsson
as Charlotta, "Trubbnos"
Gudrun Brost
as Alexandra Weijner
Eva Stiberg
as Frida
Maj-Lis Lüning
as Julia
Åke Fridell
as Doctor
John Elfström
as Gustafsson
Anna-Lisa Baude
as Emma
Ingrid Backlin
as Aina Wickman
Börje Mellvig
as Albert Wickman
Hjördis Petterson
as Mrs. Lamberg
Willy Peters
as John Weijner
Björn Berglund
as Rudolf
Lissi Alandh
as Lena i Härsikeby
Sten Lindgren
as Charlotta's father
Hugo Björne
as Oscar II
Olav Riégo
as Sven Lagerberg, general
Arthur Fischer
as Strid the cobbler
Paul-Erland Dahlerus
as Johannes as a child
Margareta Nisborg
as Charlotta as a child
Lars Ekborg
as Ture, Charlotta's cousin
Siegfried Fischer
as Peasant
Albin Erlandzon
as Clerk at the unemployment agency
Margit Andelius
as Nurse at the orphanage
Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs
as Maitre d' at Stallmästaregården
Segol Mann
as Maitre d' at Nackstanäs inn
Gunnel Wadner
as Amalia
Ulf Qvarsebo