Fiancée for Hire (1950)

Promoted film
Sweden, 92 min
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Media (131)

Original title Fästmö uthyres
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • Swedish
Swedish release 1950-08-28

Cast

Eva Dahlbeck
Margit Berg, korrespondent

Karl-Arne Holmsten
Allan Winkler, direktör

Olof Winnerstrand
Fredrik Winkler, direktör, Allans far

Elsa Carlsson
fru Winkler, Fredriks hustru, Allans mor

Dagmar Ebbesen
fröken Lauritz, kassörska

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Gertrud Stenström, Allans väninna

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Plot summary

Employees in a Stockholm law firm need to find a new way to make their living after their boss is sent to jail for embezzlement. Under the direction of the firm’s former secretary, they start...

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Titles

Original title
  • Fästmö uthyres
Swedish release title
  • Fästmö uthyres
International title
  • Fiancée for Hire
Distribution title
  • Kæreste til leje (Danmark)
  • Festmø uthyres (Norge)
  • Morsian vuokrattavana (Finland)
Rating title
  • En prydnad för varje familj
Script title
  • En prydnad för varje familj

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Production Manager
Art Director
Script Supervisor
Boom Operator
Unit Manager
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Musical Arrangement
Orchestra Leader
Re-recording Mixer
Titles

Cast

Eva Dahlbeck Margit Berg, korrespondent
Karl-Arne Holmsten Allan Winkler, direktör
Olof Winnerstrand Fredrik Winkler, direktör, Allans far
Elsa Carlsson fru Winkler, Fredriks hustru, Allans mor
Dagmar Ebbesen fröken Lauritz, kassörska
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Gertrud Stenström, Allans väninna
Jan Molander Mårtensson, jur. kand.
Carl-Olof Alm Hellman, jur. kand.
Stig Järrel Pålman, major
Marianne Löfgren majorskan Pålman
Thor Modéen överste
Naima Wifstrand en gammal dam
Gunnar Björnstrand Julius Brumse, skådespelare
Douglas Håge Boström, antikvitetshandlare
Gull Natorp friherrinnan Rosenskiöld
Hans-Georg Järrsten Åke Winkler, Allans yngre bror
Sven-Axel "Akke" Carlsson Vike, springpojke
Viveca Serlachius Ann-Marie, tonårsflicka, problembarn
Jan Malmstedt Ann-Maries bror
Monica Weinzierl Ann-Maries syster
Eric Gustafson Ann-Maries far
Carin Swensson Ann-Maries mor
Artur Rolén Jonsson, poliskommissarie
Fylgia Zadig Doris, familjen Winklers hembiträde
Birgitta Olzon Eva, Åkes flickvän
Maj-Lis Lüning Gertrud Stenströms väninna
Solveig Lagström Gertrud Stenströms väninna
Mary Gräber dam med hundar
Astrid Bodin gäst på festen
Haide Göranson gäst på festen
Marianne Hylén gäst på festen
Elvin Ottoson gäst på festen
Doreen Denning fröken Holm, sekreterare
Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson Winklers chaufför
Arne Hasselblad herre
Curt Masreliez herre
Wiange Törnkvist herre
Ernst Brunman taxichaufför
Curt "Minimal" Åström busskonduktör
Viola Wellton dam i bussen
Knut Frankman chaufför

Companies

Production Company AB Fribergs Filmbyrå
Laboratory AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fribergs Filmbyrå 1950
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 2017

Plot summary

Employees in a Stockholm law firm need to find a new way to make their living after their boss is sent to jail for embezzlement. Under the direction of the firm’s former secretary, they start a company providing miscellaneous services. In order to retrieve a hideous glass sculpture for a client, the new company’s director agrees to act as the fiancée of a well-to-do businessman who desperately wants to get rid of a boyhood girlfriend.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 77121
Date 1950-06-15
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2485 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 565-530-570-570-250 = 2485 m - 91 minuter. Aktlängder: 565, 530, 570, 570, 250.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system AGA-Baltic
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2485 meters
Length in minutes 92 min
Reels 5 reels
Dialogue
  • Swedish


Original work

Original title En Pryd for enhver Familie (Novel)
Author Susanne Palsbo


Production location

1949-11-15 1949-12-21
Filmstaden Råsunda Sweden (ateljé)
Stockholm med omgivningar Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1950-08-28 Röda Kvarn Jönköping Sweden 91 min
First showing 1950-08-28 Röda Kvarn Jönköping Sweden 91 min
Release in Sweden 1950-08-28 Palladium Kalmar Sweden 91 min
First showing 1950-08-28 Palladium Kalmar Sweden 91 min
Release in Sweden 1950-08-28 Skandia Uppsala Sweden 91 min
First showing 1950-08-28 Skandia Uppsala Sweden 91 min
Release in Sweden 1950-08-28 Röda Kvarn Örebro Sweden 91 min
First showing 1950-08-28 Röda Kvarn Örebro Sweden 91 min
Release in Stockholm 1951-04-06 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 91 min
External cinema, Sweden 2010-03-09 För Pilsnerfilmens vänner.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2011-02-27
Festival showing 2012-01-31 Capitol Gothenburg Sweden 92 min (Göteborg International Film Festival, 2012. Svensk retrospektiv i smarbete med Cinemateket)
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2012-01-31 I samarbete med Gbg FF.
2013-11-16
External cinema, Sweden 2019-11-23
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2022-10-08 Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title I villande skogen jag vallar min hjord
Composer Andreas Randel (1846)
Lyrics Fredrek på Rannsätt (1846)


Original title Resan till Chyterae
Composer Ulf Peder Olrog (1947)
Lyrics Ulf Peder Olrog (1947)


Original title Visan om Ågren
Composer Ulf Peder Olrog (1950)
Lyrics Ulf Peder Olrog (1950)


Related films

Televisionsfilm (1950) Fiancée for Hire (1950)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2506


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2528


Element type Duplicate negative
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2528


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2489


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title FÄSTMÖ UTHYRES
Printing house J. Olsén litogr.anst.


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title FÄSTMÖ UTHYRES
Printing house Zetterlund & Thelanders boktryckeri AB


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title En prynad för varje familj.
Extent 151 s. Rollista (1 s. ) ingår.
Language Swedish


Script type Synopsis
Extent 2 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Synopsis
Extent 2 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 2 s. Trailer.
Language Swedish


Script type Peripheral material


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints 1
Slides No
Digital images Yes
Album Yes


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Sound type Sound
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type DCP
Length in minutes 92 min
Dialogue
  • Swedish


Holdings Film

Element type Digital audio
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digital audio
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264


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