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Original title Med dej i mina armar
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1940-11-09

Cast

Edvin Adolphson
Krister Dahl, direktör

Karin Ekelund
Barbro Brandt, Kristers f.d. fru, operasångerska

Thor Modéen
Vårby, Kristers betjänt

Stig Järrel
amanuens Felix Tallgren

Katie Rolfsen
Hilda, Barbros hembiträde

Marianne Aminoff
Britt Lambert, en av Kristers dambekanta

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Plot summary

Company director and philanderer Krister Dahl is hit on the head by a golf ball on the golf course one day and becomes an amnesiac. At a lunch he meets his ex-wife Barbro Brandt, whom he does...

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Title for Swedish DVD release
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Director
Screenplay
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Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
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Musical Arrangement
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Titles

Cast

Edvin Adolphson Krister Dahl, direktör
Karin Ekelund Barbro Brandt, Kristers f.d. fru, operasångerska
Thor Modéen Vårby, Kristers betjänt
Stig Järrel amanuens Felix Tallgren
Katie Rolfsen Hilda, Barbros hembiträde
Marianne Aminoff Britt Lambert, en av Kristers dambekanta
Carl-Gunnar Wingård advokaten
Anna-Lisa Baude fru Hulda Svensson
John Botvid Alexander Danielsson, droskchaufför
Leif Amble-Næss signore Sardini, Barbros sånglärare
Mimi Pollak fröken Carlander, kassörska
Eivor Engelbrektsson fröken Svensson, telefonist
Nils Jacobsson Klas Höglund, kamrer
Åke Johanson (as Åke Johansson) caddyn
Julia Cæsar Kristers nya privatsekreterare
Emil Fjellström kusken
Anna-Lisa Ryding Connie Löfberg, värdinnan för partyt
Ilse-Nore Tromm Ester, gäst på partyt
Sven-Olof Sandberg gårdssångaren
- Ej krediterade:
Nils Hallberg kontorspojken
Ragnar Widestedt grosshandlare K.O. Svensson, Hulda Svenssons make
Willy Peters en gäst på partyt
Karin Albihn fröken Billström, Kristers privatsekreterare
Stig Johanson mannen på gatan som stöter ihop med Krister
Betty Bjurström gäst på partyt
Elsie Albiin gäst på partyt
Walter Kejving (as Andrew Walter) dragspelaren
- Ej identifierad:
Wiola Brunius en dam (troligen bortklippt)

Companies

Production Company Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Terrafilm 1940
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Studio S Entertainment 2013
Laboratory AB Film-Labor
Sales Telepicture Marketing Ltd 2019

Plot summary

Company director and philanderer Krister Dahl is hit on the head by a golf ball on the golf course one day and becomes an amnesiac. At a lunch he meets his ex-wife Barbro Brandt, whom he does not recognise. She is surprised by his behaviour. He is flirting and invites her out to dinner. When his memory slowly start to become come back after a series of confusions, he dashes off to her home.There he gets another bang on his head, this time due to a falling a flowerpot. Suddenly his old memory returns, but he has forgotten the last couple of days. When Barbro telephones, Krister asks acidly why she has not been in touch for two years. She gets angry and hangs up and suddenly he remembers everything. He rushes off to her home again and this time there is a happy ending.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 62047
Date 1940-11-06
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2265 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 550-495-495-500-225 = 2265 m. Aktlängder: 550, 495, 495, 500, 225.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Intensity sound
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2265 meter
Length in minutes 83 min
Reels 5 reels
Dialogue


Production location

1940-07-13 1940-09
AB Sandrew-Ateljéerna Stockholm Sweden
Djurgården Stockholm Sweden (exteriörer)
Gärdet Stockholm Sweden (exteriörer)

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1940-11-09 Grand Stockholm Sweden 83 min
First showing 1940-11-09 Grand Stockholm Sweden 83 min
TV showing 1956-12-16 Stockholm Sweden 79 min
1956-12-19 Gothenburg Sweden 79 min
1967-08-25 Sweden 79 min
Cinematheque screening 1979-08-31 Sweden
1983-02-11 Sweden
1983-02-12 Sweden
TV showing 1988-02-21 TV3 Sweden 79 min
Other showing 1994-05-29
TV showing 1996-12-06 SVT1 Sweden 79 min
2001-03-27 SVT1 Sweden 79 min
2003-11-04 SVT1 Sweden 79 min
2004-03-15 SVT1 Sweden 79 min
DVD release 2013-07-26 Sweden
TV showing 2014-01-06 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2015-03-15 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2015-03-15
TV showing 2016-06-14 SVT1 Sweden
2020-11-24 SVT1 Sweden
VOD release 2023-03-24 SVT Play Sweden Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Soundtrack listing

Original title Med dej i mina armar
Composer Kai Gullmar (1940)
Lyrics Hasse Ekman (1940)
Singer Ruth Moberg (som dubbar Karin Ekelund)
Sven-Olof Sandberg (repris)


Original title Operaparodi (Malmström)
Composer Gunnar Malmström (1940)
Singer Karin Ekelund (dubbad av Ruth Moberg)
Edvin Adolphson (dubbad av ?)
Katie Rolfsen (dubbad av ?)
Stig Järrel (dubbad av ?)


Original title Du eller ingen
Composer Kai Gullmar
Lyrics Hasse Ekman


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2240


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity 2
Designed by GöstaX Åberg


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Tryckeri Ljunglöfs
Designed by GöstaX Åberg


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Extent 158 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Dialoglista.
Extent 34 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Extent 158 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Dialoglista.
Extent 34 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Peripheral material
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints set
Slides No
Digital images No
Negatives No
Contact sheets No
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Colour type Black and white
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 83 min
Dialogue


Holdings Film

Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
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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