Rail Workers
| Rail Workers | |
|---|---|
Svensk Filmindustri | |
| Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
Release date | 26 December 1947 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Rail Workers (Swedish: Rallare) is a 1947 Swedish
Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel Nordanvind by Olle Länsberg
.
Synopsis
In 1902 a team of
navvies work on the construction of a new railway line from Luleå on the Gulf of Bothnia in Northern Sweden to Narvik on the Norwegian Sea, then under Swedish sovereignty
. Valfrid, from Southern Sweden, is ostracised by the other workers and their informal leader Stora Ballong.
Cast
- Victor Sjöström as Stora Ballong
- John Elfström as Valfrid Andersson
- Gunnel Broström as Viktoria
- Åke Grönberg as Calle-Ville
- Inga Landgré as Hildur
- Sven Magnusson as Dynamiten
- Ingrid Borthen as Svarta Björn
- Bengt Eklund as Amos Forslund
- Svea Holst as Stina
- Axel Högel as Baptist-Anders
- Birger Åsander as Filip Bred
- Henake Schubak as Sikkavaara Frans
- Gösta Holmström as Bråk-Olle
- Sven Bergvall as Blom
- Kolbjörn Knudsen as Holmberg
- Einar Söderbäck as Söder
- Carl Deurell as King Oscar II
- Arthur Fischer as Langar-Oskar
- Martin Ljung as The King's adjutant
- Artur Rolén as Artilleri-Emil
- Keve Hjelm as Natan
- Ivar Wahlgren as Railroad watchman
- Tor Borong as Railroad worker
References
Bibliography
- McIlroy, Brian. World Cinema: Sweden. Flicks Books, 1986.
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- Rail Workers at IMDb
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