The Apple War

The Apple War
AB Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	18 December 1971 (1971-12-18)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Box office	SEK 9.8 million (Sweden)[1]

The Apple War (

as it depicts foreign, and large scale, capitalist investors and entrepreneurs as exploiters working side by side with domestic, small scale, capitalists.

The songs in The Apple War are composed and written by

" film due to the creators Tage Danielsson and Hasse Alfredson.

Plot

A Swiss businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of

). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.

Cast

• Per Grundén as Jean Volkswagner
• Gösta Ekman as Sten Wall
• Per Waldvik as Hans Nilsson
• Yvonne Lombard as Kerstin Gustafson
• Sten Kärrby as Tore Gustafson
• Monica Zetterlund as Anna Lindberg
• Håkan Serner as Eberhard Lindberg
• Hans Alfredson as Severin Lindberg
• Birgitta Andersson as Luft-Hanna Lindberg
• Anne-Marie Nyman as Agnes Lindberg
• Nils Ahlroth as Gustav Lindberg / jätte
• Nils Nittel as Bert Lindberg
• Mariette Fransson as Janet Lindberg / skogsrå
• Martin Ljung as Åke Lindberg
• Max von Sydow as Roy Lindberg
• Tage Danielsson as Bernhard Lindberg
• Sture Ericson as Larsson i Tofta
• Ingvar Ottoson as Werner Affeman
• Gus Dahlström as Film director
• Tomas Alfredson as Count
• Karl Erik Flens as Valfrid Paulsson

Songs by Evert Taube used in the soundtrack

In order:

• "Änglamark" (instrumental; at the beginning of the film)
• "Mirrabooka marsch" (instrumental)
• "Solig morgon" (instrumental)
• "Sjösala vals" (hummed by a woman off camera)
• "Calle Lång dansar portugis" (instrumental)
• "Diktaren och Tiden" (instrumental)
• "Julius och Mariella" (instrumental)
• "Byssan lull" (instrumental)
• "Möte i monsunen" (instrumental)
• "Stockholmsmelodi", performed by Evert Taube (recited)
• "Pierina eller Blå anemonerna", performed by Thord Carlsson, Folke Eng, Lars Malgefors, Håkan Norlen and Lillemor Lysell
• "Fritiof Anderssons paradmarsch" (instrumental)
• "Bal på Skeppsholmen" (instrumental- "domino effect" sequence)
• "Min älskling (du är som en ros)" (instrumental)
• "Nocturne" (instrumental - Herr Volkswagner goes to sleep)
• "Calle Schewens vals", performed by Martin Ljung, Max von Sydow, Birgitta Andersson, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson and Evert Taube (at the outdoor wedding/summer party/picnic)
• "Änglamark", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube (at the end credits)

Reception

The film was the second highest-grossing film in Sweden released in 1971 behind Emil i Lönneberga.^[1]

Awards

The film won the Swedish Film Institute's

• Best Film
• Best Director - Tage Danielsson
• Best Actress - Monica Zetterlund

References

External links

• The Apple War at
  IMDb
• The Apple War at the Swedish Film Institute Database