Big Lasse of Delsbo

Big Lasse of Delsbo
Directed byIvar Johansson
Written byIvar Johansson
Produced byInge Ivarson
StarringSten Lindgren
Anna Lindahl
Ulla Andreasson
CinematographySven Nykvist
Edited byIvar Johansson
Music byCharles Redland
Production
company
Kungsfilm
Release date
  • 29 October 1949 (1949-10-29)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Big Lasse of Delsbo (Swedish: Lång-Lasse i Delsbo) is a 1949 Swedish historical drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Sten Lindgren, Anna Lindahl and Ulla Andreasson.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It was inspired by real historical events in nineteenth century Sweden.[2]

Synopsis

In Delsbo in the 1840s, the new preacher Lars Landgren (known to his parishioners as Big Lasse) tries to battle moral decline in the area after being called in by concerned locals.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.93
  2. ^ Wright p.108

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.


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