The Great Amateur

The Great Amateur

Directed by	Hasse Ekman
Written by	Hasse Ekman
Produced by	Povel Ramel Felix Alvo
Starring	Martin Ljung Marianne Bengtsson Hasse Ekman
Cinematography	Martin Bodin
Edited by	Ingemar Ejve
Music by	Bengt Hallberg Erik Nordgren Harry Arnold Allan Johansson
Production company	Knäppupp
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	23 June 1958 (1958-06-23)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Great Amateur (Swedish: Den store amatören) is a 1958 Swedish comedy film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Martin Ljung, Marianne Bengtsson and Yngve Gamlin.^[1] It was shot at the Råsunda in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.^[2]

Cast

Martin Ljung as constable Alfred Erlandsson
Marianne Bengtsson as Linda Svensson
Hasse Ekman as Max Wallby, Theatre director
Yngve Gamlin as Lilja, mayor in Fårtuna
Sven-Eric Gamble as Roffe, Max valet
Einar Axelsson as Victor Wirén
Brita Borg as artist "Fat Mammy Brown"/Viking woman
Bullan Weijden as Olga af Klinting
Berndt Westerberg as Police Commissary
Margit Andelius as Ms Krans-Wetterlund
Ludde Juberg as kapellmeister in anniversary play
Povel Ramel as artist, Viking in anniversary play
John Melin as Grönwall
Georg Skarstedt as Nibbelöf
Hanny Schedin as Linda's Aunt
John Norrman as Auto Repair Man
Astrid Bodin as Ms. Knarring
Karl Erik Flens as Torsten, Actor
Marianne Nielsen as Desdemona in 'Othello'
Wiktor Andersson as Oskar, Electrician
Bellan Roos as Mrs. Lithander
Birgitta Andersson as Lita
Gerd Andersson as Dancer
Axel Högel as Jonasson, Janitor
Jan Kings as Kalle, School Pupil
Curt Löwgren as Messenger from the Mayor
Olof Olsson as Major af Klinting
Lars-Evert Peterson as Ulf, School Pupil
Teddy Rhodin as Dancer
Bo Samuelsson as Photographer
Håkan Serner as Actor

References

^ Gustafsson p.122
^ "Den store amatören (1958) - SFDB".

Bibliography

Gustafsson, Fredrik. The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman. Berghahn Books, 2016.

External links

The Great Amateur at IMDb

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Television	Niklasons (1965)
Lyrics	"Swing it, magistern!" "Regntunga skyar"

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