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Original title Lyckan kommer : En saga för vuxna barn
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1942-08-17

Cast

Stig Järrel
Georg Hedberg, direktör och konstnär

Marguerite Viby
Monika Hedberg, Georgs hustru

Carl Reinholdz
Algot Larsson, portvakt

Dagmar Olsson
Bojan Larsson, Algots fru

Georg Funkquist
redaktör Tranér på Kärleksjournalen

Torsten Winge
Svane, konsthandlare

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Plot summary

The rich and idle couple Georg and Monika Hedberg are getting on each other’s nerves and consult a lawyer to discuss a divorce. He suggests a bet. Could they temporarily give up their nice...

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Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Unit Manager
First Assistant Cameraman
Musical Arrangement
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor

Cast

Stig Järrel Georg Hedberg, direktör och konstnär
Marguerite Viby Monika Hedberg, Georgs hustru
Carl Reinholdz Algot Larsson, portvakt
Dagmar Olsson Bojan Larsson, Algots fru
Georg Funkquist redaktör Tranér på Kärleksjournalen
Torsten Winge Svane, konsthandlare
Lasse Krantz Bergman, Hedbergs hovmästare
Bengt Janzon kamrer Dimgren
Einar Axelsson Berger, advokat
Hugo Björne Lennart Broberg
Birgit Sergelius Lillan Broberg, Lennarts hustru
Bertil Ehrenmark Sergej Borsakoff, rysk målare
Jura Tamkin storfurst Alexander Sergej Nikolaus Alexandrovitj
- Ej krediterade:
Berndt Westerberg herr Birke, astrolog
Karl Erik Flens Nils Boström, reklamtecknare
Agda Helin Georgs ryska bordsdam på festen
Charlie Almlöf rysk överste på festen
Artur Rolén hovmästare
Hanny Schedin fröken Gustafsson, advokat Bergers sekreterare
Elsie Albiin växeltelefonist på Kärleksjournalen
Gunnel Wadner kontorist på Kärleksjournalen
Anna-Stina Wåglund fröken Klingstjerna, journalist på Kärleksjournalen
Hugo Tranberg delikatesshandlare
Helga Brofeldt deltagare i den ryska festen
James Westheimer deltagare i den ryska festen
Marie-Louise Arthur deltagare i den ryska festen
Allan Adelby (as Otto Adelby) deltagare i den ryska festen
David Erikson hotellportier
Robert Ryberg journalist från Aftontidningen vid tåget
Gösta Grip journalist vid tåget
Hilmer Peters pressfotograf vid tåget
Eric von Gegerfelt advokat Sjöberg
Erik Frank dragspelare
Hasse Ekman radioröst
- Bortklippt i den slutliga filmen:
Curt Masreliez en ung man (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)

Companies

Production Company Terrafilms Produktions AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Terrafilm 1942
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Studio S Entertainment 2015
Laboratory AB Kinocentralen

Plot summary

The rich and idle couple Georg and Monika Hedberg are getting on each other’s nerves and consult a lawyer to discuss a divorce. He suggests a bet. Could they temporarily give up their nice flat and their wealth and and support themselves while living in a much smaller flat with a modest fund of only 1,000 crowns? In the meantime the lawyer will manage their fortune. They accept the bet and George is takes up his old hobby of painting. Earlier, while living in Paris, he used to paint. But it proves difficult to sell his work. They decide to give up the bet, but the lawyer has been embezzling them and their money is gone. They are evicted for failing to pay the rent. Then a miracle happens. At an art gallery in Stockholm there is an exhibition and among the paintings are some works by Georg from his time in Paris. Now he only has to convince the art dealer that they are his paintings.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 64651
Date 1942-08-15
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2795 meters
Notes Längd efter klipp ej närmare angiven. Klipp i akt I: den scendetalj, vari det säges att advokaten (styckets bov) beställt personligt samtal med Adolf Hitler. Genom filmbolagets försorg förkortades filmen den 21.8.1942 till 2640 m (96 minuter) och den 29.8.1942 till 2475 m, som blev filmens slutgiltiga längd. Aktlängder för den slutliga versionen: 550-585-580-465-295 = 2475 m - 90 minuter. Granskningskopians aktlängder: 550-585-565-560-535 = 2795 m. Aktlängder: 550, 585, 565, 560, 535.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system AGA-Baltic
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2795 meter
Length in minutes 102 min
Reels 5 reels


Production location

1942-05 1942-06
AB Centrumateljéerna Stockholm Sweden
Gamla stan Stockholm Sweden
Norrmalm Stockholm Sweden
Södermalm Stockholm Sweden
Centralstationen Stockholm Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1942-08-17 Royal Stockholm Sweden 102 min
First showing 1942-08-17 Royal Stockholm Sweden 102 min
TV showing 1956 TV Stockholm Sweden 98 min Stockholmssändaren
1997-12-23 SVT1 Sweden 98 min
2001-02-20 SVT1 Sweden 98 min
2003-03-03 SVT1 Sweden 98 min
2004-03-16 SVT1 Sweden 98 min
2012-11-12 SVT1 Sweden
2015-06-09 SVT1 Sweden
DVD release 2015-09-14 Sweden
TV showing 2018-10-01 SVT1 Sweden
2020-05-21 SVT1 Sweden
2022-05-02 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Lyckan kommer
Composer Jules Sylvain
Lyrics Jokern


Original title Vi lossa sand
Singer Bengt Janzon


Original title Litet bo jag sätta vill
Lyrics Elias Sehlstedt
Musical Adaptation Alice Tegnér (musikbearbetning)


Original title Är man bara två
Composer Kai Gullmar (1942)
Lyrics Hasse Ekman (1942)
Singer Marguerite Viby


Original title Ein Sommernachtstraum. Hochzeitmarsch
Composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1842)


Original title Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour. Ur Les contes d'Hoffmann
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1881)
Lyrics Jules Barbier (fransk text 1881)
Michel Carré (fransk text 1881)
Ernst Wallmark (svensk text 1881)
Emil Grandinson (svensk text 1912)


Original title Aloha oe
Composer Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani (1878)
Lyrics Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani (1878)
Singer kör


Original title Burlatskaja/Svornik russkich narodnych psen/Éj uchnem'!
Lyrics Miguel Torres (svensk text)


Original title Oči čërnyja, oči strastnyja/Otji tjornyja, otji strastnyja
Lyrics Karin Juel (svensk text)
Singer Helga Brofeldt
kör


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2437


Element type Duplicate positive
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2437


Holdings Posters

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


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2
Tryckeri Oskar Peréus tryckeri


Size Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity 1
Tryckeri Ljunglöfs


Holdings Archive materials

Type Press Cuttings


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Extent 152 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 28 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Dialoglista. Das Glück kommt. Manuskript und Regie: Hasse Ekman.
Extent Ca. 50 s.
Language German


Script type Dialoglista
Extent Ca. 40 s.
Language German


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Förkortad textlista. Av Hasse Ekman.
Extent 22 s. Förtexter (3 s.) ingår.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Manuskript und Regie: Hasse EKman.
Extent 42 s. INnehållsbeskrivning (1 s.) ingår.
Language German


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album Yes


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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