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The Quartet That Split Up
Directed by Gustaf Molander
Written by Gösta Stevens
Gustaf Molander
Based on The Quartet That Split Up by Birger Sjöberg
Produced by Helge Hagerman
Starring Adolf Jahr
Anita Björk
Inga Landgré
Victor Sjöström
Cinematography Åke Dahlqvist
Edited by Oscar Rosander
Music by Jerry Högstedt
Yngve Sköld
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 26 December 1950 (1950-12-26)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySweden
Language Swedish

The Quartet That Split Up (Swedish: Kvartetten som sprängdes) is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Adolf Jahr, Anita Björk, Inga Landgré and Victor Sjöström. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same title by Birger Sjöberg, which had previously been made into a 1936 film. [2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.

Synopsis

The members of a string quartet in a small Swedish town decided to speculate on the stock market with unexpected results.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.115
  2. ^ Goble p.431

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

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