Tomorrow's Melody
Tomorrow's Melody (Swedish: Morgondagens melodi) is a 1942 Swedish drama film directed by Ragnar Frisk and starring Viveca Lindfors, Nils Lundell and Björn Berglund.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and the city's PUB department store.
| Tomorrow's Melody | |
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| Directed by | Ragnar Frisk |
| Written by | Stig Ahlgren |
| Produced by | Stellan Claësson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Karl-Erik Alberts |
| Edited by | Lennart Wallén |
| Music by | Jules Sylvain |
Production company | Film AB Lux |
| Distributed by | Film AB Lux |
Release date | 16 March 1942 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Synopsis
Maj-Lis Wassberg, an upper-class university student, hears about the poor working conditions in a major Stockholm department store. She gets a job there to investigate and encounters a bullying head of department as well as his son Thore Almen who is trying to form a trade union for which he is fired. Discovering that her father is a director at the bank that owns the store, she appeals to him to try and sort things out.
Cast
- Viveca Lindfors as Maj-Lis Wassberg
- Nils Lundell as Mr. Almen
- Björn Berglund as Thore Almen
- Karin Swanström as Fru Almen
- Gun Robertson as Birgit Almen
- Ernst Eklund as Wassberg
- Ragnar Widestedt as Managing director
- Hjördis Petterson as Mrs. Wassberg
- Arthur Fischer as 'Surlimpan'
- Emil Fjellström as Sundvall
- Sven-Eric Gamble as Boy
- Åke Grönberg as Manager at record department
- Nils Jacobsson as Man
- Willy Peters as 'Skjort-Lasse'
- Barbro Ribbing as Emmy
- Betty Bjurström as Young Woman
- Saga Sjöberg as Singer
- Carl Ström as Man
References
- Qvist & von Bagh p.105
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.