Munkbrogreven = Count of the old town / regi, Edvin Adolphson ; manus, Gösta Stevens ; ensamrätt, A. B. Fribergs Filmbyrå ; Svensk Filmindustri.

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"Ingrid Bergman's first speaking role was in this hugely charming knockabout comedy, filmed on location in the Monk's Bridge disctrict of Stockholm. Bergman plays an amiable young chambermaid being wooed by a handsome stranger, who may or may not be a jewel thief. Enlivened by cheeky humor and a cas...

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Uniform Title:Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Ingrid Bergman's Swedish years. Series 46,
Corporate Authors: Svensk filmindustri (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Adolphson, Edvin, 1893-1979 (Film director, Actor)
Wallén, Sigurd, 1884-1947 (Film director, Actor)
Stevens, Gösta, 1897-1964 (Screenwriter)
Dalquist, Waldemar (Actor)
Caesar, Julia, 1885-1971 (Actor)
Zellman, Tollie, 1887-1964 (Actor)
Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982 (Actor)
Dahlqvist, Åke, 1901-1991 (director of photography.)
Husberg, Rolf (Editor of moving image work)
Bengtson, Eric, 1897-1948 (composer (expression))
Fischer, Arthur, 1897-1991
Fischer, Siegfried, 1894-1976
Language:Swedish
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Swedish dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Series:Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Ingrid Bergman's Swedish years.
Subjects:
Hotel cleaning personnel > Sweden > Stockholm > Drama.
Young women > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Criminals > Drama.
Jewel thieves > Drama.
Criminals.
Hotel cleaning personnel.
Jewel thieves.
Man-woman relationships.
Young women.
Sweden > Stockholm.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (4 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:
Count of the old town
Ingrid Bergman's Swedish years
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"Ingrid Bergman's first speaking role was in this hugely charming knockabout comedy, filmed on location in the Monk's Bridge disctrict of Stockholm. Bergman plays an amiable young chambermaid being wooed by a handsome stranger, who may or may not be a jewel thief. Enlivened by cheeky humor and a cast of neighborhood eccentrics, The Count of the Old Town offered Bergman a chance to show off her all-too-rarely-displayed comedy skills"--Container.
Note:Based on the play Greven av gamla stan by Siegfried and Arthur Fischer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "Always be yourself, and always learn your lines", by film critic Pamela Hutchinson.
Screen credits list Edvin Adolphson as sole director; container and IMDb website list Sigurd Wallén as second director.
Call Number:PN1995.9.F67 C676 2018 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781681434315
1681434318
Credits:Director of photography, Åke Dahlqvist ; editor, Rolf Husberg ; music, Eric Bengtson.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Waldemar Dalquist, Julia Caesar, Sigurd Wallén, Tollie Zellman, Edvin Adolphson, Ingrid Bergman, Eric Abrahamson.