Brita in the Merchant's House

Brita in the Merchant's House
Directed by	Åke Ohberg
Written by	Ragnar Arvedson Harald Beijer
Based on	Brita in the Merchant's House by Harald Beijer
Produced by	Lennart Landheim
Starring	George Fant Eva Dahlbeck Åke Grönberg
Cinematography	Harald Berglund
Edited by	Gösta Bjurman
Music by	Nathan Görling
Production company	Europa Film
Distributed by	Europa Film
Release date	4 February 1946
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Brita in the Merchant's House (Swedish: Brita i grosshandlarhuset) is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Åke Ohberg and starring George Fant, Eva Dahlbeck and Åke Grönberg. It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder.

Synopsis

Brita leaves her dull, impoverished rural existence and moves to Stockholm where she gets a job as a maid in the house of a wealthy wholesaler where she falls in love with the merchant's son. However, Arvid, a young man from her home village comes to the city to court her as well.

Cast

• George Fant as Greger
• Eva Dahlbeck as Brita
• Åke Grönberg as Arvid
• Ernst Eklund as Grosshandlaren
• Stina Hedberg as Hans fru
• Hilda Borgström as Ida
• Olav Riégo as Kanslirådet
• Renée Björling as Hans fru
• Agneta Lagerfeldt as Sonja
• Ib Schønberg as Korvgubben
• Bengt Ekerot as 'Paniken'
• Carl Ström as Britas far
• Linnéa Hillberg as Britas mor
• Anna-Greta Krigström as Ella
• Astrid Bodin as Kokerskan
• Carin Swensson as Extrahjälpen
• Olle Hilding as Olsson
• John Norrman as Postman
• Aurore Palmgren as Arvid's Mother
• Nils Hallberg as Conscript
• Ingemar Holde as Conscript
• Tord Stål as Officer
• Albert Ståhl as Janitor

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• Brita in the Merchant's House at IMDb