Time of Desire

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Time of Desire
Directed byEgil Holmsen
Written byEgil Holmsen
Based onThe Horse Dealer's Daughters by Artur Lundkvist
StarringBarbro Larsson
Margaretha Löwler
George Fant
CinematographyIngvar Borild
Edited byWic Kjellin
Music byHarry Arnold
Production
company
Distributed byEuropa Film
Release date
  • 20 November 1954 (1954-11-20)
Running time
81 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Time of Desire or The Horse Dealer's Daughters (Swedish: Hästhandlarens flickor) is a 1954 Swedish drama film directed by Egil Holmsen and starring Barbro Larsson, Margaretha Löwler and George Fant.[1][2] It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of Europa Film in Stockholm and on location around Örsundsbro in Uppsala County. It was based on a 1935 short story by Artur Lundkvist. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. In 1959, it was released on the American art house market by Janus Films.

Synopsis[edit]

Two daughters of a roguish horse trader have very different personalities but are emotionally close. When one of them takes up with a young man she encounters it drives her sister jealous.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Wallengren p.226
  2. ^ Wright p.120-121

Bibliography[edit]

  • Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press, 2014.
  • Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.

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