His Majesty Must Wait
{{short description|1945 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =His Majesty Must Wait
| image =File:His Majesty Must Wait.jpg
| caption =
| director = Gustaf Edgren
| producer = Otto Scheutz
| based_on =
| writer = Oscar Rydqvist (play)
Gustaf Edgren
| starring =Sture Lagerwall
Åke Söderblom
Aino Taube
| music = Nils Castegren
| cinematography = Martin Bodin
| editing = Oscar Rosander
| studio = Kungsfilm
| distributor =Kungsfilm
| released = {{Film date|1945|07|02|df=yes}}
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = Sweden
| language = Swedish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
His Majesty Must Wait (Swedish: Hans Majestat får vänta) is a 1945 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Sture Lagerwall, Åke Söderblom and Aino Taube.Qvist & Von Bagh p.62 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall and Arne Åkermark.
Plot
Carl-Johan Stjärna is a Swedish aristocrat and one of the chamberlains at the royal palace in Stockholm. He has fallen on seriously hard times and getting by is a struggle. Just when his trusted manservant taken his uniform to a pawnshop around the corner and get money, he gets summoned to the castle. With the urgent summon and no uniform, things get tricky.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037762/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl |title=Hans Majestät får vänta (1945) - Plot - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-15 |via=www.imdb.com}}
Cast
- Sture Lagerwall as Kammarjunkare Carl-Johan Stjärna
- Åke Söderblom as Frans, hans betjänt
- Aino Taube as Eva Linde
- Annalisa Ericson as Irene
- Julia Cæsar as Agneta Hermansson
- Hilding Gavle as Johan Elof Piraeus
- Magnus Kesster as Marcus
- Saga Sjöberg as Magda Palmborg
- Katie Rolfsen as Mrs. Palmborg
- Carl Hagman as Krusenhielm
- Tord Bernheim as Harry Ålund
- Olav Riégo as Chamberlain
- Carin Swensson as Maid
- Nils Dahlgren as Larsson
- Robert Ryberg as Policeman
- Charlie Almlöf as Waiter på Cecil
- Margit Andelius as Woman at the Boarding House
- Sven Arvor as Man i operapubliken
- Bertil Berglund as Hovmästare
- Elly Christiansson as Evas arbetskamrat
- Mary Gräber as Friherrinna
- Nils Nordståhl as Policeman
- Gunhild Olson as Fröken Svensson
- Olov Wigren as Bekant till Carl-Johan
References
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0037762}}
{{Gustaf Edgren}}
Category:1940s Swedish-language films
Category:Films directed by Gustaf Edgren
Category:Films set in Stockholm
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