Man's Way with Women
{{short description|1934 film directed by Per-Axel Branner}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Man's Way with Women
| image =
| caption =
| director = Per-Axel Branner
| producer =
| writer = Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
| based_on = {{Based on|The Song of the Blood-Red Flower|Johannes Linnankoski}}
| starring = Edvin Adolphson
Inga Tidblad
Birgit Tengroth
Anna Lindahl
Gull-Maj Norin
Anders Henrikson
| music = Ilmari Hannikainen
| cinematography = Julius Jaenzon
| editing =
| distributor = AB Wivefilm
| released = {{Film date|1934|11|12|df=yes}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Sweden
| language = Swedish
| budget =
}}
Man's Way with Women ({{langx|sv|Sången om den eldröda blomman}}) is a 1934 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Per-Axel Branner. It is based on the 1905 Finnish novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski.
The interior shots of the film were shot at Råsunda's Filmstaden studios and the exterior scenes in Uppland, Ramsele and Långsele. The film premiered at the Röda Kvarn theatre in Stockholm on November 12, 1934.[https://biofilmsverige.wordpress.com/2014/07/ Filmpremiärer i Sverige] (in Swedish) The film's US release was in 1937.[https://kendrasteinereditions.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/dwain-espers-mans-way-with-women-swedenus-1934-37/ Kendra Steiner Editions: Dwain Esper’s “Man’s Way With Women” (Sweden/US 1934-37)]
Dwain Esper picked this Swedish drama for US distribution because it contained a nude swim. Esper would then create a "mind-boggling English dub", and a lurid promotion campaign for the film.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025854/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv |title=Man's Way with Women (1934) - Trivia - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-19 |via=www.imdb.com}}
Cast
- Edvin Adolphson as Olof Koskela
- Inga Tidblad as Kyllikki
- Birgit Tengroth as "Dark Eye"
- Anna Lindahl as "Motherwort"
- Gull-Maj Norin as "Gazelle"
- Marianne Löfgren as Elliina Virttanen
- Aino Taube as Annikki
- John Ekman as Olof's father
- Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren as Olof's mother
- Anders Henrikson as Antti, Kyllikki's cousin
- Sven Bergvall as Kyllikki's father
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0025854|Man's Way with Women}}
- [http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=3767 Svensk Filmdatabas: Sången om den eldröda blomman (1934)] (in Swedish)
Category:1934 romantic drama films
Category:Swedish romantic drama films
Category:1930s Swedish-language films
Category:Films based on Finnish novels
Category:Films based on works by Johannes Linnankoski
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