The Biscuit (film)
{{short description|1956 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Biscuit
| image = The Biscuit (film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Hans Lagerkvist
| producer =Allan Ekelund
| based_on =
| writer = Gösta Gustaf-Janson
Nils Poppe
| starring =Nils Poppe
Marianne Bengtsson
Holger Löwenadler
| music = Gunnar Hoffsten
Julius Jacobsen
| cinematography = Martin Bodin
| editing = Oscar Rosander
| studio = Komiska Teatern
| distributor = Fribergs Filmbyrå
| released = {{Film date|1956|12|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = Sweden
| language = Swedish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Biscuit (Swedish: Skorpan) is a 1956 Swedish comedy film directed by Hans Lagerkvist and starring Nils Poppe, Marianne Bengtsson and Holger Löwenadler.Qvist & Von Bagh p.126 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.
Cast
- Nils Poppe as Valfrid, pickpocket
- Marianne Bengtsson as Doris
- Holger Löwenadler as Hugo Braxenhielm
- Gunnar Björnstrand as Freddie Braxenhjelm
- Siv Ericks as Mrs. Cecilia Braxenhielm
- Jan Molander as Sixten Braxenhielm
- Elisabet Falk as Ulrika Widell
- Åke Fridell as Filip Schöling
- Anna-Lisa Baude as Mrs. Schöling
- Georg Rydeberg as Lawyer
- Fritiof Billquist as Policeman
- Arthur Fischer as Johansson, first mate
- Ragnar Arvedson as Hair dresser
- Pia Arnell as Amanda, waitress
- Astrid Bodin as Washing-woman
- Rolf Botvid as Policeman
- Birger Åsander as Jojje
- Sven Holmberg as Policeman
- Mille Schmidt as Policeman
- Svea Holst as Braxenhielm's maid
- Ulf Johansson as Jacquetten
- Ludde Juberg as Karlsson
- Arne Lindblad as Man with the watch
- Olav Riégo as Slussberg
References
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Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0050981}}
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Category:1950s Swedish-language films
Category:Films directed by Hans Lagerkvist
Category:Swedish black-and-white films
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