When Love Came to the Village

{{short description|1950 film}}

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| name =When Love Came to the Village

| image =File:When Love Came to the Village.jpg

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| director = Arne Mattsson

| producer = Lennart Landheim

| based_on =

| writer = Albert Olsson (novel)
Olle Hellbom
Volodja Semitjov

| starring = Sven Lindberg
Ruth Kasdan
Edvin Adolphson

| music = Lille Bror Söderlundh

| cinematography = Sten Dahlgren
Sven Thermænius

| editing = Lennart Wallén

| studio = Nordisk Tonefilm

| distributor =Nordisk Tonefilm

| released = {{Film date|1950|10|09|df=yes}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| budget =

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When Love Came to the Village (Swedish: När kärleken kom till byn) is a 1950 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Sven Lindberg, Ruth Kasdan and Edvin Adolphson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.147 It was made at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in Gamleby and Västervik. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It is noted for its more traditional depiction of romantic scenes compared to Mattsson's One Summer of Happiness the following year which featured nudity.Björklund & Larsson p.22

Synopsis

A substitute teacher arrives in a rural area of Sweden to take over the duties of the regular schoolmaster while he is in hospital. His new methods of teaching doesn't impress the locals and he begins a brief affair with the schoolmaster's wife with whom he is staying.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Björklund, Elisabet & Larsson, Mariah. Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays. McFarland, 2016.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.