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The Girl from Backafall is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant. It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea.
Original Release
03/02/1953
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Viola Sundberg | Ellen / Ellen Persson |
| Sven Lindberg | Per |
| Kenne Fant | Nils / Nils Larsson |
| Edvard Persson | Silla-Sven |
| Holger Löwenadler | August Larsson |
| Märta Dorff | Mrs. Larsson / August Larsson's wife |
| Erik 'Bullen' Berglund | Captain Backe / Frans Backe |
| Dagmar Ebbesen | Mrs. Backe / Anna-Kristin Backe |
| Olof Winnerstrand | Vicar |
| Aurore Palmgren | Botilla |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Viola Sundberg | Ellen / Ellen Persson |
| Sven Lindberg | Per |
| Kenne Fant | Nils / Nils Larsson |
| Edvard Persson | Silla-Sven |
| Holger Löwenadler | August Larsson |
| Märta Dorff | Mrs. Larsson / August Larsson's wife |
| Erik 'Bullen' Berglund | Captain Backe / Frans Backe |
| Dagmar Ebbesen | Mrs. Backe / Anna-Kristin Backe |
| Olof Winnerstrand | Vicar |
| Aurore Palmgren | Botilla |
| Olav Riégo | Dücker / Mr Dücker |
| Renée Björling | Mrs. Dücker / Mrs Dücker |
| Jan Molander | Hellberg / Justus Mellgren |
| Verner Edberg | Adolf / "Knottet" |
| Gösta Gustafson | Matts Shoemaker |
| Lars Egge | Fredrik Åkerberg |
| Anders Andelius | Sailor at 'Tre bröder' |
| Margit Andelius | Mrs. Svensson / Mrs Svensson |
| Astrid Bodin | Dücker's cook / Dückers cook |
| Helga Brofeldt | Gossip |
