Railroad Workers (1947)
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The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay of Bothnia to Narvik at the Norwegian Sea. One of the newest workers, Valfrid from the south of Sweden, is not accepted by neither Stora Ballong, the informal leader of the workers, nor the others. They refuse to talk to him but instead Valfrid gets help from the sworn enemy of the railroad workers: the greedy drugstore owner Blom.
- Date of release
- 1947-12-26
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arne Mattsson
Casting
- Victor Sjöström — Stora Ballong
- John Elfström — Valfrid Andersson
- Gunnel Broström — Viktoria
- Åke Grönberg — Calle Ville
- Inga Landgré — Hildur Blom
- Sven Magnusson — Dynamit
- Ingrid Borthen — Svarta Björn
- Bengt Eklund — Amos Forslund
- Svea Holst — Stina
- Axel Högel — Baptist-Anders
- Birger Åsander — Fabian Bred
- Henake Schubak — Sikkavaara Frans
Interesting facts
Rail Workers is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, John Elfström and Gunnel Broström. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel Nordanvind by Olle Länsberg.
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