The People of Högbogården

The People of Högbogården
Directed by	Arne Weel
Written by	Jeppe Aakjær Ragnar Holmström
Based on	Livet paa Hegnsgaard by Jeppe Aakjær
Produced by	Henning Karmark
Starring	John Ekman Linnéa Hillberg Annalisa Ericson
Cinematography	Karl Andersson
Music by	Eric Westberg
Production company	Nordisk Tonefilm
Distributed by	Nordisk Tonefilm
Release date	9 October 1939
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The People of Högbogården (Swedish: Folket på Högbogården) is a 1939 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Weel and starring John Ekman, Linnéa Hillberg and Annalisa Ericson. Location shooting took place around Gränna. It is based on a 1907 play by Danish writer Jeppe Aakjær, which Weel had directed as a Danish film Life on the Hegn Farm in 1938.

Cast

• John Ekman as Ola Berg
• Linnéa Hillberg as Mrs. Karin Berg
• Annalisa Ericson as Greta Berg
• Bodil Kåge as Young Greta
• Peter Höglund as Arne Andersson
• Ragnar Planthaber as Young Arne
• Carl Ström as Per Sjövall
• Hilda Borgström as Per's Wife
• Wiktor Andersson as Farm-hand
• Carl Browallius as Old poor man
• Ivar Kåge as Nelson
• Oscar Ljung as Preacher
• John Melin as Mats Wilhelmsson
• Tekla Sjöblom as Old Woman
• Birgitta Valberg as Young Woman

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• The People of Högbogården at IMDb