Hotel Paradise (Swedish: Pensionat Paradiset) is a 1937 Swedish comedy film directed by Weyler Hildebrand and starring Thor Modéen, Maritta Marke and Nils Ericson. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
Synopsis
The guests of a boarding house, the Hotel Paradise, anxiously await the arrival of an opera singer. When a tailor turns up he is mistaken for the singer and has to imitate the role.
Cast
Thor Modéen as Julle Bergström
Maritta Marke as Lotta Bergström
Nils Ericson as Nisse
Julia Cæsar as Elvira Pettersson
Greta Ericsson as Margit
Carl Hagman as Don Carlos
Lili Ziedner as Ms. Cronblom
Carl-Gunnar Wingård as Pålsson
Folke Helleberg as Eric Karlsson
Arthur Fischer as Kihlman AKA Baron de Planche
John Botvid as Fernlund
Hugo Jacobsson as Svärd
Hugo Bolander as Recording Clerk
Helga Brofeldt as Pensions Guest
Sigge Fürst as Singing man on steam boat
Sven-Eric Gamble as Pelle Pålsson
Hjördis Gille as Ms. Ström
Linnéa Hillberg as Countess Klingenhjelm
Arne Lindblad as Pensions Guest
Richard Lund as Jonsson
Siri Olson as Pensions Guest
Åke Uppström as Mr. Roos
Bullan Weijden as Mrs. Pålsson
Soundtrack
Thor Modéen – "En Äkta Mexikanare" (Music and Lyrics by Jules Sylvain and Sven Paddock)
References
Bibliopgraphy
Sundholm, John . Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2012.
Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press, 2014.
External links
Hotel Paradise at IMDb
Hotel Paradise at the Swedish Film Institute Database