My Friend Oscar (Swedish: Min vän Oscar) is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and Åke Ohberg and starring Åke Söderblom, Margareta Fahlén and Olof Winnerstrand. A separate French-language version My Seal and Them was also produced.
It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
Synopsis
While on a trip to Paris a young Swedish man wins Oscar, a seal, in a raffle who proceeds to cause chaos in his life.
Cast
Åke Söderblom as Hans Lövgren
Margareta Fahlén as Gabriella Strandberg
Olof Winnerstrand as Claes-Herman Sundelius
Barbro Larsson as Diana Sundelius
Douglas Håge as Oscar
Börje Mellvig as Stenström
Sven Lindberg as Zoologist
Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Lövgren's Housemaid
Pierre Bertin as UNESCO Director-General
René Alié as Policeman
Odette Barencey as Woman
Albert Bour as Fish Salesman
Gil Delamare as Policeman
Raymond Rognoni as Zoo Owner
Pierre Sergeol as Restaurant Owner
Made Siamé as Fish Seller
References
Bibliography
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.