Simon of Backabo (Swedish: Simon i Backabo) is a 1934 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Hilda Borgström and Sickan Carlsson. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
Synopsis
A young man living with his grandmother and her maid Greta in the countryside, unexpectedly inherits a large fortune.
Cast
Fridolf Rhudin as Simon Jönsson
Hilda Borgström as Grandmother
Sickan Carlsson as Greta
Thor Modéen as Gustaf Strömberg
Semmy Friedmann as Dicke Lundén
Mona Mårtenson as Mary Haglund
Holger Löwenadler as Charley
Emy Hagman as Jenny
Weyler Hildebrand as Julius Göransson
Carl Andersson as Frenchman
Helge Andersson as Stationmaster in Backabo
Naemi Briese as Lisa
Wiola Brunius as Waitress
Ernst Brunman as Man in reception committee
Elsa Carlsson as Mademoiselle Claire de la Meunière
Sonja Claesson as En kvinna
Erland Colliander as Clerk at the Foreign Department
Julia Cæsar as Mrs. Ewa Amalia Roos
Nils Dahlgren as Man in reception committee
Eric Dahlström as Train passenger
Carl Deurell as Judge
John Elfström as Petter i Hagen
Albin Erlandzon as Man in Backabo
Georg Fernqvist as Photographer
Emil Fjellström as Porter
Hartwig Fock as Auctioneer
Knut Frankman as Man at the auction
Sigge Fürst as Man interested in boxing
Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the auction
Paul Hagman as Man
Wictor Hagman as Photographer
John Hilke as Journalist
Nils Jacobsson as Journalist
Sven Jerring as Radio Announcer
Erik Johansson as Shopkeeper in Backabo
Knut Lambert as Man in reception committee
Arne Lindblad as Man
Richard Lindström as Foreign department minister
Walter Lindström as Policeman
Helge Mauritz as Man in reception committee
Martin Nilsson as Sjungande gast på Blenda
Yngve Nyqvist as Man in reception committee
Knut Pehrson as Flight Captain
Algot Persson as Wardrober at Cafe de Paris
Arvid Petersén as Ship broker
Bellan Roos as Girl in News-Stand
Wanda Rothgardt as Assistant at the Charm Institute
Holger Sjöberg as Maitre d' at Cafe de Paris
Georg Skarstedt as Gas salesman
Hugo Tranberg as Man in reception committee
Ilse-Nore Tromm as Guest at Cafe de Paris
Tom Walter as Newspaper salesman
Ivar Widner as Band leader
References
Bibliography
Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.