False Greta

{{Short description|1934 Finnish-Swedish comedy film}} {{Infobox film | name = False Greta | image =File:False Greta.jpg | caption = | director = John W. Brunius Pauline Brunius | producer =Lennart Hamberg | based_on = | writer = Oscar Hemberg | narrator = | starring = Adolf Jahr Karin Albihn Isa Quensel | music = Tapio Ilomäki Karl Wehle | cinematography = Harry Hasso | editing = | studio = Film Union Oy Finlandia-Film | distributor = Columbia Film Oy Finlandia-Film | released = {{Film date|1934|02|04|df=yes}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = Finland Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''False Greta''''' (Swedish: '''''Falska Greta''''') is a 1934 Finnish-Swedish comedy film directed by John W. Brunius and Pauline Brunius and starring Adolf Jahr, Karin Albihn and Isa Quensel.<ref>Sadoul p.32</ref> It was shot at studios in Helsinki and on location in Stockholm.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025098/locations/?ref_=tt_dt_loc |title=Falska Greta (1934) - Filming & production - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-17 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> It is now considered to be a lost film.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filminstitutet.se/en/learn-more-about-film/archival-film-collections/the-film-archive/lost-sound-films/ | title=Lost sound films }}</ref>

==Synopsis== Greta Gustafsson, a young typist, wins a prize in a competition and heads out to a fashionable seaside resort. She is mistaken for the Hollywood star Greta Garbo who it has been announced is returning to her native Sweden to spend her holiday incognito.

==Cast== * Adolf Jahr as Ove Häger * Karin Albihn as Greta Gustafsson * Karl-Ewert Christenson as Count Axel von Rexdorff * Isa Quensel as Lisa * Mok Björnson-Langen as Mrs. Eva Bromeé * Sigge Fürst as Karlsson * Sven Relander as Mr. Grönroos * Agnes Lindh as Mrs. Lalla Grönroos * May Pihlgren as Miss Singoalla Grönroos * John W. Brunius as Habercorn * Georg Rydeberg as A man

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Sadoul, Georges. ''Dictionary of Film Makers''. University of California Press, 1972.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025098}}

Category:1934 films Category:1934 comedy films Category:Swedish comedy films Category:Finnish comedy films Category:1934 Swedish-language films Category:Swedish black-and-white films Category:Films directed by John W. Brunius Category:1934 Swedish films