# False Greta

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{{Short description|1934 Finnish-Swedish comedy film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =   False Greta
| image =File:False Greta.jpg
| caption =
| director = [John W. Brunius](/source/John_W._Brunius) <br> [Pauline Brunius](/source/Pauline_Brunius)
| producer =Lennart Hamberg
| based_on = 
| writer =   [Oscar Hemberg](/source/Oscar_Hemberg)
| narrator =
| starring = [Adolf Jahr](/source/Adolf_Jahr) <br> [Karin Albihn](/source/Karin_Albihn) <br> [Isa Quensel](/source/Isa_Quensel)
| music =  [Tapio Ilomäki](/source/Tapio_Ilom%C3%A4ki) <br> [Karl Wehle](/source/Karl_Wehle)
| cinematography = [Harry Hasso](/source/Harry_Hasso) 
| editing = 
| studio = Film Union <br> Oy Finlandia-Film
| distributor = Columbia Film <br> Oy Finlandia-Film
| released = {{Film date|1934|02|04|df=yes}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Finland <br> Sweden
| language = Swedish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''False Greta''''' (Swedish: '''''Falska Greta''''') is a 1934 Finnish-Swedish [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by [John W. Brunius](/source/John_W._Brunius) and [Pauline Brunius](/source/Pauline_Brunius) and starring [Adolf Jahr](/source/Adolf_Jahr), [Karin Albihn](/source/Karin_Albihn) and [Isa Quensel](/source/Isa_Quensel).<ref>Sadoul p.32</ref> It was shot at studios in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) and [on location](/source/location_shooting) in [Stockholm](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Copy_typist), wins a prize in a competition and heads out to a fashionable [seaside resort](/source/seaside_resort). She is mistaken for the [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles) star [Greta Garbo](/source/Greta_Garbo) who it has been announced is returning to her native Sweden to spend her holiday incognito.

==Cast==
* [Adolf Jahr](/source/Adolf_Jahr) as Ove Häger
* [Karin Albihn](/source/Karin_Albihn) as 	Greta Gustafsson
* [Karl-Ewert Christenson](/source/Karl-Ewert_Christenson) as 	Count Axel von Rexdorff
* [Isa Quensel](/source/Isa_Quensel) as Lisa
* [Mok Björnson-Langen](/source/Mok_Bj%C3%B6rnson-Langen) as 	Mrs. Eva Bromeé
* [Sigge Fürst](/source/Sigge_F%C3%BCrst) as Karlsson
* [Sven Relander](/source/Sven_Relander) as Mr. Grönroos
* [Agnes Lindh](/source/Agnes_Lindh) as Mrs. Lalla Grönroos
* [May Pihlgren](/source/May_Pihlgren) as 	Miss Singoalla Grönroos
* [John W. Brunius](/source/John_W._Brunius) as 	Habercorn
* [Georg Rydeberg](/source/Georg_Rydeberg) as 	A man

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

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

{{John W. Brunius}}

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

{{1930s-Sweden-film-stub}}

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