In Lilac Time

{{short description|1952 film}} {{Infobox film | name = In Lilac Time | image =File:In Lilac Time.jpg | caption = | director = Ivar Johansson | producer = Rune Waldekranz | based_on = ''Johannes och Trubbnos'' by Harald Beijer | writer = Ragnar Arvedson | starring = Kenne Fant <br> Nine-Christine Jönsson <br> Gudrun Brost | music = Håkan von Eichwald | cinematography = Sven Nykvist | editing = Carl-Olov Skeppstedt | studio = Sandrews | distributor = Sandrew-Baumanfilm | released = {{Film date|1952|02|04|df=yes}} | runtime = 115 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''In Lilac Time''''' (Swedish: '''''När syrenerna blomma''''') is a 1952 Swedish historical drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Kenne Fant, Nine-Christine Jönsson and Gudrun Brost.<ref>Qvist & Von Bagh p.93</ref> It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

==Synopsis== In the late nineteenth century Johannes, a Stockholm boy is left by his middle-class parents and brought up in the countryside where he struggles to settle in. The unrelenting hostility is only softened by the kind Charlotta. When he is twenty he returns to the capital city and enlists in the Royal Guards and meets up with Charlotta again.

==Cast== * Kenne Fant as Johannes Weijner * Nine-Christine Jönsson as Charlotta aka Trubbnos * Gudrun Brost as Alexandra Weijner * Eva Stiberg as Frida * Maj-Lis Lüning as Julia * Åke Fridell as Doctor * John Elfström as Gustafson * Anna-Lisa Baude as Emma * Ingrid Backlin as Aina Wickman * Börje Mellvig as Wickman * Hjördis Petterson as Mrs. Lamberg, 'Bläsan' * Willy Peters a John Weijner * Björn Berglund as Rudolf * Lissi Alandh as Lena i Härsikeby * Sten Lindgren as August Åhlund * Hugo Björne as King Oscar II * Olav Riégo as General Sven Lagerberg * Arthur Fischer as Cobbler Strid

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0044979}}

Category:1952 films Category:1952 drama films Category:1952 Swedish-language films Category:Films directed by Ivar Johansson Category:Swedish black-and-white films Category:Films set in the 1880s Category:Swedish historical drama films Category:1950s historical drama films Category:Films based on Swedish novels Category:Films set in Stockholm Category:1952 Swedish films Category:Swedish-language historical drama films