My Friend Oscar

{{short description|1951 film}} {{Infobox film | name = My Friend Oscar | image = My Friend Oscar.jpg | caption = | director = {{ubl|Pierre Billon|Åke Ohberg}} | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Charles de Richter (novel)|Pierre Billon|Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Åke Söderblom|Margareta Fahlén|Olof Winnerstrand}} | music = Sune Waldimir | cinematography = Nikolai Toporkoff | editing = Andrée Danis | studio = Terrafilm | distributor = Nordisk Tonefilm | released = {{Film date|1951|01|20|df=yes}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''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.<ref>Qvist & Von Bagh p.111</ref> A separate French-language version ''My Seal and Them'' was also produced at the same time and with the same director.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043808/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv |title=Min vän Oscar (1951) - Trivia - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-28 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

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== <references/>

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

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0043808}}

Category:1951 films Category:Swedish comedy films Category:1951 comedy films Category:1951 Swedish-language films Category:Films directed by Pierre Billon Category:Films directed by Åke Ohberg Category:Swedish black-and-white films Category:Films set in Paris Category:1951 Swedish films Category:Swedish-language comedy films