{{short description|1949 film}} {{distinguish|playing truant}} {{Infobox film | name = Playing Truant | image =File:Playing Truant (film).jpg | caption = | director = Schamyl Bauman | producer = Arthur Spjuth | based_on = | writer = István Békeffy (play) <br> Adorján Stella (play) <br> Sölve Cederstrand | narrator = | starring = Sickan Carlsson <br> Gunnar Björnstrand <br> Olof Winnerstrand | music = Kai Gullmar <br> Sune Waldimir | cinematography = Hilding Bladh | editing = Lennart Wallén | studio = Bauman-Produktion | distributor = Sandrew-Baumanfilm | released = {{Film date|1949|08|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 111 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Playing Truant''''' (Swedish: '''''Skolka skolan''''') is a 1949 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Gunnar Björnstrand and Olof Winnerstrand.<ref>Qvist & Von Bagh p.44</ref> It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth.
==Cast== * Sickan Carlsson as Margareta Carlson-Kronberg * Gunnar Björnstrand as Bertil Kronberg * Olof Winnerstrand as Paulus Bomvall * Viveca Serlachius as Gertrud 'Truttan' Karlberg * Dagmar Ebbesen as Hilda * Gösta Cederlund as Oskar Carlsson * Gull Natorp as Mrs. Agda Carlsson * Anne-Margrethe Björlin as Helene Berglöf * Naima Wifstrand as Dehlin * Jan Molander as Hjalmar Hammarlund * Mimi Pollak as Märta Hoffman * Maud Söderlund as Alice * Edvin Adolphson as Man in the Restaurant * Harriet Andersson as School Girl in Stockholm * Wiktor Andersson as Wardrobist * Olga Appellöf as Teacher in Dream * Ingrid Björk as Karla * John Botvid as Restaurant Guest * Kerstin 'Kicki' Bratt as School Girl in Enköping * Lena Brogren as School Girl in Stockholm * Erland Colliander as Teacher * Eivor Engelbrektsson as Gymnastics Teacher * Sven-Eric Gamble as Man Delivering Flowers * Sten Hedlund as Teacher * Douglas Håge as Bum * Ivar Kåge as Andrén * Signe Lundberg-Settergren asTeacher * Nils Ohlin as Train Passenger * Gunvor Pontén as School Girl in Enköping * Sif Ruud as Miss Hoffman's Friend in Uppsala * Öllegård Wellton as School Girl in Enköping * Torsten Winge as Berglöf
== References == <references/>
== Bibliography == * Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh, ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0041881}}
Category:1949 films Category:1949 comedy films Category:Swedish comedy films Category:1949 Swedish-language films Category:Films directed by Schamyl Bauman Category:1949 Swedish films Category:Swedish black-and-white films
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