Simon of Backabo

{{short description|1934 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Simon of Backabo | image =File:Simon of Backabo.jpg

| caption = | director = Gustaf Edgren | producer =Stellan Claësson | based_on = ''Sympatiska Simon'' by Gösta Gustaf-Janson | writer = Oscar Hemberg <br> Ragnhild Prim <br> Oscar Rydqvist | narrator = | starring = Fridolf Rhudin <br> Hilda Borgström <br> Sickan Carlsson | music = Eric Bengtson | cinematography = Martin Bodin | editing = | studio = Svensk Filmindustri | distributor = Svensk Filmindustri | released = {{Film date|1934|10|29|df=yes}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Simon of Backabo''''' (Swedish: '''''Simon i Backabo''''') is a 1934 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Hilda Borgström and Sickan Carlsson.<ref>Larsson & Marklund p.125</ref> It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

==Synopsis== A young man living with his grandmother and her maid Greta in the countryside, unexpectedly inherits a large fortune.

==Cast== * Fridolf Rhudin as Simon Jönsson * Hilda Borgström as Grandmother * Sickan Carlsson as Greta * Thor Modéen as Gustaf Strömberg * Semmy Friedmann as Dicke Lundén * Mona Mårtenson as Mary Haglund * Holger Löwenadler as Charley * Emy Hagman as Jenny * Weyler Hildebrand as Julius Göransson * Carl Andersson as Frenchman * Helge Andersson as Stationmaster in Backabo * Naemi Briese as Lisa * Wiola Brunius as Waitress * Ernst Brunman as Man in reception committee * Elsa Carlsson as Mademoiselle Claire de la Meunière * Sonja Claesson as En kvinna * Erland Colliander as Clerk at the Foreign Department * Julia Cæsar as Mrs. Ewa Amalia Roos * Nils Dahlgren as Man in reception committee * Eric Dahlström as Train passenger * Carl Deurell as Judge * John Elfström as Petter i Hagen * Albin Erlandzon as Man in Backabo * Georg Fernqvist as Photographer * Emil Fjellström as Porter * Hartwig Fock as Auctioneer * Knut Frankman as Man at the auction * Sigge Fürst as Man interested in boxing * Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman at the auction * Paul Hagman as Man * Wictor Hagman as Photographer * John Hilke as Journalist * Nils Jacobsson as Journalist * Sven Jerring as Radio Announcer * Erik Johansson as Shopkeeper in Backabo * Knut Lambert as Man in reception committee * Arne Lindblad as Man * Richard Lindström as Foreign department minister * Walter Lindström as Policeman * Helge Mauritz as Man in reception committee * Martin Nilsson as Sjungande gast på Blenda * Yngve Nyqvist as Man in reception committee * Knut Pehrson as Flight Captain * Algot Persson as Wardrober at Cafe de Paris * Arvid Petersén as Ship broker * Bellan Roos as Girl in News-Stand * Wanda Rothgardt as Assistant at the Charm Institute * Holger Sjöberg as Maitre d' at Cafe de Paris * Georg Skarstedt as Gas salesman * Hugo Tranberg as Man in reception committee * Ilse-Nore Tromm as Guest at Cafe de Paris * Tom Walter as Newspaper salesman * Ivar Widner as Band leader

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. ''Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader''. Nordic Academic Press, 2010. * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025795}}

Category:1934 films Category:1934 comedy films Category:Swedish comedy films Category:1934 Swedish-language films Category:Swedish black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Gustaf Edgren Category:1934 Swedish films