The Family Secret (Swedish: Familjens hemlighet) is a 1936 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Karin Swanström and Erik 'Bullen' Berglund.Qvist & Bagh p.145 It is based on the 1903 French play The Secret of Polichinelle by Pierre Wolff, and a French adaptation was also produced the same year. The film premiered in Gothenburg in December 1936.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
Synopsis A middle-class family, planning an arranged marriage for their adult son with a wealthy heiress, are shocked to discover that not only is he already engaged, but his fiancée has already borne them a grandson who is three-year-old now.
Cast Olof Winnerstrand as Arvid Ekman Karin Swanström as Lillie Ekman Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as John Hessler Birgit Tengroth as Margit Berg Kotti Chave as Arne Ekman Hjördis Petterson as Ellen Winkler Gösta Bernhard as Olle Wiktor Andersson as Orderly Ingrid Borthen as Marianne Winkler, Ellen's daughter John Botvid as First mate Greta Ericson as Gullan, Margit's friend at work Jullan Jonsson as Emma, Hessler's housemaid Ka Nerell as Greta, child nurse Ruth Weijden as Maria, Ekman's housemaid
References
Bibliography Per Olov Qvist & Peter von Bagh, Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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