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The Million Dollars (1926)

The Million Dollars poster
Original title
Dollarmillionen
Directed by
Sigurd Wallén
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy where a large sum of money causes trouble for the people who come into contact with it. It follows a mix of characters whose lives are turned upside down by the cash.

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What happens

The Million Dollars (Swedish: Dollarmillionen) is a 1926 Swedish silent comedy film directed by Sigurd Wallén and starring Margita Alfvén, Richard Lund and Axel Hultman. It is based on Axel Essén's 1917 novel of the same name, later also turned into a 1942 Finnish film Dollari-miljoona. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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