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Quick as Lightning (1927)

Quick as Lightning poster
Original title
Kvick som Blixten
Directed by
Adolf Jahr
Genre
silent film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent Swedish comedy from 1927. It follows a character named Emma Q Jansson in a story that continues from an earlier film. The movie was shot in summer locations and released in early 1927.

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What happens

Kvick som Blixten är en svensk stumfilm från 1927 med regi och manus av Adolf Jahr. Jahr hade även en roll i filmen, tillsammans med bland andra Edvard Persson och Torborg Stjerner. Filmen spelades in sommaren 1926 i Falsterbo, Kivik och Sjöbo. Den hade premiär 24 januari samma år på biograferna Imperial i Helsingborg och Metropol i Malmö. Filmen var en fristående fortsättning på filmen Miljonär för en dag (1925). Namnet på rollfiguren Emma Q Jansson var en parafras på skådespelaren Anna Q. Nilsson, som haft framgångar i Hollywood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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