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The Boys of Number Fifty Seven (1935)

The Boys of Number Fifty Seven poster
Original title
Grabbarna i 57:an
Directed by
Ivar Johansson
Genre
comedy film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This comedy looks at the lives of different people living in a boarding house in Stockholm. The story follows their day to day interactions and mishaps within the building.

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What happens

The Boys of Number Fifty Seven (Swedish: Grabbarna i 57:an) is a 1935 Swedish comedy film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Julia Cæsar, Britta Brunius and Tord Bernheim. It focuses on the various residents of a boarding house in the Södermalm district of Stockholm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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