The People of Högbogården (1939)

Original title

Folket på Högbogården

Directed by

Arne Weel

Genre

drama

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a Swedish drama about a farming family living at Högbogården. The story follows their daily struggles and relationships on the rural estate.

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What happens

The People of Högbogården (Swedish: Folket på Högbogården) is a 1939 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Weel and starring John Ekman, Linnéa Hillberg and Annalisa Ericson. Location shooting took place around Gränna. It is based on a 1907 play by Danish writer Jeppe Aakjær, which Weel had directed as a Danish film Life on the Hegn Farm in 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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