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Bright Prospects (1941)

Bright Prospects poster
Original title
Den ljusnande framtid
Directed by
Gustaf Molander
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A new teacher arrives at a small town school and starts a relationship with the widowed principal. Their romance faces complications in this Swedish drama.

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What happens

Bright Prospects (Swedish:Den ljusnande framtid) is a 1941 Swedish drama film co-written and directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Signe Hasso, Ernst Eklund and Erik 'Bullen' Berglund. The film's art direction was by Arne Åkermark. The film is about a small town school's new teacher, who falls in love with the school principal, a widower. They begin a relationship, but things become complicated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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