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Foreign Harbour (1948)

Foreign Harbour poster
Original title
Främmande hamn
Directed by
Hampe Faustman
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
16
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Swedish sailors struggle with harsh conditions and moral conflicts while working on a ship docked in a foreign port.

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What happens

Foreign Harbour (Swedish: Främmande hamn) is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring Adolf Jahr, George Fant and Fritiof Billquist. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in Värtahamnen and Turku in Finland. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. The film is based on Josef Kjellgren's 1938 play Okänd svensk soldat (Unknown Swedish Soldier). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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