The Girl from Backafall (1953)

Original title

Flickan från Backafall

Directed by

Bror Bügler

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A sailor falls in love with a young woman living on a remote island in the Baltic Sea. Their romance unfolds against the backdrop of the sea and small-town life.

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What happens

The Girl from Backafall (Swedish: Flickan från Backafall) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant. It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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