Comedy · Sweden · 1949 · 1h 51m

Playing Truant

Skolka skolan

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Director
Schamyl Bauman
Cast
Sickan Carlsson as Margareta Karlsson Gunnar Björnstrand as Bertil Kronberg Olof Winnerstrand as Paulus Blomvall Viveca Serlachius as Gertrud 'Truttan' Karlberg Dagmar Ebbesen as Hilda Gösta Cederlund as Oskar Karlsson
Crew
Hilding Bladh — Director of Photography Lennart Wallén — Editor Sune Waldimir — Original Music Composer Kai Gullmar — Original Music Composer Sölve Cederstrand — Writer Arthur Spjuth — Production Design
Synopsis

High school student Margareta fall head over heels in love with a young doctor and announce her engagement to him to her parents. She quits school and move in with him in a large house. However, the life of a housewife soon becomes tedious. Her husband does not want her to study but secretly she enrolls in a high school again to be able to graduate. Her husband suspects funny business when she is spotted with her private tutor.

Mood & Themes
jealousyfiancémarriagehigh school graduationmaidschool principalroslagsbananwalpurgis night
Key Collaborators
Schamyl Bauman Director Hilding Bladh Director of Photography Lennart Wallén Editor Sune Waldimir Original Music Composer Kai Gullmar Original Music Composer Sölve Cederstrand Writer Arthur Spjuth Production Design
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