Home from Babylon explained

Home from Babylon (sv|'''Hem från Babylon''') is a 1941 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Gerd Hagman, Arnold Sjöstrand and Georg Rydeberg.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was based on a 1923 novel of the same title by Sigfrid Siwertz.^[4] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj.

Cast

• Gerd Hagman as Britta von Wendt
• Arnold Sjöstrand as Linus Treffenberg
• Georg Rydeberg as Cesar Lee
• Anders Henrikson as Sergej Nabocof
• Irma Christenson as Marcelle
• Olof Widgren as John Bidencap
• Rune Carlsten as Wigelius
• Georg Funkquist as Hugo
• Barbro Kollberg as Gunborg
• Frank Sundström as Marabou

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Gustafsson, Fredrik. The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman. Berghahn Books, 2016.
• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hem från Babylon . 15 May 2011 . Swedish Film Database . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919162848/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=3967 . 19 September 2012.
2. Gustafsson p.37
3. Qvist & Von Bagh p.131
4. Goble p. 431