Only a Woman (1941 film) explained

Only a Woman (Swedish: Bara en kvinna) is a 1941 Swedish comedy film directed by Anders Henrikson and starring Karin Ekelund, Arnold Sjöstrand and Karin Kavli.^[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj.

Synopsis

A an absent-minded lawyer forgets that it is his wedding anniversary and doesn't come home to the special dinner his wife has prepared. Her friend Maud persuades her to attend a masquerade party in the company of an art professor. When she loses money at cards he agrees to let her off so long as she poses for a portrait.

Cast

• Karin Ekelund as Eva Juren
• Arnold Sjöstrand as Tore Stenwall
• Anders Henrikson as Ivar Juren
• Karin Kavli as Maud Grane
• Eva Henning as Anna-Lisa
• Hilding Gavle as 'Cesar'
• Erik Berglund as Amos Lundbäck
• Marianne Löfgren as Mrs. Törnestad
• Hjördis Petterson as Mrs. Pettersson
• Olav Riégo as Wessman
• Artur Cederborgh as Johansson, guest at the masquerade
• Eivor Engelbrektsson as Sigrid, housemaid
• Mona Mårtenson as Journalist
• Yngve Nyqvist as Chief inspector Gustavsson
• Willy Peters as Andersson, accused
• Gösta Bodin as Napoleon, guest at the masquerade
• Sven-Bertil Norberg as Hellberg, lawyer
• Sickan Castegren as Olga Lundbäck
• Georg Skarstedt as District attorney
• Tord Stål as Secretary
• Hugo Björne Judge
• Douglas Håge as Factory owner
• Ragnar Widestedt as Rural Court Judge
• Annika Tretow as Art student
• Agda Helin as Assistant in flowershop
• Sven-Eric Gamble as Boy at the newspaper
• Elsa Ebbesen as Cook at the Juréns
• Eva Dahlbeck as Guest at the masquerade
• Wiktor Andersson as Guest at the masquerade
• Lillebil Kjellén as Dinner guest at the Juréns

References

1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.61

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.