Time of Desire
1954 Swedish film by Egil Holmsen
Time of Desire or The Horse Dealer's Daughters (Swedish: Hästhandlarens flickor) is a 1954 Swedish drama film directed by Egil Holmsen and starring Barbro Larsson, Margaretha Löwler and George Fant. It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of Europa Film in Stockholm and on location around Örsundsbro in Uppsala County. It was based on a 1935 short story by Artur Lundkvist. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. In 1959, it was released on the American art house market by Janus Films.
Synopsis
Two daughters of a roguish horse trader have very different personalities but are emotionally close. When one of them takes up with a young man she encounters it drives her sister jealous.
Cast
Barbro Larsson as Lilly Lilja
Margaretha Löwler as Ragni Lilja
George Fant as Lilja
Birger Malmsten as Algot Wiberg
Nils Hallberg as Nils
Marianne Löfgren as Mrs. Johansson
Inga Gill as Ella
Ingemar Pallin as Paul Berger
Harry Persson as Kalle
Wiktor Andersson as Old-John
Gösta Bernhard as Berg
References
Bibliography
Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film.
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