Lars Hård Explained

Lars Hård
Director:	Hampe Faustman
Based On:	Lars Hård by Jan Fridegård
Starring:	George Fant Adolf Jahr Eva Dahlbeck
Editing:	Lennart Wallén
Studio:	Sandrews
Distributor:	Sandrew-Baumanfilm
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	Sweden

Lars Hård is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring George Fant, Adolf Jahr and Eva Dahlbeck.^[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

Cast

• George Fant as Lars Johan Hård
• Adolf Jahr as Lars' Father
• Elsa Widborg as Lars' Mother
• Eva Dahlbeck as Inga
• Ulla Smidje as Maj
• Nine-Christine Jönsson as Eva
• Rut Holm as Coachman's Wife
• Torsten Bergström as The Coachman
• Hugo Björne as Sundvall - Chimney Sweep
• Carl Ström as Friendly Prison Guard
• Hampe Faustman as Prison Reverend
• Tord Bernheim as Guard at Penal Labour Prison
• Sif Ruud as Child Welfare Officer
• Ann Mari Uddenberg as Marta
• Artur Rolén as Andersson
• Gustaf Lövås as Prisoner
• Axel Högel as Older Prisoner
• Josua Bengtson as Åhs - Prisoner
• Arne Källerud as Oskar
• David Erikson as Prisoner
• Sten Lindgren as Prison Port Guard
• Åke Fridell as Sadistic Prison Guard
• Tekla Sjöblom as Old Peasant Woman
• Ivar Wahlgren as Constable
• Lars Ekborg as Peasant Woman's Son
• Nils Ekman as Farm-hand
• Inga Gill as Maid
• Gösta Gustafson as Prisoner
• Gösta Holmström as Lieutenant
• Nils Hultgren as Lawman
• Hugo Jacobsson as Prison Guard
• Stig Johanson as Farm-hand
• Eric Laurent as Police Officer
• Birger Lensander as Released Prisoner
• Wilma Malmlöf as Praying Woman
• John Norrman as Prisoner
• Aurore Palmgren as Old Woman on the Road
• Olav Riégo as Prison Director
• Hanny Schedin s Praying Woman
• Georg Skarstedt as Farm-hand
• Tord Stål as Judge

References

1. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.152

Bibliography

• Sundholm, John. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2012.