Rail Workers

1947 film

Rail Workers

Directed by| Arne Mattsson
Written by| Rune Lindström
Gardar Sahlberg
Arne Mattsson
Based on| Nordanvind by Olle Länsberg
Produced by| Harald Molander
Starring| Victor Sjöström
John Elfström
Gunnel Broström
Cinematography| Martin Bodin
Edited by| Oscar Rosander
Music by| Sven Sköld

Production
company

Svensk Filmindustri

Distributed by| Svensk Filmindustri

Release date

* 26 December 1947 (1947-12-26)

Running time

| 108 minutes
Country| Sweden
Language| Swedish

Rail Workers (Swedish: Rallare) is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, John Elfström and Gunnel Broström.[1][2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel Nordanvind by Olle Länsberg.

## Synopsis

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In 1902 a team of navvies work on the construction of a new railway line from Luleå on the Gulf of Bothnia in Northern Sweden to Narvik on the Norwegian Sea, then under Swedish sovereignty. Valfrid, from Southern Sweden, is ostracised by the other workers and their informal leader Stora Ballong.

## Cast

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* Victor Sjöström as Stora Ballong
* John Elfström as Valfrid Andersson
* Gunnel Broström as Viktoria
* Åke Grönberg as Calle-Ville
* Inga Landgré as Hildur
* Sven Magnusson as Dynamiten
* Ingrid Borthen as Svarta Björn
* Bengt Eklund as Amos Forslund
* Svea Holst as Stina
* Axel Högel as Baptist-Anders
* Birger Åsander as Filip Bred
* Henake Schubak as Sikkavaara Frans
* Gösta Holmström as Bråk-Olle
* Sven Bergvall as Blom
* Kolbjörn Knudsen as Holmberg
* Einar Söderbäck as Söder
* Carl Deurell as King Oscar II
* Arthur Fischer as Langar-Oskar
* Martin Ljung as The King's adjutant
* Artur Rolén as Artilleri-Emil
* Keve Hjelm as Natan
* Ivar Wahlgren as Railroad watchman
* Tor Borong as Railroad worker

## References

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1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.134
2. ^ McIlroy p.71

## Bibliography

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* McIlroy, Brian. World Cinema: Sweden. Flicks Books, 1986.
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

## External links

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* Rail Workers at IMDb

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Films directed by Arne Mattsson

* Maria of Kvarngarden (1945)
* Incorrigible (1946)
* Peggy on a Spree (1946)
* Rail Workers (1947)
* Life at Forsbyholm Manor (1948)
* Woman in White (1949)
* Dangerous Spring (1949)
* When Love Came to the Village (1950)
* The Kiss on the Cruise (1950)
* The Saucepan Journey (1950)
* In the Arms of the Sea (1951)
* One Summer of Happiness (1951)
* The Clang of the Pick (1952)
* For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (1952)
* Bread of Love (1953)
* Salka Valka (1954)
* Enchanted Walk (1954)
* Storm over Tjurö (1954)
* Men in the Dark (1955)
* The People of Hemsö (1955)
* A Little Nest (1956)
* The Girl in Tails (1956)
* No Tomorrow (1957)
* Spring of Life (1957)
* The Phantom Carriage (1958)
* The Lady in Black (1958)
* Mannequin in Red (1958)
* Rider in Blue (1959)
* Summer and Sinners (1960)
* When Darkness Falls (1960)
* Lovely Is the Summer Night (1961)
* The Lady in White (1962)
* Ticket to Paradise (1962)
* Sailors (1964)
* Morianna (1965)
* Nightmare (1965)
* Här kommer bärsärkarna (1965)
* Woman of Darkness (1966)
* The Vicious Circle (1967)
* Ann and Eve (1970)
* Mask of Murder (1985)
* The Girl (1987)

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