House Slaves (1923 film)

House Slaves
Directed by	Ragnar Widestedt
Written by	Christian Bogø (play) Axel Frische (play) Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius Sam Ask
Produced by	Stellan Claësson Karin Swanström
Starring	Dagmar Ebbesen Agda Helin Karin Swanström
Cinematography	Ragnar Westfelt
Edited by	Ragnar Westfelt
Production company	Bonnierfilm
Distributed by	Svenska Filmkompaniet
Release date	24 September 1923 (1923-09-24)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Sweden
Languages	Silent Swedish intertitles

House Slaves (Swedish: Hemslavinnor) is a 1923 Swedish silent comedy film directed by Ragnar Widestedt and starring Dagmar Ebbesen, Agda Helin and Karin Swanström.^[1] It was based on a 1920 Danish play which first appeared in Sweden in 1921. It was shot at studios in Kungsholmen in Stockholm with location shooting at Ränneslätt.

The plot revolves around Grethe, a young woman who heads to Stockholm to find work as a domestic servant. Ebbesen reprised the role of Kristina in the 1933 remake House Slaves, in the 1942 film We House Slaves as well as over five hundred times on stage.^[2]

Cast

• Dagmar Ebbesen as Kristina Mikkelsen
• Agda Helin as Grethe
• Elvin Ottoson as Palle Rasmussen
• Karin Swanström as Mathilde Rasmussen
• Erik Hoffman as Josef
• Olav Riégo as Sophus Sörensen
• Lia Norée as Anna Sörensen
• Fritz Strandberg as Tobias Klementsen
• Josua Bengtson as Carpenter
• Tyra Dörum as Carpenter's Wife
• Elsa Ebbesen as Job seeking girl
• Hartwig Fock as Vacuum cleaner salesman
• Karl Hellgren as Einar - Grethe's fiancé
• Torsten Lennartsson as Customer at employment office
• Emma Meissner as Fru Stjernholm
• August Tollquist as Anselm - Kristiana's brother

References

1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.142
2. Freiburg p.106

Bibliography

• Freiburg, Jeanne Ellen. Regulatory Bodies: Gendered Visions of the State in German and Swedish Cinema. University of Minnesota, 1994.
• Qvist, Per Olov & Von Bagh, Peter . Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• House Slaves at IMDb