Adolf Armstarke

Adolf Armstarke

87 mins | Comedy, Romance | Jan. 1, 1937

Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britta Larsson. Attending a lecture, he witnesses the attention paid to his lady-love by other faculty members, and falls to sleep. He dreams of the olden days and the knights, and the comely ladies of the court over whom they fought. His dream also gives all the cast the change to play a second role. Upon awakening, he proposes to Britta.

Adolf Armstarke

87 mins | Comedy, Romance | Jan. 1, 1937

Adolf Armstarke
Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britta Larsson. Attending a lecture, he witnesses the attention paid to his lady-love by other faculty members, and falls to sleep. He dreams of the olden days and the knights, and the comely ladies of the court over whom they fought. His dream also gives all the cast the change to play a second role. Upon awakening, he proposes to Britta.
Producers Svensk Talfilm
Original title Adolf Armstarke
Directors Sigurd Wallén, Lennart Wallén
Writers Weyler Hildebrand, Torsten Lundqvist

Cast

Adolf Jahr

as Adolf Turesson / Adolf Armstarke of Thureholm

Weyler Hildebrand

as Göran Göransson

Georg Rydeberg

as Georg Ankarhjelm / Knight Georg of Ankarshus

Theodor Berthels

as Wholesaler Larsson

Alice Skoglund

as Britta Larsson

Kate Thunman

as Eufemia Larsson

Sigge Fürst

as Christianity Teacher

Richard Lund

as Enögde galten / Knight Kristoffer

Emil Fjellström

as Folke Niklasson / Niklas Skäggfager

Nils Poppe

as Skogens Konung

Gunnar Skoglund

as Narrator (voice)