Playing Truant
Released: August 15, 1949Runtime: 111 minLanguage: SV
High school student Margareta fall head over heels in love with a young doctor and announce her engagement to him to her parents. She quits school and move in with him in a large house. However, the life of a housewife soon becomes tedious. Her husband does not want her to study but secretly she enrolls in a high school again to be able to graduate. Her husband suspects funny business when she is spotted with her private tutor.
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Sickan Carlsson
as Margareta Carlson-Kronberg
Gunnar Bjornstrand
as Bertil Kronberg - Margaretas man
Olof Winnerstrand
as Lektor Paulus Bomvall
Viveca Serlachius
as Gertrud 'Truttan' Karlberg - Margaretas klasskamrat
Dagmar Ebbesen
as Hilda - Hembiträde
Gosta Cederlund
as Fabrikör Oskar Karlson - Margaretas far
Gull Natorp
as Agda Karlson - Margaretas mor
Anne Margrethe Bjorlin
as Helene Berglöf - Bertils assistent
Naima Wifstrand
as Rektor Dehlin
Jan Molander
as Kandidat Hjalmar Hammarlund
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