Playing Truant
Synopsis
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.
Credits
- Sickan Carlssonas Margareta Carlson-Kronberg
- Gunnar Bjornstrandas Bertil Kronberg - Margaretas man
- Olof Winnerstrandas Lektor Paulus Bomvall
- Viveca Serlachiusas Gertrud 'Truttan' Karlberg - Margaretas klasskamrat
- Dagmar Ebbesenas Hilda - Hembiträde
- Gosta Cederlundas Fabrikör Oskar Karlson - Margaretas far
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Lennart WallenShot by Hilding BladhScored by Kai GullmarDesigned by Arthur Spjuth
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Cast & Crew
19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
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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1Writers
3Other crew
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