Pärlemor (1961)

Director:

Torgny Anderberg

Writers:

Stig Ossian Ericson, Gösta Gustaf-Janson (novel),

Stars:

Inga Tidblad, Edvin Adolphson, Isa Quensel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Inga Tidblad	...	Signe Wæbel
Edvin Adolphson	...	Gustaf Odenstam
Isa Quensel	...	Gertrude Odenstam
Sigge Fürst	...	Ivan Hagerwall
Gio Petré	...	Brita
Claes-Håkan Westergren	...	Klemens Wæbel
Britta Brunius	...	Mrs. Persson
Lauritz Falk	...	Dr. Schötter
Erik Hell	...	Hilmer Persson
Åke Fridell	...	Marcus Wæbel
Gunnar Sjöberg	...	Priest
Ingvar Kjellson	...	Pawnbroker
Olof Thunberg	...	Holm
Sven Holmberg	...	Baron Anders Gyllenfalk
Sif Ruud	...	Mrs. Gyllenfalk

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

upper class | 1930s | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

6 October 1961 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Helmiäinen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Tonefilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Mother of pearl

It's the Great Depression years of the early 1930s. Signe Wæbel can rejoice in her husband factory owner prosperity. Her two sons, Jan and Clement, worships her. Jan has jokingly once dubbed her "Pärlemor" (Mother of Pearl). They own a stone house in Östermalm. In the backyard lives Hilmer Persson and his wife and daughter Aina. Persson's drunkenness is a constant source of trouble. Wæbel sends son Jan to terminate them. He meets with Aina. They have not seen much of each other since they were both small. Jan falls immediately in love with Aina. He decides to do everything to help her. Jans mother Signe dislikes the growing love between Jan and Aina. She arranges for Aina to disappear. Jan now experiences for the first time his mother as she really is: hard, cold, unemotional and terribly selfish. He explains that he is no longer going to let her direct his life. He's going to leave her. Alongside Inga Tidblads admirable interpretation of the mother role, the film has a great asset in young Thommy Berggren as the idealistic son Jan. Bergren is not only a great movie face, intelligent, beautiful and expressive, but also has a hot temperament and already remarkable self esteem. From a novel by the Swedish author, Gösta Gustaf-Janson.