Rail Workers

Rail Workers (Swedish: Rallare) is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, John Elfström and Gunnel Broström. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel Nordanvind by Olle Länsberg.

Synopsis
In 1902 a team of navvies work on the construction of a new railway line from Luleå on the Gulf of Bothnia in Northern Sweden to Narvik on the Norwegian Sea, then under Swedish sovereignty. Valfrid, from Southern Sweden, is ostracised by the other workers and their informal leader Stora Ballong.

Cast

 * Victor Sjöström as Stora Ballong
 * John Elfström as Valfrid Andersson
 * Gunnel Broström as 	Viktoria
 * Åke Grönberg as 	Calle-Ville
 * Inga Landgré as 	Hildur
 * Sven Magnusson as 	Dynamiten
 * Ingrid Borthen as 	Svarta Björn
 * Bengt Eklund as 	Amos Forslund
 * Svea Holst as 	Stina
 * Axel Högel as 	Baptist-Anders
 * Birger Åsander as 	Filip Bred
 * Henake Schubak as Sikkavaara Frans
 * Gösta Holmström as 	Bråk-Olle
 * Sven Bergvall as 	Blom
 * Kolbjörn Knudsen as 	Holmberg
 * Einar Söderbäck as 	Söder
 * Carl Deurell as 	King Oscar II
 * Arthur Fischer as 	Langar-Oskar
 * Martin Ljung as The King's adjutant
 * Artur Rolén as Artilleri-Emil
 * Keve Hjelm as 	Natan
 * Ivar Wahlgren as 	Railroad watchman
 * Tor Borong as 	Railroad worker