The Girl from Backafall

The Girl from Backafall (Swedish: Flickan från Backafall) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant. It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, which had been turned into a popular song in the 1920s, about the romance between a sailor and a woman on the island of Ven in the Baltic Sea.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Cast

 * Viola Sundberg as Ellen
 * Sven Lindberg as Per
 * Kenne Fant as Nils
 * Edvard Persson as Silla-Sven
 * Holger Löwenadler as August Larsson
 * Märta Dorff as Mrs. Larsson
 * Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Captain Backe
 * Dagmar Ebbesen as Mrs. Backe
 * Olof Winnerstrand as Vicar
 * Aurore Palmgren as Botilla
 * Olav Riégo as Dücker
 * Renée Björling as Mrs. Dücker
 * Charles Gregmar as Robert Dücker
 * Jan Molander as Hellberg
 * Verner Edberg as Adolf
 * Gösta Gustafson as Matts Shoemaker
 * Lars Egge as Fredrik Åkerberg
 * Anders Andelius as Sailor at 'Tre bröder'
 * Margit Andelius as Mrs. Svensson
 * Per Appelberg as Boy at shooting range
 * Astrid Bodin as Dücker's cook
 * Helga Brofeldt as Gossip
 * Thure Carlman as Fisherman
 * Harald Emanuelsson as Lasse, postman
 * Kurt Friborn as Guest at Robert's party
 * Leif Hedenberg as Boy at the dance
 * John Larsson as Dücker's driver
 * Monica Lindman
 * Sven Magnusson as Fisherman
 * Gull Natorp as Vicar's wife
 * Carin Norberg as Vera, Ellen's friend
 * Mim Persson as Guest at the coffee party
 * Bellan Roos as Dücker's housewife
 * Håkan Rylander as Woker
 * Bengt Sundmark as Boy at the dance
 * Gaby Svallner as Guest at Robert's party
 * Carin Swensson as Farmer's wife
 * Olle Teimert as Boy at shooting range
 * Rudolf Wendbladh as Schultze, German captain
 * Annalisa Wenström as Waitress
 * Berit Örtengren as Girl at shooting range