Turn of the Century (film)

Turn of the Century (Swedish: När seklet var ungt) is a 1944 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Olsson and starring Edvard Persson, Stina Hedberg and Marianne Gyllenhammar. It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios and on location around Viken and Lessebo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Linder.

Synopsis
At the beginning of the twentieth century in Scania a large-scale farmer hires in cheap immigrant labourers to work his lands, leading to unemployment among the locals. At the same time a new schoolteacher arrives with socialist leanings. He champions the rights of the farmhands and falls in love with the daughter of the squire.

Cast

 * Edvard Persson as 	Squire Munthe
 * Stina Hedberg as	Mrs. Munthe
 * Marianne Gyllenhammar as 	Hillevi Munthe
 * Claes Thelander as Yngve Sjöö
 * Walter Sarmell as 	Ferdinand
 * Mim Persson as 	Hanna
 * Fritiof Billquist as 	Meier
 * Ivar Kåge as 	Severin
 * John Norrman as 	Fahlen
 * Nils Nordståhl as 	Läns
 * Erik Rosén as Vicar
 * Axel Högel as 	Policeman
 * Bullan Weijden as Malin
 * Karl Erik Flens as 	The Limp
 * Karl Nygren-Kloster as 	Mats