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Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar

  • 19451945
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
188
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Stig Järrel in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
  • Comedy
An out-of-work musician (Järrel) is desperate for work and when his best friend (Ekman) sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the... Read allAn out-of-work musician (Järrel) is desperate for work and when his best friend (Ekman) sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the character Märta Letterström and joins the trio at a small-town hotel. But being a woman i... Read allAn out-of-work musician (Järrel) is desperate for work and when his best friend (Ekman) sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the character Märta Letterström and joins the trio at a small-town hotel. But being a woman is not as easy as you think.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
188
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  • Director
    • Hasse Ekman
  • Writer
    • Hasse Ekman
  • Stars
    • Stig Järrel
    • Hasse Ekman
    • Elsie Albiin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hasse Ekman
  • Writer
    • Hasse Ekman
  • Stars
    • Stig Järrel
    • Hasse Ekman
    • Elsie Albiin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Stig Järrel and Erik A. Petschler in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Elsie Albiin and Stig Järrel in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Elsie Albiin and Stig Järrel in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Stig Järrel and Erik Rosén in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Julia Cæsar, Stig Järrel, and Thor Modéen in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Elsie Albiin, Hasse Ekman, Stig Järrel, and Agneta Lagerfeldt in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Hasse Ekman and Agneta Lagerfeldt in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Elsie Albiin and Stig Järrel in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)
    Agneta Lagerfeldt in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar (1945)

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    Stig Järrel
    Stig Järrel
    • Sture…
    Hasse Ekman
    Hasse Ekman
    • Kurre
    Elsie Albiin
    Elsie Albiin
    • Inga
    Agneta Lagerfeldt
    Agneta Lagerfeldt
    • Barbro
    • (as Agneta Lagerfelt)
    Gull Natorp
    Gull Natorp
    • Borgmästarinnan Granlund född Riddarsporre
    Margit Andelius
    Margit Andelius
    • Frkn Wiklund
    Julia Cæsar
    Julia Cæsar
    • Frkn Fahlén
    Thor Modéen
    Thor Modéen
    • Fredriksson
    Erik A. Petschler
    Erik A. Petschler
    • Konstfotograf Larzon
    • (as Erik Petschler)
    Hugo Jacobsson
    Hugo Jacobsson
    • Johansson från Hagaberg
    • (as Hugo Jacobson)
    Charlie Almlöf
    Charlie Almlöf
    • Andre borgmästaren
    Erik Rosén
    • Talmannen
    Douglas Håge
    Douglas Håge
    • Borgmästare Granlund
    Otto Adelby
    • Editor at Lillköpings-Posten
    • (uncredited)
    Hilma Barcklind
    • Woman at Retirement Home
    • (uncredited)
    Ernst Brunman
    Ernst Brunman
    • Second Editor at Lillköpings-Posten
    • (uncredited)
    Nancy Dalunde
    • Stina, Granlund's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Bengt Ekerot
    Bengt Ekerot
    • Radio Speaker
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Hasse Ekman
    • Writer
      • Hasse Ekman
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    • Trivia
      Stig Järrel had been very successful as the lead in the farce "Charley's Aunt", which Terrafilm failed to acquire the rights for. Hasse Ekman then supposedly said "If we want Stig in drag we can bring that about ourselves" and came up with the story for this film.
    • Crazy credits
      "Terrafilm presenterar" (Terrafilm presents) is followed by "(med någon tvekan)" (with some hesitation).
    • Connections
      Edited into Dårskapens hus (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Fram för lilla Märta
      Music by Kai Gullmar

      Lyrics by Hasse Ekman

      Performed by Margit Andelius and women's choir

    User reviews2

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    Some 14 years ahead of "Some like it hot"
    Stig Järrel, dressed up as a female cellist, is hilarious in this light-weighted comedy. Terrafilms greatest succes ever! *** (out of five)
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    • Feb 7, 1999

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1945 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
    • Filming locations
      • Sandrewateljéerna, Lästmakargatan 18, Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
    • Production company
      • Terrafilm
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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