Fired (1934 film)

Fired (Swedish: Uppsagd) is a 1934 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Sture Lagerwall, Anne-Marie Brunius and Mathias Taube. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. In a meta-commentary, Kraft takes a short job as an extra at the Råsunda Studios, taking direction by Johansson.

Synopsis

An office clerk loses his job when his company acquires a new machine that can do his work much faster than he can.

Cast

• Sture Lagerwall as Björn Kraft
• Anne-Marie Brunius as Maud Hage
• Mathias Taube as Hage
• Georg Rydeberg as Bugge
• Eva Turitz as Eva
• Anna Olin as Mrs. Lundbom
• Nils Lundell as Anders Gottfrid Karlsson
• Thor Modéen as The supervisor
• Margit Andelius as Secretary
• Wiktor Andersson as Hen-pecked husband
• Gunnar Björnstrand as Kirre Skoglund
• Tor Borong as Office Director
• Eivor Engelbrektsson as Maid Elin
• Knut Frankman as Svensson
• Olle Hilding as Aron Jacobsky
• Lilly Kjellström as Amalia
• Gösta Lycke as Insurance Director
• John Melin as Administrator
• Yngve Nyqvist as Office Director
• Charley Paterson as Office Supplies Director

References

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links