Fired (1934 film)

Fired
Directed by	Ivar Johansson
Written by	Sven Nygren
Produced by	Harry Malmstedt
Starring	Sture Lagerwall Anne-Marie Brunius Mathias Taube
Cinematography	Martin Bodin
Edited by	Rolf Husberg
Music by	Eric Bengtson Georg Enders
Production company	Film AB Imago
Distributed by	Fribergs Filmbyrå
Release date	19 March 1934 (1934-03-19)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

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

• Fired at IMDb

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