Underground Favorites Mirroring the Impact of Grabbarna i 57:an: Cu...

Dir: Ivar Johansson

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Lyckans gullgossar perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Jonas goes with a tremendous speed with his horse over a country road in Hälsingland. Because of this speed Birgit Ljusnar, who is along the road picking blueberries, falls. Jonas stops and helps her up. He gives Birgit two Swedish crowns for the pain and the suffering. Furthermore, he promises her a job on the farm.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

A story about is stock deals and land speculations in Stockholm. The happiness depends on a horseshoe a couple of gentlemen find in the street.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Bomans pojke perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

Gösta is unemployed and joins a gang of smugglers.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Song to Her perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Opera singer Carlo Martin comes to the Royal Opera for a guest performance and the girls in the ballet immediately get crushes on him. Martin courts one of them, Märta Holm, who is torn between Martin and her fiancé Arne.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

Captain Karlsson and his guest Harald Jensen perform the sailor's song "Love, hope and faith". They anchor next to Skipper Norman's boat. There the skipper bickers with his wife as usual. Harald's great love in life is Carnegie's porter.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Skepparkärlek perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

Karin gets attacked on her way to the Saturday dance, but her sweetheart Markus saves her.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

Daniel has been forced by his father to become a priest. After graduating, he comes to a parish in Hälsingland. During one stormy night, he seduces a young girl, Karin, and rapes her. Filled with regret, he runs out into the dark night and is struck by lightning. He loses his memory and is taken to a distant hospital to recover. Meanwhile Karin gets pregnant and has a child. Eventually Daniel comes back and when he meets Karin his memory returns.

Dir: Ivar Johansson

Björn Kraft is an office clerk and one day his boss installs a new accounting machine that can do three mans job. A couple of days later Björn gets the termination letter.