Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! (1975)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Tage Danielsson

Writer:

Tage Danielsson (writer)

Release Date:

6 December 1975 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

En familjefars av Tage Danielsson

Plot:

Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Prisoner | Spring | Warden | Farce

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Lena Nyman	...	Frida
Tage Danielsson	...	Frida's friend
Georg Årlin	...	Judge
Margaretha Krook	...	Judge's daughter
Ernst-Hugo Järegård	...	Harald
Jan Malmsjö	...	'Professorn'
Urban Sahlin	...	'Apan'
Gösta Ekman	...	Frans - Prison director
Hans Alfredson	...	Erlandsson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Inga-Lill Åhström	...	Member of the Cookie Academy
Per-Axel Arosenius	...	Police officer
Lennart Aspegren	...	Police officer
Helena Brodin	...	Frida's friend's mother
Gerda Calander	...	Member of the Cookie Academy
Martha Colliander	...	Member of the Cookie Academy
Gregor Dahlman	...	Prisoner who killed his wife
Anna-Lisa Fröberg	...	Member of the Cookie Academy
Manne Grünberger	...	Police officer at the crossing
Fred Gunnarsson	...	Police officer
Rune Gustafsson	...	Segovia
Henric Holmberg	...	Prisoner who peels potatoes
Torbjörn Ljung	...	Frida's friend as young
Börje Nyberg	...	Police officer
Rutger Nygren	...	Mr. Levin
Vera Schmiterlöw	...	Asta Nilsson - head of the Cookie Academy
Dora Söderberg	...	Woman who calls the police
Rolf Sohlman	...	Young man
Gunnar Svensson	...	Park supervisor
Erik Zetterström	...	Member of the Cookie Academy

Also Known As:

Release the Prisoners to Spring (International: English title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Långholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Movie Connections:

Featured in Svenska ord i bild och tal (2006)

Soundtrack:

DEN FOERSTA GAANG JAG SAAG DIG

"Release the prisoners, it is spring!"

Or something like that if you try to translate the Swedish title.

The movie is suppose to be somewhat of a sarcastic irony over the Swedish criminal system, or really the public view of criminals and criminal systems in any country in the world. But even if you're not interested in these society tasks you should take the chance to see it anyway, because it's also a wonderful comedy with wonderful acting and wonderful costumes and scenography (just think for yourself; Sweden á lá 1975).

I think this is the best movie made by Hasse å Tage (a wellknowned and successfull movie and revue couple in Sweden) It see worthy at least because of the actors; Gösta Ekman (he plays a prisoner governor who has his own little ways... he rules!) Mentionable among the rest of the cast are Lena Nyman, Tage Danielsson, Hasse Alfredsson, Ernst-Hugo Järegård (from 'Riget' aka 'The Kingdom'), Jan Malmsjö (from Bergman's 'Fanny & Alexander') and Margaretha Krook.

I think you will find this movie rather different from other movies. But I'm almost convinced you'll like it... It is a great Swedish cult movie.