False Greta

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False Greta
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Directed by John W. Brunius
Pauline Brunius
Written by Oscar Hemberg
Produced byLennart Hamberg
Starring Adolf Jahr
Karin Albihn
Isa Quensel
Cinematography Harry Hasso
Music by Tapio Ilomäki
Karl Wehle
Production
companies
Film Union
Oy Finlandia-Film
Distributed byColumbia Film
Oy Finlandia-Film
Release date
  • 4 February 1934 (1934-02-04)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesFinland
Sweden
LanguageSwedish

False Greta (Swedish: Falska Greta) is a 1934 Finnish-Swedish comedy film directed by John W. Brunius and Pauline Brunius and starring Adolf Jahr, Karin Albihn and Isa Quensel. [1] It was shot at studios in Helsinki and on location in Stockholm. It is now considered to be a lost film. [2]

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Synopsis

Greta Gustafsson, a young typist, wins a prize in a competition and heads out to a fashionable seaside resort. She is mistaken for the Hollywood star Greta Garbo who it has been announced is returning to her native Sweden to spend her holiday incognito.

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References

  1. Sadoul p.32
  2. "Lost sound films".

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