The Jazz Boy

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The Jazz Boy
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Directed by Hasse Ekman
Written byHasse Ekman
Åke Söderblom
Gösta Stevens
Produced by Allan Ekelund
Starring Hasse Ekman
Maj-Britt Nilsson
Elof Ahrle
Georg Funkquist
Cinematography Martin Bodin
Edited by Oscar Rosander
Music by Charles Redland
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 6 October 1958 (1958-10-06)
Running time
104 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The Jazz Boy (Swedish: Jazzgossen) is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed and by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle and Georg Funkquist. [1] The film was an attempt to make a nostalgic cavalcade of the Swedish entertainment scene of the 1920s and 1930s, and featured many songs from that era. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

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Cast

Zarah Leander and Einar Söderbäck appear uncredited.

Soundtrack

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References

  1. Gustafsson p.118

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