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THE FILM ABROAD
SWEDEN
During 1934 the Swedish film industry entered upon a new phase of production activity and a determined effort is being made to meet the competition of foreign produced films in the home market. There is, on the one hand, an endeavour to produce fine films comparable to those of the great days of the Swedish cinema, and on the other an attempt to shut out all inferior foreign pictures. Sweden has no quota system, and the proportion of Swedish to foreign pictures shown depends entirely on the power of the former to compete in the home market.
Sweden is a country with a reputation for quality in industry, and just as other Swedish industries owe the high standard of their products to the skill of their craftsmen, so the film industry has at its disposal a company of highly skilled technicians. In addition to the experienced producers, there is growing up a generation of younger artists who, untrained in routine, have imagination and enthusiasm in abundance.
During 1934 Sweden for the first time took part in international film contests, being represented at both Vienna and Venice. At Vienna the Swedish film En Stilla Flirt {A Mild Flirt) won a first prize. Gustav Molander, its producer, is one of the oldest and most reliable artists in the Swedish cinema. He received his early schooling in the glorious epoch of Sweden's silent films when he worked as assistant to, among others, Victor Sjostrom. In particular the technique of his film is notable. The photography is by Ake Dahlquist, foremost among Swedish cameramen, who will be remembered for his work in En JVatt, also produced by Molander.
A Mild Flirt has been a great success in Sweden. In spite of the fact that Sweden is the native country of Greta Garbo, a good Swedish film is generally a greater commercial success than a Garbo film. In A Mild Flirt the principal part was taken by Tutta Rolf, who, early this year, left for Hollywood, where she is under contract with Fox.
The Swedish Film Association, Svenska Filmsamfundet, was founded in 1933, and last year had the task of awarding its prize medal for the first time. It was given to one of the year's greatest commercial successes, Karl Fredrik Regerar. This is the story of a Swedish agricultural workman who attains a high position in the Government, and it has a recognisable parallel in modern Swedish
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