The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1956 film)

The Song of the Scarlet Flower
Directed by	Gustaf Molander
Written by	Rune Lindström
Based on	The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski
Produced by	Allan Ekelund
Starring	Jarl Kulle Anita Björk Ulla Jacobsson
Cinematography	Åke Dahlqvist
Edited by	Oscar Rosander
Music by	Erland von Koch
Production company	Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri Constantin Film (W. Germany)
Release date	26 December 1956 (1956-12-26)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Swedish: Sången om den eldröda blomman) is a 1956 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Jarl Kulle, Anita Björk and Ulla Jacobsson.^[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It is one of several film adaptations of the 1905 novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Finnish author Johannes Linnankoski.

• Jarl Kulle as Olof Koskela
• Anita Björk as Kyllikki Malm
• Ulla Jacobsson as Elli
• Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz as Annika
• Marianne Bengtsson as Maria
• Linnéa Hillberg as Olof's Mother
• Gunnel Lindblom as Kerstin
• Fylgia Zadig as Rosa
• Monica Nielsen as Britta
• Edvin Adolphson as Malm
• Axel Slangus as Väinö
• Olof Bergström as Kaleb
• Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Olof's Father
• Ingvar Kjellson as Falk
• Sven-Eric Gamble as Stoker
• Ernst Brunman as Wedding Guest
• Arthur Fischer as Wedding Guest
• Birger Lensander as Man in Village
• Åke Lindström as Raftsman
• Gustaf Hedström as Vicar
• Hortensia Hedström as Vicar's Wife
• Marrit Ohlsson as Maid
• Birger Åsander as Farm Hand

• Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge, 2005.
• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

• The Song of the Scarlet Flower at IMDb