The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the audience notices the similarity in appearance between the leading actor Leonard Pettersson and the king Charles XV. With Pettersson dressed as the king and the other actors as the royal suite, they all go to Herrsunda castle where the officer is trying to make an impression on his fiance.
Ratings
IMDb4.5/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Ragnar Hyltén-CavalliusWriter
- Ragnar Hyltén-CavalliusDirector
- Gunnar JohanssonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gösta EkmanLeonard Pettersson / Carl XV
- Nils WahlbomCasimir Löwencreutz
- Gull NatorpAdèle Löwencreutz
- Birgit TengrothMarie-Louise Löwencreutz
- Håkan WestergrenCharles-Emile Spaak
- Olga AnderssonCountess Ehrencrona
- Åke OhbergCarl Henrik von Grimm
- Semmy FriedmannItalian Fireworks Expert
- Theodor BerthelsBrowander
- Thor ModéenAlexander Dryselius
- Maritta MarkeAnette
- Tollie ZellmanSophie Strååk
Stills
Themes
mistaken identitytheatre groupdoppelgänger