Miss Julie (1951 film)

Miss Julie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alf Sjöberg
Produced by	Rune Waldekranz
Screenplay by	Alf Sjöberg
Based on	Miss Julie by August Strindberg
Starring	Anita Björk Ulf Palme
Music by	Dag Wirén
Cinematography	Göran Strindberg
Editing by	Lennart Wallén
Studio	AB Sandrew-Produktion
Release date(s)	6 April 1951 (1951-04-06) (Cannes Film Festival) 30 July 1951 (1951-07-30)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) is a 1951 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Anita Björk and Ulf Palme, based on the play of the same name by August Strindberg. The film deals with class, sex and power as the title character, the daughter of a Count in 19th century Sweden, begins a relationship with one of the estate's servants. The film won the Grand Prize at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Anita Björk as Miss Julie
• Ulf Palme as Jean
• Märta Dorff as Kristin, cook
• Lissi Alandh as Countess Berta, Julie's mother
• Anders Henrikson as Count Carl, Julie's father
• Inga Gill as Viola
• Åke Fridell as Robert
• Kurt-Olof Sundström as Julie's fiancé
• Max von Sydow as hand
• Margaretha Krook as governess
• Åke Claesson as doctor
• Inger Norberg as Julie as a child
• Jan Hagerman as Jean as a child

Production

Alf Sjöberg had directed a stage adaption of August Strindberg's Miss Julie in 1949, starring Ulf Palme as Jean and Inga Tidblad in the title role. For the film adaption, not only Palme was kept but also many of the set designs. Tidblad however, at the age of almost 50, was replaced by the 27-year-old Anita Björk. Tidblad's interpretation was held as an ideal by the director and only during the exterior sequences, which had not been part of the stage version, did Björk feel that the part actually belonged to her.^[2] Filming took place between 28 April and 18 July 1950 in Sandrew's studios and various locations in the Stockholm area, including Dalarö, Stora Wäsby Castle and the Drottningholm Palace Park.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Miss Julie". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4114/year/1951.html. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
2. ^ Lumholdt, Jan (2010). "Playing the part". Swedish Film (Swedish Film Institute) 8 (1): 41. ISSN 1654-0050. http://www.sfi.se/PageFiles/8729/swefilm1_2010low_res.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
3. ^ "Fröken Julie (1951) - Filming locations". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film/Swedish-Film-Database/?itemid=4330&type=MOVIE&iv=RecordingPlace. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 

External links

• Miss Julie at the Internet Movie Database
• Miss Julie at the Swedish Film Database
• Miss Julie at AllRovi
• Miss Julie at the TCM Movie Database