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RUNTIME
Did you know
85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours
1938 1h 25m SV
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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At Södermalm in Stockholm there are nice, honest people and so some really unpleasant capitalists. And also a deliverer.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ludde Gentzel
Greta Almroth
Eric Abrahamsson
Marianne Aminoff
Hilda Castegren
Bror Bügler
Kotti Chave
Magnus Kesster
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Weyler Hildebrand
- Writers
- Weyler Hildebrand, Torsten Lundqvist
- Languages
- Swedish
- Countries
- Sweden
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Did you know?
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Weyler Hildebrand directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Sweden. Dialogue in Swedish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 288 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Ludde Gentzel and Greta Almroth and Eric Abrahamsson carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0030189 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 85 min · 1h 25m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- SV
Also by
Weyler Hildebrand
Production companies
Who made it
Fribergs Filmbyrå AB
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1938-12-26
Also known as
International titles
- Optimisten og PessimistenDK
