The Firebird (1952 film)

The Firebird
Directed by	Hasse Ekman
Produced by	Lorens Marmstedt, Terrafilm
Written by	Hasse Ekman
Starring	Tito Gobbi Ellen Rasch Eva Henning Georg Rydeberg
Release dates	12 August 1952 (1952-08-12)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Firebird (Swedish: Eldfågeln, Italian: L'uccello di fuoco) is a 1952 Swedish-Italian film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film is inspired by The Red Shoes by Powell and Pressburger.

Plot summary

A famous Italian tenor gets an offer to make a guest appearance in Sweden but is unwilling to go. Until he sees a Swedish dance film with the beautiful ballerina Linda Corina. He travels to the Royal Opera in Stockholm and falls in love with her. And so a passionate and colourful drama begins.

Cast

Tito Gobbi as Mario Vanni, Italian operasinger
Ellen Rasch as Linda Corina, prima ballerina
Eva Henning as Alice Lund
Bengt Blomgren as Frank
Georg Rydeberg as Jascha Sacharowitch
Åke Falck as Spinky, Vannis impresario
Märta Arbin as Frank's mother
Alan Blair as Johan A. Sjöberg, Lindas doctor
Märta Dorff as Seamstress at the Operan
Gull Natorp as Tilda, dresser at the Operan
Björn Holmgren as John, Dancer
Gun Skoogberg as Dancer
Maurice Béjart as Alex, Dancer

External links

The Firebird at the Internet Movie Database
The Firebird at the Swedish Film Institute Database

Hasse Ekman

Filmography

Films directed	Med dej i mina armar (1940) Första divisionen (1941) Flames in the Dark (1942) Lyckan kommer (1942) Ombyte av tåg (1943) Sjätte skottet (1943) Excellensen (1944) En dag skall gry (1944) Som folk är mest (1944) Fram för lilla Märta (1945) Kungliga patrasket (1945) Vandring med månen (1945) Medan porten var stängd (1946) I dödens väntrum (1946) Meeting in the Night (1946) One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (1947) Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka (1948) Each to His Own Way (1948) Banketten (1948) Flickan från tredje raden (1949) The White Cat (1950) Hjärter Knekt (1950) Flicka och hyacinter (1950) The Nuthouse (1951) The Firebird (1952) We Three Debutantes (1953) Gabrielle (1954) Egen ingång (1956) Seventh Heaven (1956) Ratataa (1956) Sommarnöje sökes (1957) Med glorian på sned (1957) Den store amatören (1958) Jazzgossen (1958) Fröken Chic (1959) Himmel och pannkaka (1959) På en bänk i en park (1960) Kärlekens decimaler (1960) Rififi in Stockholm (1961) Min kära är en ros (1963) Äktenskapsbrottaren (1964)

Films written	Blixt och dunder (1938) Med dej i mina armar (1940) Hjältar i gult och blått (1940) Swing it, magistern! (1940) Magistrarna på sommarlov (1941) Första divisionen (1941) Lyckan kommer (1942) Flames in the Dark (1942) Ombyte av tåg (1943) Örlogsmän (1943) En dag skall gry (1944) Som folk är mest (1944) Fram för lilla Märta (1945) Kungliga patrasket (1945) Vandring med månen (1945) Medan porten var stängd (1946) I dödens väntrum (1946) Meeting in the Night (1946) Love Goes Up and Down (1946) One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (1947) Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka (1948) Each to His Own Way (1948) Banketten (1948) Flickan från tredje raden (1949) The White Cat (1950) Hjärter Knekt (1950) Kyssen på kryssen (1950) Flicka och hyacinter (1950) The Nuthouse (1951) The Firebird (1952) Resan till dej (1953) Gabrielle (1954) Egen ingång (1956) Sjunde himlen (1956) Ratataa (1956) Med glorian på sned (1957) Den store amatören (1958) You Are My Adventure (1958) Jazzgossen (1958) Himmel och pannkaka (1959) Fröken Chic (1959) Swinging at the Castle (1959) På en bänk i en park (1960)

Documentaries	Möte med Hasse (1993)

Short films	Ett yrke för män (1944)

Television	Hatten eller Trollkarlens melodier (1963) Niklasons (1965) Cabaret Canalhumorn (1969)

Plays	Fullmåne Gungstolen

Lyrics	En herre i frack Med dej i mina armar (song) Swing it, magistern! (song) Regntunga skyar Swing ändå En liten smula kärlek Som du vill ha mej Bella Venezia (song)

Related topics	Hasse Ekman Award

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