Kungen kommer (1936)

5.0/10 81 min Drama Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Gösta Ekman

Leonard Pettersson / Carl XV

Nils Wahlbom

Casimir Löwencreutz

Gull Natorp

Adèle Löwencreutz

Birgit Tengroth

Marie-Louise Löwencreutz

Håkan Westergren

Charles-Emile Spaak

Olga Andersson

Countess Ehrencrona

Åke Ohberg

Carl Henrik von Grimm

Semmy Friedmann

Italian Fireworks Expert

Thor Modéen

Alexander Dryselius

Maritta Marke

Anette

Tollie Zellman

Sophie Strååk

Stina Ståhle

Actress in Stage Play (uncredited)

Wiktor Andersson

'Ajax 2' in Stage Play (uncredited)

John Ekman

Chief Constable Blom (uncredited)

Olav Riégo

Gentleman at the Royal Court (uncredited)

Bellan Roos

Maid with a Hen (uncredited)

George Fant

Young Man at the Royal Ball (uncredited)

Emil Fjellström

Unit Manager (uncredited)

Hilding Gavle

'Ajax 1' in Stage Play (uncredited)

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