Count Only the Happy Moments

Count Only the Happy Moments
Directed by	Rune Carlsten
Written by	Arne Mattsson Jules Sylvain Lars Tessing
Based on	Une veuve by Guy de Maupassant
Produced by	Sven Nygren
Starring	Sonja Wigert Arnold Sjöstrand Olof Widgren
Cinematography	Karl-Erik Alberts
Music by	Jules Sylvain
Production company	Film AB Lux
Distributed by	Film AB Lux
Release date	8 August 1944
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Count Only the Happy Moments (Swedish: Räkna de lyckliga stunderna blott) is a 1944 Swedish historical drama film directed by Rune Carlsten and starring Sonja Wigert, Arnold Sjöstrand and Olof Widgren. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in the Old Town and in Uppsala. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. It is based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant.

Synopsis

Dressmaker Annemarie falls in love with rising businessman Viktor Branzell, but his middle-class family disapprove of her humble origins.

Cast

• Sonja Wigert as Annemarie Wikström
• Arnold Sjöstrand as Viktor Branzell
• Olof Widgren as Bengt Ljung
• Hugo Björne as Branzell Sr.
• Gerda Lundequist as Mrs. Branzell
• Åke Grönberg as Sven Bergling
• John Ekman as Benson
• Barbro Ribbing as Harriet Benson
• Yngve Nordwall as Ragnar Normark
• Tekla Sjöblom as Mrs. Normark
• Birger Malmsten as Helge Wikström
• Britta Holmberg as Ingrid
• Curt Masreliez as Alf Branzell
• Anita Björk as Lilian Lind
• John Westin as Karsten
• Eva Dahlbeck as Hedvig
• Ruth Weijden as Charlotte
• Magnus Rudbeck as Variety singer
• Wiktor Andersson as Groom
• Olof Bergström as Speaker at the engagement dinner
• Millan Bolander as Nurse
• Mona Geijer-Falkner as Annemarie's landlady
• Gunnar Johansson as Band leader at Sveasalen
• Henrik Schildt as Student
• Eva Stiberg as Normark's maid

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• Count Only the Happy Moments at IMDb