His Excellency (1944 film)

His Excellency (Swedish: Excellensen) is a 1944 Swedish drama film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Lars Hanson, Gunnar Sjöberg and Elsie Albiin. It was made at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It is based on a 1942 play of the same title by Bertil Malmberg. It was part of a growing number of Swedish films more overtly critical of German war policy, and the only one of them to openly identify the occupiers as Germans and set it in a real country.^[1]

His Excellency
Directed by	Hasse Ekman
Written by	Bertil Malmberg Sven Stolpe
Based on	His Excellency by Bertil Malmberg
Produced by	Lorens Marmstedt
Starring	Lars Hanson Gunnar Sjöberg Elsie Albiin
Cinematography	Martin Bodin Hilding Bladh
Edited by	Lennart Wallén Rolf Husberg
Music by	Lars-Erik Larsson
Production company	Terrafilm
Distributed by	Terrafilm
Release date	3 March 1944 (1944-03-03)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Plot

A celebrated Austrian poet strongly opposes Nazism, meanwhile his daughter falls in love with a leading Nazi who becomes commander over the concentration camp where his Excellency later is imprisoned.

Cast

• Lars Hanson as His Excellency Herbert von Blankenau
• Gunnar Sjöberg as Captain Max Karbe
• Elsie Albiin as Elisabeth von Blankenau, his Excellency daughter
• Stig Järrel as maj. Monk
• Hugo Björne as father Ignatius
• Tord Stål as Dr. Amann
• Sven Magnusson as Wilhelm
• Hampe Faustman as Warder
• Håkan Westergren as Police Officer
• Carl Ström as Josef
• Magnus Kesster as Dr. Blumenreich
• Torsten Hillberg as Colonel
• Sigge Fürst as Kubelik
• Ivar Kåge as Marshal of the Court
• Sven Bergvall as President of Poet's Academy