Home from Babylon

Home from Babylon (Swedish: Hem från Babylon) is a 1941 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Gerd Hagman, Arnold Sjöstrand and Georg Rydeberg.^[1][2][3] It was based on a 1923 novel of the same title by Sigfrid Siwertz.^[4] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj.

Home from Babylon
Directed by	Alf Sjöberg
Written by	Sigfrid Siwertz Alf Sjöberg
Based on	Home from Babylon by Sigfrid Siwertz
Starring	Gerd Hagman Arnold Sjöstrand Georg Rydeberg
Cinematography	Karl-Erik Alberts
Edited by	Tage Holmberg
Music by	Miff Görling Arthur Österwall Seymour Österwall
Production company	Wivefilm
Distributed by	Wivefilm
Release date	23 December 1941 (1941-12-23)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Synopsis

An engineer and a businessman are trying to escape the civil war in Manchuria. They suffer much, including contracting typhoid and the businessman dies. The engineer changes identity with the businessman. Although based on Siwertz's novel, the plot of the novel has been extended in time to the pre-war years of World War II.^[5]

Cast

• Gerd Hagman as Britta von Wendt
• Arnold Sjöstrand as Linus Treffenberg
• Georg Rydeberg as Cesar Lee
• Anders Henrikson as Sergej Nabocof
• Irma Christenson as Marcelle
• Olof Widgren as John Bidencap
• Rune Carlsten as Wigelius
• Georg Funkquist as Hugo
• Barbro Kollberg as Gunborg
• Frank Sundström as Marabou