Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors

Nascimento : 1920-12-29, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Morte : 1995-10-25

História

Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors was a Swedish stage and screen actress, writer and director. She was brought to Hollywood in 1946 by Warner Brothers in the hope that she would become a new Greta Garbo or Ingrid Bergman. Viveca Lindfors appeared in almost 150 feature films and television productions.

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Viveca Lindfors
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Viveca Lindfors

Filmes

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Helena Mora
Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Before she completes the sale, she wants to have one last gathering of family and friends, with dramatic performances. Bringing everyone together, though, creates rivalries and tension, especially for Oona, a temperamental but successful movie actress who seeks the approval of her creative peers.
Run For Cover
Senator Anderson
Former KGB plot a terrorist attack on New York City.
Stargate: A Chave para o Futuro da Humanidade
Catherine Langford
Um egiptólogo (James Spader) não-reconhecido por suas teorias é convidado a trabalhar em uma base secreta e lá toma contato com um anel de trinta metros coberto de hieróglifos. Ele descobre a chave para se chegar a um novo mundo, pois aquele anel é um portão estelar e, junto com uma pequena tropa de elite, atravessa o portão e se vê diante de uma experiência e uma aventura inimaginável.
Backstreet Justice
Mrs. Robovit
A P.I. is burdened by her late father's reputation as a corrupt cop.
Zelda
Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Minns ni?
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
Geoffrey Beene 30
A profile of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, on his 30 years in the industry.
Exiled in America
Dr. Helena Lindenhaim
A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier women, and soon a CIA assassination team shows up, looking for him.
Zandalee - Uma Mulher Para Dois Homens
Tatta
Zandalee (Erika Anderson) vem recebendo pouca atenção de seu marido, Thierry (Judge Reinhold), desde que ele passou a tomar conta dos negócios da família. Por isso, acaba se envolvendo com Johnny (Nicolas Cage), um amigo do marido. Mas o caso se torna mais intenso e complicado que o imaginado, despertando paixões, ódio e vinganças.
The Linguini Incident
Miracle
A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.
O Exorcista III
Nurse X
O tenente Kinderman e o Padre Dyer tentam lidar com a morte de seu amigo em comum, o Padre Damien, porém, um assassino está a solta. O tenente da polícia investiga uma série de assassinatos envolvendo tortura, decapitação e profanação religiosa. Kinderman descobre que as morte têm semelhança com as praticadas pelo serial killer Gemini, um homem que morreu há quinze anos.
Misplaced
Zofia
Going Undercover
Mrs. Bellinger
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant (Chris Lemmon) has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt (Jean Simmons) to protect her step-daughter Marigold (Lea Thompson) during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I.s to protect Marigold from Mr. Brilliant. His name, he's not.
The Ann Jillian Story
Ann's Mother
Ann Jillian finds out she has cancer and the movie shows how she deals with that (the hospital treatments and impact on her life).
Rachel River
Harriet White
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.
Freckled Max and the Spooks
Baronka
A parody of Frankensteinian stories. It is a story of a little boy, an orphan who arrives at the Castle of Count Frankenstein - a world inhabited by mysterious and sometimes a bit ridiculous scary creatures. Although each one of them is different, they all share one thing: they feel lonely and they are desperate for a little love and affection.
Unfinished Business
Writer
Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized theater. Though he has brought along his current mistress, he wants to come back to Helena.
Unfinished Business
Director
Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized theater. Though he has brought along his current mistress, he wants to come back to Helena.
Unfinished Business
Helena
Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized theater. Though he has brought along his current mistress, he wants to come back to Helena.
Arma Secreta
Aunt Rosa Koslov
Soviet high school girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.
Garota Sinal Verde
Professor Taub
Gib, é um universitário que está em baixa com as moças frequentadoras da sua universidade tristonha e cinza, na Costa Leste dos EUA. Um amigo de colégio, que decidiu fazer faculdade na ensolarada Califórnia, convida o companheiro para passar um Natal daqueles, tomando umas margueritas na beira da piscina acompanhado de uma loira estonteante. Decidido a atravessar o país para encontrar a loira de seus sonhos, Gib, pega uma carona com a certinha e regrada Alison, colega de aula e que já lhe deu um fora homérico alguns dias antes, e que está indo ao mesmo local para encontrar com seu namorado quadradinho Jason. A viagem transformará a vida dos dois.
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Dr. Rice
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
Silent Madness
Mrs. Collins
A psychiatrist poses as an ex-sorority sister to stop a slasher freed by a computer error.
Passions
Lila
A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for her son's education fund. While they are butting heads, they both discover that they were both deceived by him.
A Doctor's Story
Mrs. Kristina Karlberg
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
Creepshow: Arrepio do Medo
Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
Contos de horror incluem histórias como a de um homem que volta do sepulcro, um agricultor atacado por suas plantas, um marido que mata a esposa e o amante, uma criatura misteriosa e um milionário atacado por baratas.
Inside the Third Reich
Gypsy woman
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Barbara Harper
Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.
For Ladies Only
Rachel Loring
An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.
The Best Little Girl in the World
Madame Seurat
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.
A Mão
Doctress
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Natasha Lytess
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
Mamãe Não Quer Casar (Mamãe, O Homem-Lobo e Eu)
Grandma Bergman
Concerned that her feminist mom Deborah is going to stay single, Jenny Bergman plays matchmaker. She arranges a date between mom and unemployed Theo Marker, Irish Wolfhound owner, doing everything to get keep them together.
Amarga Sinfonia de Auschwitz
Frau Schmidt
Duas mulheres formam um conjunto de cordas no campo de concentração de Auschwitz e, graças à qualidade de sua música, são poupadas das câmaras de gás durante muito tempo pelos nazistas. Vanessa Redgrave está excepcional no papel da judia Fania Fénelon, uma musicista de talento, figura humana de extrema dignidade e sensibilidade, que orienta e presta apoio à mais jovem, esta inconformada com a situação e frágil diante da fome. Num cenário de horrores, uma visão concreta das duas faces da moeda da moral humana: A essência e a barbárie.
Natural Enemies
Dr. Baker
A man plots to kill his wife and children, seeking advice by disguising his plan as a fictional story for his business.
Natural Enemies
Psychiatrist
A man plots to kill his wife and children, seeking advice by disguising his plan as a fictional story for his business.
Voices
Mrs. Lemon
An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
Cerimônia de Casamento
Ingrid Hellstrom
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.
Girlfriends
Beatrice
A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
A Question of Guilt
Dr. Rosen
A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.
Taboo
Sirkka Lind
Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.
Welcome to L.A.
Susan Moore
The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among them, a songwriter visits Los Angeles to work on a singer's album. The gig, unbeknownst to him, is being bankrolled by his estranged father, a dairy magnate, who hopes to reunite with his son. When the songwriter meets an eccentric housewife who fancies herself a modern-day Garbo, his world of illusions comes crashing down.
The Tenth Level
Mrs. Schnagel
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
Bell from Hell
Marta
When John is released from a psychiatric center where he has been hospitalized for a long time, he decides to move into the house of his dead mother, whose inheritance is in dispute.
Nosso Amor de Ontem
Paula Reisner
Em 1937, Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand), uma judia comunista, desperta a atenção de Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford), um protestante de uma rica família, em virtude de ser uma pacifista convicta. Cada um segue seu caminho, ele se dedicando a escrever e ela trabalhando em uma rádio. Quase oito anos depois os dois se encontram por acaso em Nova York, quando Katie vê Hubbell, que cochila em uma boate. Provavelmente por serem bem diferentes e os opostos se atraem os dois se apaixonam. Porém Katie sente-se pouco à vontade com os amigos de Gardiner, sendo que quando algo não a agrada, o que acontece freqüentemente, é motivo para um acalorado protesto. Após discussões e o fracasso do primeiro livro de Hubbell, eles vão para Hollywood, onde Gardiner escreverá o roteiro de um filme para J.J. (Bradford Dillman), um amigo de Hubbell que se tornou produtor.
A House Without Boundaries
Señorita Elvira
Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken with it that he puts off his quest. The Organization requires him to continue, however, so he tracks her down to a remote fishing village.
Confissões de uma Modelo
Paula Galba
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.
Cauldron of Blood
Tania Badulescu
A blind sculptor works on his magnum opus unaware that the skeletons he has been using for armatures are the remains of the victims of his evil wife and that he is the next target.
Coming Apart
Monica
A psychiatrist secretly films his female patients as an experiment; he pushes both him and his customers in ways that induce his own mental breakdown.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Petronella Van Daan
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Oscuros sueños de agosto
Isabel
Isabel returns to Spain, after several years of absence, to be cured of a neurosis. His daughter Ana, whom he has not seen in all this time, decides to spend the holidays with her, taking advantage of the fact that her boyfriend has gone to study in Germany. During her stay in the sanatorium, Ana meets Mario, an attractive young man somewhat unbalanced, who tries to seduce her. Although at first she does not show any interest, little by little she becomes attracted to him.
Brainstorm
Dr. Elizabeth Larstadt
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Sylvia
Irma Olanski
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Ala Sarah
An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's revolutionary secret formula before the enemy catches up with his quarry first.
An Affair of the Skin
Victoria
A neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.
Malditos
Freya Neilson
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
No Exit
Inez
The Valet (Manuel Rosón) enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin (Morgan Sterne) in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano (Viveca Lindfors) and Estelle Rigault (Rita Gam), are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
Madame Zapote
An edited version of an episode of the television series, Five Fingers released in theaters.
O Rei dos Reis
Claudia
Quando a notícia se espalha pela Judéia de que o filho de Deus deve nascer em Belém, o rei Herodes (Frank Thring) exige que todas as crianças sejam mortas. Maria (Siobhan McKenna) foge com seu filho, Jesus (Jeffrey Hunter), que cresce pregando, realizando milagres e adquirindo devotos. Um dos seus seguidores, Judas (Rip Torn), o trai e ele é condenado à crucificação. Mas Jesus sempre soube do seu destino e se preparou para a morte.
Weddings and Babies
Bea
A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.
A História de Rute
Eleilat
Ruth foi vendida quando criança a um grupo pagão e idolatrada como uma sacerdotisa. Ao crescer, conhece o hebreu Mahlon e é tocada por sua crença, mas o destino a obriga a embarcar em uma árdua jornada rumo a Jerusalém.
Tempestade
Catherine II
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.
I Accuse!
Lucie Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
The Last Tycoon
Kathleen Moore
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
Ódio Contra Ódio
Aleta Burris
Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind hate threatens to alienate his whole family.
O Tesouro de Barba Rubra
Mrs. Minton
John Mohune, um menino de dez anos, é deixado pela mãe moribunda aos cuidados do mulherengo Jeremy Fox, chefe de um bando de contrabandistas. Juntos, eles vivem várias aventuras na caça a um tesouro.
Fora das Grades
Helga Swenson
Western that starts when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.
No Time for Flowers
Anna Svoboda
A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attache who has just arrived from the United States.
The Raiders
Elena de Ortega
A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.
Journey Into Light
Christine Thorssen
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.
Four in a Jeep
Franziska Idinger
Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.
The Flying Missile
Karin Hansen
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Cidade Negra
Victoria Winant
A operação de apostas de Danny Haley é encerrada, então ele e seus amigos precisam de dinheiro; quando Danny conhece Arthur Winant, um otário de fora da cidade, ele o envolve numa série de jogos de poker, onde, eventualmente, Winant perde US $ 5000 que não é seu ... e então se enforca. Mas parece que Winant tinha um irmão mais velho, sombrio e protetor, que acredita em vingança. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
This Side of the Law
Evelyn Taylor
A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment.
No Sad Songs for Me
Chris Radna
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
Alguém Deixou Este Mundo
Lysa Randolph
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
The Wind Is My Lover
Singoalla
Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.
Night Unto Night
Ann Gracy
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband. Ronald Reagan and Hollywood-debuting Viveca Lindfors star in an eerie drama steeped in religious faith and supernatural fear, in the destructive power of sexual jealousy and the redemptive power of love. In one of his earliest directorial efforts, Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, The Shootist) displays his command of pacing and camerawork, building the action to a climactic hurricane that parallels the tumultuous emotions of characters precariously balanced between now and the hereafter.
As Aventuras de Don Juan
Rainha Margarida
Após manchar a honra de Espanha com os seus escândalos amorosos, o aventureiro e sedutor Don Juan de Maraña terá de salvar os reis espanhóis de uma conspiração política perigosa, orquestrada por um dos seus ministros.
To the Victor
Christine Lund Lestrac
An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.
Interlude
Vellamo Toivonen
The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrive to Lugano in Italy for a few weeks stay at a medical clinic. Canitz considers himself to be quite healthy and the stay as an extended vacation. He meets a number of patients at the clinic suffering of terminal illnesses, including Vellamo Toivonen (Lindfors). The patients deal with the fact that they will not leave the clinic alive in different ways; with self-destruction, denial or imprudence. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
The Serious Game
Lydia Stille
Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.
Jag är eld och luft
Jenny Ahrman
Vicar Ahrman's young daughter Jenny has left the home to start a new life with her beloved Stefan. But Jenny's dreams for the future is shattered when Stefan doesn't turn up to their meeting. Heartbroken, she returns home.
Nebbie sul mare
Maria Rosai
A woman struggles to make a living after her husband is mistakenly presumed dead.
Appassionata
Maria
A classic melodrama about the famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.
The Brothers' Woman
Emma
City girl Emma marries the farmer Nicklas but gets involved in a love triangle with his brother Ragnar.
The Sin of Anna Lans
Anna Lans
At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life.
Yellow Ward
Nurse Doris
A chief physician at a women's clinic is against abortion. He strongly influence the patients not to abort. But there are doctors who think differently.
Tänk, om jag gifter mig med prästen
Eva Örn
"And If I Marry the Pastor" - Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a beautiful young woman with firm opinions and she does not live up to the locals' picture of the ideal female teacher. She has an affair with the priest, Ingvar Hagson, but they have to keep their love a secret. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
I paradis ...
Angelica Jansson
The Stockholm publisher Adam, a wealthy gentleman with a favorable appearance, has completely undeservedly gained a reputation for being a great Don Juan. Women of all ages are drawn to him and give him their invitations. To be at peace, Adam escapes on his sailboat out into the archipelago and settles down on a small islet. But the ladies follow him and in their footsteps follow jealous fiancés and angry courting cavaliers.
Snurriga familjen
Cleaning woman
Manager Blom and his family stop at a mountain hotel. Once there, all family members are insolent and even cruel to both guests and staff. When the hotel manager tries to get rid of the family Manager Blom buys the hotel. But all of the staff resigns while a telegram to the family Blom tells them they are ruined! To raise money the family begins to work on and operate the hotel.