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Poor Millionaires

1936 · 99 min

A gentle, good-natured old-fashioned comedy that ambles along pleasantly, offering mild class-clash whimsy and an easy, cosy charm.

Overview
An unemployed engineer wins a competition, first prize is a vacation to a luxury resort in the mountains.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Directed by
Ragnar Arvedson, Tancred Ibsen
Written by
Börje Larsson, Ragnar Arvedson, Tancred Ibsen
Starring
Adolf Jahr, Ernst Eklund, Tollie Zellman, Nils Wahlbom, Eleonor de Floer, Anna Olin, Olav Riégo, Georg Funkquist
Music
Olof Thiel
Runtime
99 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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