Encounter with Life

Encounter with Life
Directed by	Gösta Werner
Written by	Ivar Ahlstedt
Starring	Doris Svedlund Per Oscarsson Arnold Sjöstrand
Cinematography	Martin Bodin
Edited by	Oscar Rosander
Music by	Carl-Olof Anderberg
Production company	Fribergs Filmbyrå
Distributed by	Fribergs Filmbyrå
Release date	1 February 1952 (1952-02-01)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Encounter with Life (Swedish: Möte med livet) is a 1952 Swedish drama film directed by Gösta Werner and starring Doris Svedlund, Per Oscarsson and Arnold Sjöstrand. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and location shooting in Nyköping. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.

Synopsis

Gun and Robert are in love with each other, but while he is away doing military service they both have relationships with others. She falls pregnant and then miscarries, while he contracts syphilis. In spite of this they work to forge a successful marriage when he returns.

Cast

• Doris Svedlund as Gun
• Per Oscarsson as Robert
• Arnold Sjöstrand as Dr. Almer
• Britta Billsten as Karin
• Märta Dorff as Östermalm lady who performs abortions
• Sif Ruud as Mrs. Jakobsson
• Lars Ekborg as Klas
• Arne Ragneborn as Göran
• Ingrid Thulin as Viola
• Peter Lindgren as Gun's Friend
• Kjerstin Dellert as Singer
• Björn Berglund as Clerk
• Bengt Blomgren as Sven
• Margit Carlqvist as Klas' Girlfriend
• Yvonne Lombard as Woman-friend
• Kurt-Olof Sundström as Kurt

Bibliography

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

External links

• Encounter with Life at IMDb