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Playing Truant (1949)

Original title: Skolka skolan

1949-08-15 · 1h 51m · SV
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High school student Margareta fall head over heels in love with a young doctor and announce her engagement to him to her parents. She quits school and move in with him in a large house. However, the life of a housewife soon becomes tedious. Her husband does not want her to study but secretly she enrolls in a high school again to be able to graduate. Her husband suspects funny business when she is spotted with her private tutor.

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Schamyl BaumanDirectorSölve CederstrandWriter

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Sickan CarlssonSickan CarlssonMargareta KarlssonGunnar BjörnstrandGunnar BjörnstrandBertil KronbergOlof WinnerstrandOlof WinnerstrandPaulus BlomvallViveca SerlachiusViveca SerlachiusGertrud 'Truttan' KarlbergDagmar EbbesenDagmar EbbesenHildaGösta CederlundGösta CederlundOskar KarlssonGull NatorpGull NatorpAgda KarlssonAnne-Margrethe BjörlinAnne-Margrethe BjörlinHelene BerglöfNaima WifstrandNaima WifstrandDehlin, principalJan MolanderJan MolanderHjalmar HammarlundMimi PollakMimi PollakMärta HoffmanMaud SöderlundMaud SöderlundAlice

Keywords

JealousyMarriageSchool principalHigh school graduationFiancéMaidsRoslagsbananWalpurgis night

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityJealousy · Marriage · School PrincipalDialogue densityComedyDirector preference419037Actor preference410901 · 410177 · 425791Country preferenceSe

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What is Playing Truant about?

High school student Margareta fall head over heels in love with a young doctor and announce her engagement to him to her parents. She quits school and move in with him in a large house. However, the life of a housewife soon becomes tedious. Her husband does not want her to study but secretly she enrolls in a high school again to be able to graduate. Her husband suspects funny business when she is spotted with her private tutor.

How long is Playing Truant?

Playing Truant has a runtime of 111 minutes.