My Friend Oscar
My Friend Oscar (Swedish: Min vän Oscar) is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and Åke Ohberg and starring Åke Söderblom, Margareta Fahlén and Olof Winnerstrand.[1] A separate French-language version My Seal and Them was also produced.
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| Cinematography | Nikolai Toporkoff | 
| Edited by | Andrée Danis | 
| Music by | Sune Waldimir | 
Production company  | Terrafilm  | 
| Distributed by | Nordisk Tonefilm | 
Release date  | 20 January 1951 | 
Running time  | 85 minutes | 
| Country | Sweden | 
| Language | Swedish | 
It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
Synopsis
    
While on a trip to Paris a young Swedish man wins Oscar, a seal, in a raffle who proceeds to cause chaos in his life.
Cast
    
- Åke Söderblom as Hans Lövgren
 - Margareta Fahlén as Gabriella Strandberg
 - Olof Winnerstrand as Claes-Herman Sundelius
 - Barbro Larsson as Diana Sundelius
 - Douglas Håge as Oscar
 - Börje Mellvig as Stenström
 - Sven Lindberg as Zoologist
 - Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Lövgren's Housemaid
 - Pierre Bertin as UNESCO Director-General
 - René Alié as Policeman
 - Odette Barencey as Woman
 - Albert Bour as Fish Salesman
 - Gil Delamare as Policeman
 - Raymond Rognoni as Zoo Owner
 - Pierre Sergeol as Restaurant Owner
 - Made Siamé as Fish Seller
 
References
    
- Qvist & Von Bagh p.111
 
Bibliography
    
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
 
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