She infiltrated his home for revenge. His heart had other plans. Swedish rom-com chaos ensues.
A self centered author are having a word feud in a news paper column with a journalist called Sussie. The author has just divorced and now need a new house keeper. Sussie sees her chance to go undercover and takes the job with the intent to dig up some dirt. However, love intervenes.
Acting
Viby and Björnstrand's verbal sparring is delicious.
Writing
Newspaper column feud structure is genuinely clever.
Costume
Post-war Swedish domestic aesthetics on point.
Director
Arne Mattsson
Marguerite Viby
Sussie Blom
Gunnar Björnstrand
Harry Hellberg
Ingrid Envall
Lillian
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Lasse Älvdahl
Julia Cæsar
Alma Goring
Willy Peters
Oscar Lindberg
David Erikson
Advertising Manager, Extraposten (uncredited)
John Melin
Butcher's Delivery Man (uncredited)
Charles Redland
Conductor at the Costume Party (uncredited)
Georg Skarstedt
Speaker at the Dinner (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arne Mattsson would later direct 'One Summer of Happiness' (1951), making this early comedy a fascinating glimpse of his lighter side before international acclaim.
Gunnar Björnstrand became Ingmar Bergman's most frequent male lead; this role shows his rare comedic timing before the Bergman gloom descended.
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