Two twins, separated at birth, meet again by chance many years later. One is a progressive but insensitive mayor of a small town, the other a clown at a circus.
Acting
Nils Poppe playing both twins with gleeful theatricality
Practical Effects
Actual circus footage woven into the narrative
Production
1950s Swedish small-town aesthetic, impossibly cozy
Director
Nils Poppe
Nils Poppe
Fabian Bom
Inga Landgré
Camilla Palm
Hjördis Petterson
Svea Holmström
Dagmar Ebbesen
Madam Marinetti-Bock
Arne Lindblad
Emanuel Bock
Torsten Lilliecrona
Beppo the clown
Gunnar Olsson
Julius
Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad
Ester
Bibi Andersson
Elvira
Marianne Gyllenhammar
Humorous lady
Ludde Juberg
City clerk
Göthe Grefbo
Pettérsson, city accountant
Mille Schmidt
Fabian Bom's driver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nils Poppe was Sweden's biggest comedy star; this was his 47th film as director. The man simply would not rest.
The 'twin switch' trope peaked in 1950s global cinema—this is Sweden's wholesome contribution to a trend that gave us 'The Parent Trap' and 'The Prisoner of Zenda' knockoffs everywhere.
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