The Hard Game | |
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Directed by | Lars-Eric Kjellgren |
Written by | Olle Länsberg |
Produced by | Allan Ekelund |
Starring | Sven-Eric Gamble Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz Åke Grönberg |
Cinematography | Lasse Björne Gunnar Fischer |
Edited by | Ingemar Ejve |
Music by | Thore Swanerud |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
Release date | 10 September 1956 |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
The Hard Game (Swedish: Den hårda leken) is a 1956 Swedish sports drama film directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren and starring Sven-Eric Gamble, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz and Åke Grönberg.[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Gothenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.
A promising young working-class boxer Conny Persson is pushed hard by his unscrupulous manager Andy Ekström. When Conny meets and falls in love with Margit Söderberg, she tries to persuade him to quit the cynical boxing profession and concentrate on running a flower shop with her