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Millionaire for a Day A comedy for film from Frederik Lindholm's play of the same name
ACT 1
In one of the south's fairest neighbourhoods and caressed by sea breezes
was the ancient noble Lövsta Manor.
The estate's nobleman, the old recluse Sebastian Furucrona, had never liked to travel.
But now he was compelled to.
"...and detailed provisions are to be found regarding inheritance...
However my estate shall go to Ingeborg Kvick...
or if she is no longer living... to my and her son Rickard...
insofar as they can be found within 10 years.
Otherwise to the trustee of my estate, my good friend - Joachim Harden -"
So went the old Count to join his forefathers.
But Lövsta Manor stood and would have, after ten years had passed by...
Joakim Harden as master.
However it looked as though the last 14 days of respite...
might deprive Harden of control over the estate.
[Harden played by Anders Frithiof]
and I have finally succeeded in getting information on Rickard Kvick.
I shall continue my research with every effort...
and could expect a result at any time..
Your friend - Gustaf Lenning
The acting squire was then in a bad mood...
in contrast to his daughter, Miss Inger
[Inger played by Elsa Lindqvist]
“Are these really you children, Lola?”
For once, Mrs Harden was first at the breakfast table.
[Mrs Harden played by Ellen Rosengren]
"It is clear that spoiling the puppies is more important than sitting down to eat."
“Next thing you'll be putting piglets on the table.”
“I wish I knew what was wrong with Papa lately...
...he's getting more irritated and nervous all the time.”
Unfazed by all conflicts in life...
unemployed Kalle Svenson, ironically nicknamed "'Flash'"...
devoted himself to his favourite pastime over 37 years.
[''Flash' played by Edvard Persson]
"Work, work everywhere.. and nobody stops to think how easy it is...
to overextend yourself...and stay like that!"
"Sitting dreaming about work, 'Flash'? In that case, I have a job for you right now. "
"Nah, I'm on vacation... permanently, by the way."
*** Richard Kvick worked on the schooner Elida...
which was just arriving. [Kvick played by Adolf Jahr]
“Well...I had a nibble you know!"
Thanks are then due to his noble rescuer.
"Kvick? Oh the heck! My name is the quickest...My name is 'Flash'. "
The sea air gives you an appetite.
Just then “Cardsharp Jonte” arrived for what would be a "guest appearance".
“That Kvick hit me yesterday. If he tries anything, he'll be asking for it."
“That's the end of that squabble. Get this place cleaned up!”
"He'll certainly never come up again. Maybe he was a diver! "
“That was good of you to pull me up, anyway!”
“...and you get on your way and take the landlubber with you!...
...I won't tolerate that sort of behaviour on board.”
"Don't be upset, I'll look after you...
...the Good Lord is pointing to us to go out on the ***!"
Out on the Royal Southern Highway... with the speed of 'Flash'.
Wake at 8am Coffee and cognac
Wait a bit...they're nearly ready!”
Here's 20 cents - that's 2 crowns for 20.
Nice price, when you take the eggs directly from the suppliers.
Eventually 'Flash' came a bit closer to understanding his companion.
Dad's picture on the other side? I wouldn't want it there.
There was an accident with Mother where he ran over her.
"She toiled and strove and kept me in school... until the end. Then I went to sea."
ACT 2
The life of a *** is a good life.
"Well, as I said, it's about two coffees... and these eggs soft-boiled.
Within a few minutes...
"Damn!...we must have taken the mother hen's porcelain egg!"
One thing they forgot was that the coffee could possibly cost something.
"Fair maid...could you lend a crown to a hopeful sailor...indefinitely?"
What does time mean to a sow?
Everything is in a mess here on the farm!...
"I said that the pigs' skins should be washed, yet they still look like pigs! "
"Can't a man even get some peace in his own pigsty?"
”Who is Lenning?”
"If you absolutely must know that he is a lawyer and classmate of mine"...
"Moreover, he is happy because he is unmarried! "
"Is he handsome, Papa? Shall I present myself to him? "
If you got HIM, you'd do very well for yourself in every way.
"But Mama, you know how much I want to drive!...
And you'll get to Bjorkliden just as quickly if you take the carriage."
That morning, along the road between Lövsta Manor and Björkliden, two tired hikers rested.
"There's no danger. She's just fainted."
”Why didn’t you come and help me!”
"Didn't you see me lying here... and fetch me after the accident?"
"Worker ants! Ugh, I feel sick just looking at them!
"Here you are... lunch is served!”
Did you hear them say it was served?
"Nice new discovery: uninhabited mansion smorgasbord."
"Now, sir, what are you to do, when someone shouts to you that it is being served?"
On your way, ***!
We're not ***, but we are short of cash. And we'll work for a bit of food.
Don't include ME in that!... My doctor forbids me to work.
"Well eat then, you wretches... and be on your way!"
"Give me the bill, and I'll pay the lot!”
"To think that in two weeks... all of this may be taken from me!"
That fellow was apparently to be trusted! Harden had a bright idea.
You’re a bad businessman. You’ll finish up in the poorhouse!
"Say, are you interested in making 500 crowns?"
”Yes...you see it's for a bet...
...to win it, I need a young man... to play the owner of this estate."
"You'd have to get these shabby clothes tidied up a bit!"
"I'll fix up about clothes and so on...
Decide now, before the women come...
...they're not to suspect anything!"
"It's very odd that he'd reveal himself right now...
but you know truth can be stranger than fiction.
Anyway, you'll know more soon...
I'm coming in to see you shortly."
"An excellent result! Behave yourselves now... I might stay away for a whole week. "
Paff & Lindeman Private Bankers
"There's this little guy out there."
"I would further point out that the draw takes place tomorrow...
and that this debenture must necessarily result with the top prize! "
Authorization to Mr. Adrian Puff to withdraw and receive any winnings...
on debenture no. 4711 on my behalf. Signed: Richard Kvick
"I'm sorry...But I forgot my business card."
The first reconnaissance.
"Ho-ho-ho! - it takes no effort to wear advancement with dignity!"
”I'm tired of the bath...I think I'll go down and have a rest in the hay.”
"You do that...I'll check out my realm in the meantime."
The rest was sweeter than 'Flash' imagined. [The maid played by Jullan Kindahl]
"Trust Papa to go off on a trip just when you came, Mr. Lenning."
But can you really have been a schoolmate of Papa's?
"Well...you see...he repeated five classes and I jumped five!"
"Well, it was quite a story, let me tell you...
I was driving over to our neighbour's estate...
and of course the horse bolted!"
"Well, did you find your rescuer?"
"It was quite romantic...just as he pulled me away, I fainted...
But he was certainly just an ordinary ***."
"Just an ordinary ***."
"Do you think it will be bright moonlight this evening?
I know of a couple who want to try it."
"My secretary-general!"
Secretary-General 'Flash' was not quite at home with modern table manners.
Two different men’s different ways.
Mama!...Help!
"You don't need Mama...I can manage... but you have to keep still!"
"What a beautiful view!"
”Do you think this delicate instrument can be handled any old way?”
”Tell me Inger, would you still like me if I was just...for example...a poor ***?”
"You'll see...eventually."
”It’s my birthday tomorrow, *** – ”
"Promise me one thing: don't argue with me at the birthday dinner."
”I’ll promise anything you want... and then some!”
Came the birthday morning.
"Greetings...greetings"
Go get a sailboat ready while you rest up! Two-man except for the three of us!
"Are we going sailing in the rain?"
Joachim Harden has tried to keep lawyer Lenning in the dark for a week...
Now he decided to tell the whole truth.
"I understand that you expect the full story...
but it is not so easy to be separated from...
what almost keeps one's heart beating..."
...so if you just forget the whole thing...
...you can count on my help to follow the trail you found.
"We foundered as the typhoon roared, deep buried in the surging foam...
I can't redeem my broken word, I die while whispering your name."
"You're such a good sailor... Where did you learn it?"
"I'm a born sailor!"
According to Harden's wish, would Lenning first accompany him to Lövsta Manor.
Inger's admirers were well represented.
"Lieutenant, be a dear and ask my daughter to come on up."
"Er...Your Ladyship...er..ummm... your lady mother...wants to speak..."
"Would you get me some more coffee and cakes, please."
"We were probably invited as hired hands."
'Flash' went, as he said, "around...and ordered steaks."
”I didn’t get any cake!”
"What's that big fat child dancing?"
”Must be peasant jazz!"
And the youngsters entered the dance with enthusiasm...
But the party atmosphere was weak in some ways.
"If I wasn't so in love with her... I'd go up and talk out the whole mess."
All the same to me!... We've still got a lot of Swedish countryside to cover!"
As far as Inger was concerned... she'd been gripped by a terrific resolve.
"Imagine!...he loves me as much again! I think we'll get engaged immediately! "
"My dear girl, you do as you please. Just don't give father a stroke, when he comes."
The highlight of the birthday.
'Flash' wanted to take the rare opportunity to further familiarize himself with the aristocracy.
"I have a surprise for you. My birthday will also be my engagement day...
Mr Lenning and I..."
Wait...I also have a surprise to talk to you about.
"And what you take as a successful joke is deadly serious...
my dignity is now hanging up there on a hanger...
...but remember heart can beat ...even behind rags! "
"See...life's so mixed up that even a poor sailor can fall in love...without meaning harm."
"I love you Inger...at least that is true. And now I just have to say goodbye."
Take it easy old girl! I don't need anyone butting in...
And it was he who saved your daughters life at the railway crossing."
"Oh, that's the fat one that promised to make an exchange for me!"
"It probably would have just gone to the pawn shop!"
”But ***, it wasn’t ME who drove you away!”
”Is that your mother? So is your name Rickard Kvick?”
”See for yourself. Here’s my ***’s Book.”
"But then the matter is settled! And I haven't lied at all."
”That just leaves us to pass over Count Furucrona's will to Mr Kvick.”
”If my poor mother wasn’t good enough to stay here, then neither am I either!”
”But Inger...If you like the poor millionaire... then give me a kiss before I go!”
”But ***, you can’t go!... I’m begging you to stay!”
”Of course you’ll stay and you’ll take me on as a foster child.”
”Top prize!...Paff and Lindeman never promise what they can't deliver!”
"At last a job that suits me!"