A Handful of Rice
6.5
The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.
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Cast
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Hugo Björne
Mr. Svensson
Known for
Torment
Ingeborg Holm
Gerda Björne
Mrs. Svensson
Also in
To Help the Lady of the House
Gårdarna runt sjön
Pál Fejős
Sol-Britt Agerup
Majken
Known for
A Swedish Love Story
Jules Sylvain
Gunnar Skoglund
Also in
Karl Fredrik Reigns
The Yellow Car
Gunnar Höglund
Svensson, boy
Also in
Her Little Majesty
En kvinna ombord
Gustaf Boge
Jean Claesson
Also in
The Gardener
Lieutenant Galenpanna
Gunnar Jonason
Pó Chai
The man
Leonard Bucknall Eyre
Narrator (U.S. version) (voice)
Pál Fejős Director · Gunnar Skoglund Director Jules Sylvain Composer
United States release January 1, 1951 · Produced in Sweden · Languages Swedish, Thai
Production
SF Studios
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Man och kvinna
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish · Thai
Release dates
Sweden · January 8, 1940
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1951
Austria
November 1, 1953
Denmark
October 18, 1944
Germany
October 12, 1952
Poland
January 1, 1959
United Kingdom
January 1, 1949
XC
November 22, 1946 · Theatrical
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