The Whalers (original title: Valfangare) is a filmed record of the final whaling expedition in the Arctic before the outbreak of WW2. Only partly a documentary, the film is able to accommodate a dramatic throughline, concerning the redemption of wastrelly millionaire's son Allan Blom (Allan Bohlin). Pressed into service on the expedition, Allan shows he's a true son of Scandanavia through his courageous actions on the high seas, and even wins the hand of heroine Sonja (Tutta Rolf) in the bargain. While the whaling scenes are both exciting and exhillarating, the sequence in which a whale carcass is stripped and gutted may not appeal to everyone in the audience. Originally filmed in 1939 in Swedish and Norwegian, The Whalers was helpfully fitted out with English subtitles for its 1942 American run.
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Cast
36 people
Allan Bohlin
Allan Blom
Known for
Crisis
Tutta Rolf
Sonja Jensen
Also in
A Little Flirt
Sara Learns Manners
Gunnar Fischer
Anders Henrikson
Known for
Miss Julie
Prison
Weyler Hildebrand
Also in
New Order at Sjogarda
Adolf Armstarke
Oscar Egede-Nissen
Olav Lykke
Also in
Gypsy
Maimed
Torsten Lundqvist
Oscar Rosander
Tancred Ibsen
Hauk Aabel
Jensen Sr.
Also in
Alexander the Great
A Happy Boy
Per-Olof Pettersson
Karl Holter
Captain of Kosmos II
Also in
Gullfjellet
Trysil-Knut
Tancred Ibsen Director · Anders Henrikson Director Torsten Lundqvist Writer
United States release October 24, 1942 · Produced in Sweden · Original title Valfångare
Production
SF Studios
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Valfångare
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · November 9, 1939
Theatrical
United States · October 24, 1942
Denmark
February 5, 1940
Finland
October 27, 1940
France
November 12, 1947
Germany
March 26, 1941
XC
March 29, 1946 · Theatrical · Re-release
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