Karl Gerhard – the Jazz Boy

Micro portrait of Karl Gerhard, Swedish revue-writer and variety artist who recounted and commented Swedish society and politics from the 1910s to the 1960s in more than 3.000 couplets. The film was produced for a film series called ”Russin” (Raisins), for the Sveriges Television SVT, Swedish public television. Duration: 3 minutes.

Direction, script, editing, post production: Carl Myrén. Project manager, Sveriges Television: Sonja Döhre. Archival footage: Sveriges Television. Production: Myrén Film for Sveriges Television.