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It starts with a simple mistake: After quitting her job at the guest
house Paradise for the umpteenth time, Lotta (Maritta Marke) has forgotten
to turn off the flat iron at her workplace, and since she doesn't want to
cause the guest house to burn down, she asks her father Julle (Thor
Modéen), tailor in the neighbouring town, to sneak in at night and turn
it off. Julle does, but trying to leave the guest house, he gets somehow
trapped in a wardrobe instead, and is ultimately caught, and to get out of
the situation he claims to be Argentinian opera singer Don Carlos the
guest house's owner Mrs. Pettersson (Julia Caesar) is expecting any day
now. Now initially this is supposed to be nothing but a short-lived ruse
for Julle to get away at the earliest moment - but then Julle bumps into
one of the Paradise's guests, Baron de Planche (Arthur Fischer), whom
Julle knows to be a fraud and a thief, and yet Mrs. Pettersson has
promised the hand of her daughter Margit (Greta Ericson) to the Baron in
marriage, even though she's in love with inventor and speed boat racer
Eric (Folke Helleberg). So Julle takes it upon himself to impersonate Don
Carlos a little longer, at least until Eric can prove his worth in a boat
race, while trying to evade all situations where he actually has to sing.
Of course all sorts of confusion occur, which include Julle's assistant
(Nils Ericsson) having to dress up as a girl and Lotta being accidently
rehired at the guest house, but after losing her clothes in an accident
having to walk the premises in her underwear. Eventually, too, the real
Don Carlos (Carl Hagman) does show up, but then Julle manages to capture
and expose the Baron as a fraud and win the boat race in Eric's especially
developed boat at the same time, and everything ends happily. Hardly
a filmmaking milestone, this is however a very nicely put together
slightly shallow comedy, and while it breaks no new ground, it stays
entertaining throughout thanks to brisk pacing, a real talent for finding
comical situations, and fun characters ranging from the likeable to the
eccentric that keep one invested. And an able ensemble carries the film
rather beautifully. Now it might not be a film you'll remember for all
that long after watching, but while doing so you'll very probably find
yourself enjoying it.
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