A Handful of Rice (1940)
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.
Directors: Pál Fejős, Gunnar Skoglund.
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Hugo Björne as Mr. Svensson |
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Gerda Björne as Mrs. Svensson |
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Sol-Britt Agerup as Majken |
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Gunnar Höglund as Svensson, boy |
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Jean Claesson as |
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Pó Chai as The man |
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Leonard Bucknall Eyre as Narrator (U.S. version) (voice) |
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Mé Ying as The woman |
| Directing | Pál Fejős | Director |
| Directing | Gunnar Skoglund | Director |
| Sound | Gunnar Jonason | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jules Sylvain | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gustaf Boge | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gunnar Skoglund | Editor |