Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

1945 · 86 min · ★ 5.1 · Comedy

An out-of-work musician is desperate for work and when his best friend sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the character Märta Letterström and joins the trio at a small-town hotel. But being a woman is not as easy as you think.

Directed by Hasse Ekman · Written by Hasse Ekman

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