
Steel
1940, Swedish. Directed by Per Lindberg.
The Forshyttan steel-mill has been owned by the Ancker family for generations. But competition is hard. When the son Bengt Ancker comes back from abroad he has an idea for success: a lighter steel with better quality. But a lot of money is necessary to develop his idea and the only way to raise the necessary capital is to sell the company to their competitor - Manchester Steel Company. But the workers are concerned that this could threaten their job-security
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Swedish
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Cast & crew
- Per LindbergDirector
- Tore SvennbergAnker
- Signe HassoMargit
- Olof WidgrenBengt Anker
- Carl StrömGouveng Sr.
- Karin SwanströmMrs. Gouveng
- Georg RydebergGöran Gouveng
- Gunnar SjöbergLars Gouveng
- Gudrun BrostAina Gouveng
- Karl-Magnus ThulstrupDr. Ramm
- Erik 'Bullen' BerglundRepresentative
- John EricssonBång, blacksmith
- Richard Lund(uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 18 February 1940
- Original title
- Stål
- Country
- Sweden
- Written by
- Ragnar Allberg, Bertil Lundquister, Rudolf Värnlund
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How long is Steel?
Steel runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Which OTT platform is Steel on?
Steel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 February 1940. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Steel?
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Who directed Steel?
Steel (1940) was directed by Per Lindberg and stars Tore Svennberg, Signe Hasso, Olof Widgren.