A Man There Was

A Man There Was 1917

7.03

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

1917

Sir Arne's Treasure

Sir Arne's Treasure 1919

7.10

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

1919

The Outlaw and His Wife

The Outlaw and His Wife 1918

7.20

A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.

1918

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Song of the Scarlet Flower 1919

5.60

The son of a wealthy farmer loves a simple maid, for which he's booted out of the house by his father.

1919

Ingeborg Holm

Ingeborg Holm 1913

6.75

After Ingeborg Holm's husband becomes sick and dies, the family's small grocery store fails, Ingeborg becomes bankrupt, and she is forced to move to the workhouse. Her three children go to foster homes. Ingeborg simply must see them again.

1913

The Miracle

The Miracle 1913

1

Based on the novel Lourdes by Émile Zola.

1913

Bra flicka reder sig själv

Bra flicka reder sig själv 1914

1

Ruth has had a happy childhood until her family falls on hard time. Not wishing to be a burden she decides to get a job but she's having a hard time getting one until she gets the idea to dress up as a boy and get a job as a milkman.

1914

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great 1917

5.00

In a small provincial town there is a hotel run by one of those eccentric cooks of long ago who made generous meals that have nothing in common with the extravagant restaurateurs of nowadays and their meagre menus. The manager is named after Alexander the Great and in his restaurant the town bourgeoisie meet and discuss various issues, especially matters of the heart. Morals are part of the conversations and prove to be complicated issues even for strict and serious Nordics. 28 minutes of runtime are missing and presumed lost.

1917

Brother Against Brother

Brother Against Brother 1913

5.00

Two brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.

1913

Sons of Ingmar

Sons of Ingmar 1919

6.60

Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.

1919

The Sea Vultures

The Sea Vultures 1916

6.10

Two smugglers meet two customs officers at sea, and happen to kill them. The story continues fifteen years later when a son of one of the officers and a smuggler's daughter fall in love with each other.

1916

New York 1911

New York 1911 1911

5.10

This documentary travelogue of New York City was made by a team of cameramen with the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern, who were sent around the world to make pictures of well-known places.

1911

Gunnar Hede's Saga

Gunnar Hede's Saga 1923

6.50

Gunnar Hede is raised by a strict mother, who wants him to become respectable to match his family’s wealth. He is more interested in his grandfather, who started as an itinerant violin player, but got rich by leading a herd of wild reindeer south to market. He falls for a violinist working with a married couple of traveling performers and renounces his fortune to go with them. He then tries to earn a fortune by driving reindeer to market, but it doesn’t work out and he goes insane. He is finally restored to sanity by the violinist when she returns with the performers.

1923

Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

Karin, Daughter of Ingmar 1920

5.60

Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's large-scale adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem, following Sons of Ingmar from the year before, and depicting chapter three and four from the novel. The critical reception was however unenthusiastic and Sjöström decided to not direct any more parts.

1920

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

The Girl from the Marsh Croft 1917

6.00

A 1917 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1913 novel by Selma Lagerlöf. It was the first in a series of successful Lagerlöf adaptions by Sjöström, made possible by a deal between Lagerlöf and A-B Svenska Biografteatern (later AB Svensk Filmindustri) to adapt at least one Lagerlöf novel each year. Lagerlöf had for many years denied any proposal to let her novels be adapted for film, but after seeing Sjöström's Terje Vigen she finally decided to give her allowance.

1917

The Governor's Daughters

The Governor's Daughters 1915

1

An important man's death brings forth a secret, revealing a daughter from another woman, previously unknown to his wife - and bringing about the meeting of the two sisters.

1915

Livets konflikter

Livets konflikter 1913

1

The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.

1913

Children of the Streets

Children of the Streets 1914

1

Karl Sterner falls for Jenny, a beautiful young woman from an impoverished background, and soon discovers that he cannot control her willful personality - which proves to cause many conflicts in their marriage.

1914

Johan

Johan 1921

6.00

On a farm in up-country Sweden, an enigmatic stranger comes to a conservative peasant community and seduces a farmer's wife.

1921

Saints and Sorrows

Saints and Sorrows 1914

1

Maria lives with her alcoholic father in a cabin the forest. One day she is seduced by the local land owner after he gives her a ring. Shortly afterwards he decides to leave the area and travel to Stockholm.

1914