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Swedish cinema: 1920s
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
Anthony Asquith
One night, a convict escapes from Dartmoor prison and races across open countryside towards a remote farm cottage. Unaware of the trouble that is coming her way, the young woman inside this solitary building is putting her child to bed...
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Anthony Asquith
The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Tired of working for others, Tore finally decides to take over his father's rundown farm and restore it to its former glory...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Erotikon (1920)
Mauritz Stiller
Professor Leo Charpentier is an eminent entomologist who is far more interested in the mating habits of insects that in his wife's conjugal needs...
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Mauritz Stiller
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
Benjamin Christensen
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, witches have predominated in folklore, these being the likely instigators of all the ills and mishaps that afflict mankind...
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Benjamin Christensen
Johan (1921)
Mauritz Stiller
Johan, a surly middle-aged woodcutter, decides to marry a young orphan girl, Marit, against the wishes of his domineering mother...
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Mauritz Stiller
The Parson's Widow (1920)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In the 17th century, Söfren, a young seminary graduate, and Mari, his attractive fiancée, make their way across country to a little Norwegian village which is need of a new parson... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In the 17th century, Söfren, a young seminary graduate, and Mari, his attractive fiancée, make their way across country to a little Norwegian village which is need of a new parson... [More...]
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Victor Sjöström
As she lies on her deathbed one New Year's eve, salvation army worker Edit insists that a man named David Holm be brought to her... [More...]
Victor Sjöström
As she lies on her deathbed one New Year's eve, salvation army worker Edit insists that a man named David Holm be brought to her... [More...]
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924)
Mauritz Stiller
A young Swedish priest, Gösta Berling, is defrocked when his liking for the demon drink is discovered by his congregation... [More...]
Mauritz Stiller
A young Swedish priest, Gösta Berling, is defrocked when his liking for the demon drink is discovered by his congregation... [More...]
Secret of the Monastery (1920)
Victor Sjöström
In the 17th century, two weary travellers arrive at a remote monastery and are invited to spend the night there. They are curious about the origins of the monastery, so, reluctantly, the kindly old monk who shows them to their room recounts the tragic tale that led to founding of the religious establishment... [More...]
Victor Sjöström
In the 17th century, two weary travellers arrive at a remote monastery and are invited to spend the night there. They are curious about the origins of the monastery, so, reluctantly, the kindly old monk who shows them to their room recounts the tragic tale that led to founding of the religious establishment... [More...]