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Swedish cinema: 1910s

A Man There Was (1917)
Victor Sjöström

On the wave-lashed coast of Norway there lives a man who is never comfortable on land, preferring instead a life of danger and excitement on the open sea...   [More...]

Ingeborg Holm (1913)
Victor Sjöström

Sven and Ingeborg Holm are a happily married couple with three young children. By scrimping and scraping they have saved enough money so that, with the help of a loan, they can open a small grocer's shop in Stockholm...   [More...]

The Lass from the Stormy Croft (1917)
Victor Sjöström

In a close-knit Swedish farming community, Helga Nilsdotter becomes a social outcast when she bears an illegitimate child...   [More...]

The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
Victor Sjöström

Iceland, in the mid-18th century. Kari is an itinerant labourer who persuades a wealthy widow, Halla, to give him work on her farm...   [More...]

Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
Mauritz Stiller

In 16th century Sweden, King Johan III decrees that the Scottish mercenaries who are plotting against him are to be expelled from the country and their commanders incarcerated...   [More...]

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