Masterpiece Selection Resonating with the Themes of A Man There Was: Cult Guide

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Ejvind and his family are in need of food. So Ejvind seeks help from the rich priest next door. He refuses to help. Ejvind then steals a sheep from the priest, he is caught. But he escapes from prison, and becomes an outlaw.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Havsgamar perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A man and his adult son are caught smuggling by a customs officer, who dies in the ensuing struggle. The arrival of the dead officer's son sets a whole new chain of events in motion.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Girl from the Marsh Croft perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The action takes place at a seaside resort. The artist Armand, the widow Gaspard and her daughter Estelle, as well as the disguised abbot Prevost, trying to get Armand to go to the monastery.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Miraklet: Tavlor ur det katolska samfundslivet perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The story of two men and their rivalry for the attention of a dancer, and the events that follow.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Therèse is a young woman who has married an older man to be able to live a wealthier life.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Livets konflikter perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A pawnbroker, widely despised, called Mästerman is the subject of tales of terror and cruelty. In his profession, he is merciless.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Dr Monro is found dead in his home. Three people are testifying before the police about what happened.