Hand-Picked Alternatives Movies That Echo the Spirit of Fänrik Stål...

Dir: John W. Brunius

Film adaptation of the novel "A Gyurkovics-fiúk' by author Ferenc Herczeg, starring Gösta Ekman in the lead role, and featuring opera singer Emile Stiebel.

Dir: John W. Brunius

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

Young Jörgen Steenfeld is the heir of the estate Steensgaard and unable to clear up its finances. He is being looked after by his old friend, "Mästerkatten".

Dir: John W. Brunius

A divorced woman takes matters into her own hands and destroys her late ex-husband's will, to ensure that their daughter receives her rightful inheritance. Will her efforts be for naught? Based on "Lille Rødhætte" by Henrik Pontoppidan.

Dir: John W. Brunius

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

Ernst Rolf is married to Josefina, a once sweet woman who has become a shrew and nag. He fantasizes about other women and if given the opportunity, will he act upon the temptation to cheat on his wife?

Dir: René Plaissetty

A 'coward' resigns his commission and poses as an Arab to save his former comrades.

Dir: John W. Brunius

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Åh, i morron kväll perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the ethereal Mary Johnson.

Dir: Wallace Worsley

An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.

Dir: Franklin B. Coates

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

Depicts Jesse James' return home to Missouri after the Civil War hoping to live a life of peace, but is falsely accused of robbing a bank. He is forced to take up a life of crime by being branded an outlaw. Crimes are commited and blamed on him, his family is maimed by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, but all the while James is able to perform charitable acts to citizens. James is finally assasinated by Bob Ford. All told in a flashback style by Jesse James Jr. to a eastern baeu asking for his daughters' hand in marrage.

Dir: John W. Brunius

The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. In the midst of a dance number goes suddenly all the lights out. In the confusion that arises one of the elegant guests is deprived of her jewelry.

Dir: John W. Brunius

Synnöve lives with her parents at the farm Solbakken on a sunny hill. Thorbjörn, who lives at Granliden in the shadow of a big mountain, often looks wistfully up to Solbakken. As teenagers they meet and fall in love. Another boy, Knud Nordhaug, is also yearning for Synnöve. Together with some companions he bullies Thorbjörn, who knocks them down. When Knud meets Synnöve's father, he gets him to believe that it is Thorbjörn who is the bully. Synnöve's parents forbid her to meet Thorbjörn henceforth. Some years later Knud proposes to Synnöve, but is turned down. At Midsummer Eve Thorbjörn and Synnöve meet secretly. They renew their love-vows, and Thorbjörn promises to develop a better reputation in the village. When Thorbjörn is driving a loaded cart to the town, the wagon breaks down. As the Nordhaug farm is nearby, he goes there to lend a new wagon. Knud sees Thorbjörn and starts a fight. When Thorbjörn turns away, Knud stabs a knife in his back. For many weeks Thorbjörn hovers between life and death. Ultimately he rises from the bed, but as a changed man, open for reconciliation.