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Dir: Victor Sjöström

Financial struggles separate a single mother from her children.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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.

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

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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 sailor John gets married and becomes a painting artist.

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.

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

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

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

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Maria lives alone with her alcoholic father in a small cabin in the woods.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A man undergoing a mid-life crises suddenly becomes irresponsible and behaves in reckless manner. His self-destructive habits not only creates havoc in his home life, it leads to other problems.

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.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

Lill-Ingmar is having a troublesome love life with his bride to be Brita.