Underground Favorites Parallel to the Artistry of Therese: Cult Guide

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

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Gatans barn 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

The sailor John gets married and becomes a painting artist.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

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

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.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

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

Financial struggles separate a single mother from her children.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

The widower Stensson lives a happy life on his farm with his two children.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

An old poor man steals some wood and gets sentenced to 1 1/2 years of hard labor.

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.