
When the old fisherman Boman drowns on a storm night, his widow and daughter Gerd is left alone in their cabin..

The 1920s in Swedish cinema often feel like a spectral dance between the towering heights of the Sjöström era and the burgeoning populism of the 'Pilsnerfilm' years. Within this ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

William Larsson

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Weyler Hildebrand
Weyler Hildebrand
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1925 · IMDb 5.6


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