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Tösen från Stormyrtorpet
(The Girl from the Marsh Croft)
Also known as The Woman He Chose in the United Kingdom; The Girl from Stormy Croft in the USA : [The Girl from the Marshcroft]
(1917) Sweden
B&W : [?] Feature film?
Directed by Victor Sjöström Victor Sjostrom Victor Seastrom
Cast: Greta Almroth [Helga], Karin Molander [Hildur], Lars Hanson [Gudmund Erlandsson], [?] Gösta Cederbladh or Gösta Cederlund? [Per Månsson], Edla Rothgardt [Månsson’s wife], William Larsson [Helga’s father], Thekla Borg (Tekla Borgh) [Helga’s mother], Georg Blomstedt [Hildur’s father], Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson [Hildur’s mother], Hjalmar Selander [Gudmund’s father], Concordia Selander [Gudmund’s mother], Nils Aréhn [judge], Josua Bengstedt [constable]
Svenska Biografteatern Aktiebolaget production; distributed by [?] Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå? / Produced by Charles Magnusson. Scenario by Ester Juhlin and Victor Sjöström, from the novel Tösen från Stormyrtorpet by Selma Lagerlöf. Production design by Axel Esbensen. Cinematography by Henrik Jaenzon. / Released 10 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production shot from 15 June 1917 through 25 July 1917. The film was released 5 December 1917 in Norway. The film was released 22 May 1918 in Denmark. The film was released 21 October 1918 in Finland. The film was released 4 March 1919 in the USA.
[?] Drama?
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 15 May 2017.
References: Bardèche-History p. 139; Cowie-Swedish-2 pp. 11-12, 154; Forslund-Sjöström p. 277; McIlroy-Sweden pp. 5, 9-10; Shipman-Cinema pp. 61-62 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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