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Miraklet I Viskan
''The Miracle'' () is a 1913 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is based on the 1894 novel ''Lourdes'' by Émile Zola. Cast *Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson as Aunt Gaspard *Clara Pontoppidan as Aunt Gaspard's daughter *Carlo Wieth as Armand Armand, artist *John Ekman as Father Prévost *Justus Hagman as Jean *Axel Wesslau as Jatho *Carl Borin *Alfred Lundberg Alfred Lundberg (5 April 1852 – 11 April 1935) was a Swedish stage and silent film actor. He appeared in 24 films between 1914 and 1930. He was the father of the actress Signe Lundberg-Settergren. Selected filmography * '' The Strike'' ( ... References External links * * 1913 films 1913 drama films 1910s Swedish films 1910s Swedish-language films Films based on works by Émile Zola Films directed by Victor Sjöström Films set in Gotland County Silent Swedish drama films Swedish black-and-white films Swedish silent feature films Swedish-language drama films {{191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Sjöström
Victor David Sjöström (; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the Silent film, silent era; his best known films include ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1921), ''He Who Gets Slapped (film), He Who Gets Slapped'' (1924), and ''The Wind (1928 film), The Wind'' (1928). Sjöström was Sweden's most prominent director in the "Golden Age of Silent Film" in Europe. Later in life, he played the leading role in Ingmar Bergman's ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'' (1957). Early life Victor David Sjöström was born on 20 September 1879 in Årjäng/Årjäng Municipality, Silbodal, in the Värmland region of Sweden. He was only a year old when his father, Olof Adolf Sjöström, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York. His mother died in 1886, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Films
1913 was a particularly fruitful year for film as an art form, and is often cited one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1917. The year was one where filmmakers of several countries made great artistic advancements, producing notable pioneering masterpieces such as ''The Student of Prague'' (Stellan Rye), ''Suspense'' (Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber), ''Atlantis'' (August Blom), ''Raja Harischandra'' (D. G. Phalke), ''Juve contre Fantomas'' (Louis Feuillade), ''Quo Vadis?'' (Enrico Guazzoni), ''Ingeborg Holm'' (Victor Sjöström), ''The Mothering Heart'' (D. W. Griffith), ''Ma l’amor mio non muore!'' (Mario Caserini), ''L’enfant de Paris'' (Léonce Perret) and ''Twilight of a Woman's Soul'' (Yevgenii Bauer). Events * January 1 – The British Board of Film Censors is established. * April 21 – The first full-length Indian (and Marathi) feature film '' Raja Harishchandra'' (silent) has its première (public release May 3). * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Black-and-white Films
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Silent Swedish Drama Films
Silent may mean: People * Brandon Silent (born 1973), South African former footballer * Charles Silent (1842-1918), German-born American jurist * List of people known as the Silent Music * Silent (band), a Brazilian rock band * The Silents, an Australian psychedelic rock band * Silent, a song by Gerald Walker, from the album I Remember When This All Meant Something... Other uses * Silent film, a film with no sound * Dark (broadcasting) or silent, an off-air radio or TV station * Air Energy AE-1 Silent, a German self-launching ultralight sailplane * Buffalo Silents, a 1920s exhibition basketball team whose members were deaf and/or mute * Silent Pool, a lake in Surrey, United Kingdom * Silent (TV series), a 2022 Japanese television drama See also * Silent Generation, a demographic cohort between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers * Silent letter, a letter in a word which is not pronounced * Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 30th president of the United States, nicknamed "Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Gotland County
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Émile Zola
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and texti ... that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s Swedish-language Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Han emperors, and then destroy Luoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Drama Films
Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 – First Balkan War: Greece completes its Battle of Chios (1912), capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 18 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Enver Pasha comes to power. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Lundberg
Alfred Lundberg (5 April 1852 – 11 April 1935) was a Swedish stage and silent film actor. He appeared in 24 films between 1914 and 1930. He was the father of the actress Signe Lundberg-Settergren. Selected filmography * '' The Strike'' (1914) * '' A Good Girl Keeps Herself in Good Order'' (1914) * '' Hearts That Meet'' (1914) * ''A Fortune Hunter'' (1921) * '' Life in the Country'' (1924) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1925) * '' 40 Skipper Street'' (1925) * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (Swedish language, Swedish original title: , , or year 2007 translation ) is an epic poem written in Swedish by the Finland-Swedish author Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland. It was published in two ...'' (1926) * '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928) * '' Charlotte Löwensköld'' (1930) References External links * 1852 births 1935 deaths Swedish male stage actors Swedish male film actors Swedish male silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Elvestad
Sven Elvestad (7 September 1884 – 18 December 1934) was a Norwegian journalist and author. He is best known for his detective stories, which were published under the pen name Stein Riverton and translated into several languages, including German and English. Elvestad was born Kristoffer Elvestad Svendsen, in Fredrikshald (now Halden), a small town near the Swedish border. After, as a young office boy, embezzling money from his employer, he changed his name and started a new life as a journalist in Kristiania (Oslo). As a reporter, he often staged his own sensations. Among his most famous stunts, was spending a day in a circus lion's cage. But he was also the first foreign reporter to interview Adolf Hitler (whom he, despite his fascist sympathies, described as "a dangerous man"). He started writing crime stories, first as semi-documentary reports from the view of the reporter or as told by the retired police detective ''Asbjørn Krag'' (modelled on one or two well-known polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
