''The Mill'' (Swedish: ''Kvarnen'') is a 1921 Swedish silent

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directed by John W. Brunius and starring

Anders de Wahl Anders de Wahl, (9 March 1869 – 9 March 1956) was a Swedish actor. Biography He was the son of the music director Oscar de Wahl (1832–1873) and opera singer Anna Lundström de Wahl (1844–1889). de Wahl was a student at the Royal Dramati ...

Emmy Albiin Emmy Axelina Svensson (9 June 1873 – 24 May 1959), known as Emmy Albiin, was a Swedish stage and film actress.Wright p.65 A character actress, she appeared in around sixty Swedish films. Selected filmography * '' A Lover in Pawn'' (1920) * ' ...

and

Gösta Cederlund Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. He married to actress Anna-Lisa Ryding s ...

.Sadoul p.32 It is based on the 1896 novel Møllen by the 1917

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winning Danish author Karl Gjellerup. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gustaf Hallén.

Cast

as Jacob Clausen *

as Kristina *

Bengt Lindström Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (September 3, 1925, Berg Municipality — January 29, 2008, Sundsvall) was a Sweden, Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, ofte ...

as Hans * Clara Kjellblad as Lise * Ellen Dall as Anne *

as Farm-hand *

Nils Lundell Nils Lundell (23 December 1889 – 11 July 1943) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1917 and 1943. Selected filmography * '' Karin Daughter of Ingmar'' (1920) * '' The Mill'' (1921) * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * '' ...

as Lise's Brother *

Gösta Hillberg Nils Fredrik Gösta Hillberg (28 July 1877 – 30 March 1958) was a Swedish actor. Hillberg first worked at Vasateatern, Svenska teater and Sydsvenska skådebanan, he also worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Hillberg was born in Finland. He w ...

as Forest Warden

References

Bibliography

* Hjort, Mette & Lindqvist, Ursula. ''A Companion to Nordic Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. * Sadoul, Georges. ''Dictionary of Film Makers''. University of California Press, 1972.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 drama films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by John W. Brunius 1920s Swedish-language films Silent Swedish drama films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub