''Getting Married'' (Swedish: ''Giftas'') is a 1926 Swedish
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Olof Molander
Olof Johan Harald Molander (8 October 1892 – 26 May 1966) was a Sweden, Swedish theatre director, theatre and film director. He was most notable for his many Strindberg and Shakespeare productions. Biography
Molander was born in Helsinki. H ...
and starring
Olof Winnerstrand
Carl Olof Magnus Winnerstrand (26 August 1875 – 16 July 1956) was a Swedish actor.
Biography
Born in a bourgeois home in Stockholm, Winnerstrand was a son of the well-known Stockholm goldsmith and jeweller C.A. Winnerstrand, and started ...
,
Tora Teje
Tora Teje (17 January 1893 – 30 April 1970) was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.
Filmography
* '' Gubben kommer'' (1939)
* ''Getting Married'' (1926)
* ''The Lady of the Camellias ...
and
Hilda Borgström
Hilda Teresia Borgström (13 October 1871 – 2 January 1953) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Biography
Born in 1871 in Stockholm, Borgström made her film debut in 1912. She starred in leading parts in Victor Sjöström's silent film ...
.
[Gustafsson p.109] It is based on the short story collection ''
Getting Married
''Getting Married'' is a play by George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influenc ...
'' by
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
, specifically the story ''A Doll's House'' which he had written is response to
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...
's 1879 play ''
A Doll's House
''A Doll's House'' (Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having bee ...
''.
Cast
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Olof Winnerstrand
Carl Olof Magnus Winnerstrand (26 August 1875 – 16 July 1956) was a Swedish actor.
Biography
Born in a bourgeois home in Stockholm, Winnerstrand was a son of the well-known Stockholm goldsmith and jeweller C.A. Winnerstrand, and started ...
as Paul Rosenkrans
*
Tora Teje
Tora Teje (17 January 1893 – 30 April 1970) was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.
Filmography
* '' Gubben kommer'' (1939)
* ''Getting Married'' (1926)
* ''The Lady of the Camellias ...
as Signe Rosenkrans
*
Hilda Borgström
Hilda Teresia Borgström (13 October 1871 – 2 January 1953) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Biography
Born in 1871 in Stockholm, Borgström made her film debut in 1912. She starred in leading parts in Victor Sjöström's silent film ...
as Annie Behrman
*
Margit Manstad
Margit Manstad (21 July 1902 – 23 March 1996) was a Swedish actress. She was frequently cast in vampish roles.Nordic National Cinemas p. 168
Selected filmography
* ''Anna-Clara and Her Brothers'' (1923)
* '' A Maid Among Maids'' (1924)
* ''Th ...
as Lady from the train
*
Uno Henning
Knut Uno Henning (11 September 1895, Stockholm – 16 May 1970) was a Swedish stage and film actor.
Henning's parents were Karl Bernhard Henning and Eleanor (Ellen) Martin. His father owned a bakery factory.
Henning studied at the Royal Swedis ...
as Lieutenant
*
Mona Geijer-Falkner
Mona Geijer-Falkner (2 January 1887 – 3 December 1973) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''The Rivals'' (1926)
* ''Getting Married'' (1926)
* '' Frida's Songs'' ...
as Annie's maid
*
Einar Axelsson
Einar Axelsson (February 25, 1895–October 30, 1971) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Biography
Einar Rickard Axelsson was born at Lund in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of actors Konstantin and Amelie Axelsson. He was the brother of journali ...
as Student
References
Bibliography
* Gustafsson, Tommy. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014.
External links
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1926 films
1926 drama films
Swedish silent feature films
Swedish black-and-white films
Films directed by Olof Molander
1920s Swedish-language films
Films based on works by August Strindberg
Films based on short fiction
Silent Swedish drama films
1920s Swedish films
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