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directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring

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, Mary Johnson, Pauline Brunius, and Hugo Björne. The film's original Swedish title is ''Gunnar Hedes saga'', which means "The story of Gunnar Hede". The narrative revolves a student who tries to save his family's mansion which is facing bankruptcy. The film is loosely based on the Selma Lagerlöf novel '' The Tale of a Manor''.

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AB Svensk Filmindustri (SF) had initially tried to make a film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's '' The Tale of a Manor'' in 1915, and Gustaf Molander had developed a screenplay. The film was however cancelled. In the early 1920s the plans were revived and the project was given to Mauritz Stiller, who is credited as writer together with the Finnish-Swedish author Alma Söderhjelm. The screenplay differs from the original story in several regards, and the opening titles call it a "free adaptation" of the novel. Just like Stiller had done when he made his previous Lagerlöf adaptation, ''

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'', and

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had done with his, Stiller travelled to Lagerlöf and presented the screenplay to have it approved. Lagerlöf was however deeply dissatisfied with the liberties Stiller had taken, and the production company had to convince her to not denounce the film publicly. The film was produced through AB Svensk Filminspelning, a subsidiary of SF which only existed from 1922 to 1923.

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was originally cast in the role of Gunnar Hede, but was replaced by Einar Hanson soon before production started. This was Einar Hanson's first leading role in a film. Principal photography took place between February and June 1922 in the

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studios. Exteriors were shot in the surrounding area,

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, and Kallsjön in

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Release

The film premiered on 1 January 1923. The film was sold to 17 markets abroad, which was significantly fewer than Stiller's five previous films. ''The Blizzard'' is partially lost; only about two thirds of the original film are still known to exist.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blizzard, The 1923 drama films 1923 films Films based on Swedish novels Films based on works by Selma Lagerlöf Films directed by Mauritz Stiller Swedish silent feature films Swedish drama films Swedish black-and-white films Silent drama films

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