Gunnar Sommerfeldt (4 September 1890 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish actor and film maker.
In 1919 he directed ''
Saga Borgarættarinnar'', which was released in 1920 and was the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on
Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gunnar Gunnarsson (18 May 1889 – 21 November 1975) was an Icelandic author who wrote mainly in Danish. He grew up, in considerable poverty, on Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur valley and on Ljótsstaðir in Vopnafjörður. During th ...
's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective a ...
's ''
Growth of the Soil
''Growth of the Soil'' (Norwegian ''Markens Grøde'') is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. It follows the story of a man who settles and lives in rural Norway. First published in 1917, it has since been tra ...
'',
which received the
Nobel Prize in Literature
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, image = Nobel Prize.png
, caption =
, awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature
, presenter = Swedish Academy
, holder = Annie Ernaux (2022)
, location = Stockholm, Sweden
, year = 1901
, ...
the year before.
Filmography
Actor
*''
Kærlighed og Mobilisering
''Kærlighed og Mobilisering'' ( en, Put Me Amongst the Girls) is a 1915 Danish silent film directed by Lau Lauritzen Sr. The film stars Frederik Buch and Henny Lauritzen.
Cast
* Frederik Buch - Fuldmægtig Bømler
* Henny Lauritzen - Enkefr ...
'' (1915) - Grev Heinrich von Borgh
*''Nattens gaade'' (1915)
*''Fyrstindens skæbne'' - Alf Hardy (1916)
*''Lotteriseddel No. 22152'' - Belling, Detective (1916)
*''Pro Patria'' (1916)
*''Hotel Paradis'' (1917)
*''Synd skal sones'' (1917)
*''Gillekop'' (1919)
*''Rytterstatuen'' - Baron v. Nobel (1919)
*''
Borgslægtens historie
''Sons of the Soil'' (Danish: ''Borgslægtens historie'', Icelandic: ''Saga Borgarættarinnar'') is a Danish film directed and shot by Gunnar Sommerfeldt in Iceland in 1919, based on the novel by Gunnar Gunnarsson. It was released in 1920, an ...
'' - Ketill aka Gæst (1920) (Iceland)
*''
Growth of the Soil
''Growth of the Soil'' (Norwegian ''Markens Grøde'') is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. It follows the story of a man who settles and lives in rural Norway. First published in 1917, it has since been tra ...
'' - Geissler, lensmannen (1921)
*''Lykkens galoscher'' (1921)
Director
*''Lykkens Pamfilius'' (1917)
*''Borgslægtens historie'' (1920)
*''
Growth of the Soil
''Growth of the Soil'' (Norwegian ''Markens Grøde'') is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. It follows the story of a man who settles and lives in rural Norway. First published in 1917, it has since been tra ...
'' (1921)
*''Lykkens galoscher'' (1921)
Writer
*''
Growth of the Soil
''Growth of the Soil'' (Norwegian ''Markens Grøde'') is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. It follows the story of a man who settles and lives in rural Norway. First published in 1917, it has since been tra ...
'' (1921)
*''Lykkens galoscher'' (1921)
References
External links
*
Gunnar Sommerfeldt - Danmark Nationalfilmografiat dnfx.dfi.dk
Danish male actors
Danish male silent film actors
20th-century Danish male actors
Danish male film actors
Danish film directors
1890 births
1947 deaths
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