''Life in the Country'' (Swedish: ''Livet på landet'') is a 1924 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

Ivan Hedqvist Ivan Hedqvist (8 June 1880 – 23 August 1935) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.103 He also directed four silent films. Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' Life in the Country'' (1924) * '' Ingmar's Inheritance ...

and starring

Axel Ringvall Axel Ringvall (1860–1927) was a Swedish stage actor and comedian. Towards the end of his career he appeared in several films.Pensel p.80 Selected filmography * '' Lady Marion's Summer Flirtation'' (1913) * '' A Fortune Hunter'' (1921) * '' Li ...

, Hedqvist and

Mona Mårtenson Monica Ingeborg Elisabeth "Mona" Mårtenson (4 May 1902 – 8 July 1956) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1923 and 1949. She was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. Early career Mona grew up in Helsingborg and s ...

. It is based on the classic German novel ''

From My Farming Days ''From My Farming Days'' (Low German: ''Ut mine Stromtid'') is a novel by Fritz Reuter, originally published in three volumes between 1862 and 1864.Goble p.387 Written in Low German, it portrays life in rural Mecklenburg in the 1840s in the context ...

'' by

Fritz Reuter Fritz Reuter (7 November 1810 – 12 July 1874; born as ''Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter'') was a novelist from Northern Germany who was a prominent contributor to Low German literature. Early life Fritz Reuter was born at Stavenha ...

. It is now considered a

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. A second Swedish adaptation of the novel '' Life in the Country'' was produced in 1943. The film's sets were designed by the

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Vilhelm Bryde Vilhelm Bryde (8 April 1888 – 24 April 1974) was a Swedish actor, film producer, and art director. Biography From 1909 to 1911, he was a student at Dramaten. Bryde was an actor at Svenska Teatern in Stockholm (1913-1919). He was director of t ...

Synopsis

A ruthless landowner drives the widowed Karl Hawermann and his daughter Louise from their land.

Cast

as Uncle Zaakarias Bräsig *

as Karl Hawermann *

as Louise Hawermann * Axel Hultman as Pomuchelskopp *

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'' (19 ...

as von Rambow *

Richard Lund Richard Lund (9 July 1885 – 27 September 1960) was a Swedish film and theatre actor. He made his stage debut at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg in 1904 and later appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1952, making his most important ...

as Axel von Rambow *

Renée Björling Renée Björling (10 July 1898 – 4 March 1975) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Lovö, Sweden and died in Täby. Partial filmography * ''Tre indvendige Jomfruer'' (1914) - Daughter * ''The Downy Girl'' (1919) - Anne-Marie Ehi ...

as Frida von Rambow *

Carl Browallius Carl Browallius (born Carl Andersson; 7 June 1868 – 7 November 1944) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Goble p.37 Selected filmography * '' His Lordship's Last Will'' (1919) * '' Karin Daughter of Ingmar'' (1920) * '' The Eyes of Love'' (1922 ...

as Vicar Behrens * Gucken Cederborg as Mrs. Behrens *

Einar Hanson Einar Hanson (; Stockholm, Sweden – ; Santa Monica, California), also known as Einar Hansen, was a Swedish silent film actor. Career Discovered at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre by director Mauritz Stiller, handsome and sophisticated, he w ...

as Frans von Rambow

Preservation status

''Life in the Country'' is considered a lost film, except for a very short fragment that survived in the SVT archive thanks to its inclusion in a newsreel on the occasion of Axel Ringvall's death in 1927.

References

Bibliography

* Tommy Gustafsson. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014.

External links

* * 1924 drama films Silent Swedish drama films 1924 films Films directed by Ivan Hedqvist Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Lost Swedish films 1924 lost films Lost drama films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub