Old Baron of Rautakylä ( fi, Rautakylän vanha paroni, sv, Gamla baron på Rautakylä) is a

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silent horror film made in 1923, written and directed by Carl Fager and produced by

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. The film is based on the novella ''Gamla baron på Rautakylä'' and the play ''Efter femtio år'', both written by

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. The film premiered on April 1, 1923 at the Kino-Palatsi cinema in

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, Finland. ''Old Baron of Rautakylä'' is the very first Finnish horror film ever made.Suomen ensimmäinen kauhuelokuva on kuvattu Herttoniemen kartanossa
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'' (in Finnish) It was filmed at Suomi-Filmi's Vironkatu studio in Helsinki and at the Herttoniemi Manor in the

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district. The film footage of the film has survived, but the

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and original screenplay have lost.

Cast

* Einar Rinne as Baron Gustaf Drakenhjelm * Adolf Lindfors as Baron Magnus Drakenhjelm ** Felix Borg as Young Magnus * Naimi Kari as Lisette Hallström ** Aili Kari as Young Lisette * Axel Slangus as Sebastian Hallström, the son of Lisette and Magnus *

Joel Rinne Toivo Joel Rinne (6 June 1897, Asikkala – 3 December 1981) was a prolific Finnish actor of stage and screen. Among his most memorable film parts was the title role in the Inspector Palmu movie series, which started in 1960's '' Komisario Palmun ...

as Reverend Richard von Dahlen * Emil Lindh as Tuomas, Mrs. Hjelm's driver *

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as servant * Jalo Lesche as farmforker of Rautakylä *

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as Mrs. Ebba Hjelm née Reutercrona ** Catherine Will as Young Ebba * Irja Lindström as courtier * Arna Högdahl as Lotten Ringius, the granddaughter of Ebba * Bruno Aspelin as King Gustav III of Sweden * Knut Weckman as Count Reutercrona * Phyllis Sjöström as Countess Höpkén * Aune Lindström as courtier

References

External links

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RAUTAKYLÄN VANHA PAROONI - Mykkäelokuva
(in Finnish)
Suomalaisen elokuvan festivaali 2001 - kotimainen kauhu
(in Finnish)

(in Finnish) 1923 films 1923 horror films Silent horror films Finnish black-and-white films Finnish horror films Finnish films based on plays Films based on Swedish novels Suomi-Filmi films 1920s rediscovered films {{Silent-film-stub