''The Emperor of Portugallia'' (Swedish: ''Kejsarn av Portugallien'') is a 1944 Swedish
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Gustaf Molander
Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, ''née'' Wessler, and his brother ...
and starring
Victor Sjöström
Victor David Sjöström (; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in ...
,
Gunn Wållgren
Gunn Wållgren (born Gunnel Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren; ; 16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress.
Considered one of Sweden's better actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting and her inne ...
and
Karl-Arne Holmsten
Karl-Arne Holmsten (14 August 1911 – 22 February 1995) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1968. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden and died in Lidingö, Sweden.
Selected filmography
* ''Emilie Högqu ...
.
[Qvist & Von Bagh p.115] It was shot at the
Råsunda Studios
Filmstaden was a film studio situated in Råsunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 on the basis of designs by Swedish architec ...
in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
and
on location in the city's
Old Town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...
and the province of
Värmland
Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are ''Va ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Nils Svenwall
Nils Svenwall (1918–2005) was a Swedish art director.Cowie p.199
Selected filmography
* ''Ride Tonight!'' (1942)
* ''Night in Port'' (1943)
* '' Little Napoleon'' (1943)
* ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944)
* ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' ...
and
Arne Åkermark
Arne Åkermark (1902–1962) was a Swedish art director who worked on around a hundred and eighty films during a thirty-year career.
In 1948 Åkermark was employed in Britain for Ealing Studios epic '' Scott of the Antarctic''.Barr p.199
Selec ...
. It is based on the 1914
novel of the same title by
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, ''Gösta Berling's Saga'', at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Pr ...
, which had previously been adapted into the 1925 American silent film ''
The Tower of Lies
''The Tower of Lies'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It was written by Agnes Christine Johnston and Max Marcin, based upon Selma Lagerlöf's 1914 novel '' The Emperor of Portugallia'' (MGM actually purchased ...
''.
Cast
*
Victor Sjöström
Victor David Sjöström (; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in ...
as Jan i Skrolycka
*
Gunn Wållgren
Gunn Wållgren (born Gunnel Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren; ; 16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress.
Considered one of Sweden's better actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting and her inne ...
as Klara Fina Gulleborg
*
Karl-Arne Holmsten
Karl-Arne Holmsten (14 August 1911 – 22 February 1995) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1968. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden and died in Lidingö, Sweden.
Selected filmography
* ''Emilie Högqu ...
as August där Nol
*
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 Mor i Falla
*
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 Agrippa Prästberg
*
Holger Löwenadler
Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include ...
as Lars Gunnarsson
*
Märta Ekström
Märta Valborg Ekström (28 January 1899 – 23 January 1952) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Charles XII'' (1925)
* ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925)
*'' The Doctor's Secret'' (1930)
* '' The Two of Us'' (1930 ...
as Katrin
*
Marianne Löfgren
Marianne Löfgren (24 February 1910 – 4 September 1957) was a Swedish actress. She played in Åke Ohberg's ''Elvira Madigan'' (1943), director Ingmar Bergman's debut ''Crisis'' in 1946, Hasse Ekman's '' Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) and i ...
as Jenny
*
Sture Lagerwall
Sture Lagerwall (13 December 1908 – 1 November 1964) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Stockholm, and died in Limhamn, Sweden, in 1964.
Selected filmography
...
as Johan Agaton Holm
*
Hugo Björne
Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor.
Biography
Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalmar ...
as Captain of Lübeck Ship
*
Carl Ström
Carl Ström (18 June 1888 – 18 November 1957) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1923 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''Iron Will'' (1923)
* '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928)
* ''Cavaliers of the Crown'' (1930)
* ...
as Erik i Falla
*
Sten Lindgren as Member of Parliament
*
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 Lovén
*
Erland Colliander
Erland is a Nordic given name with several possible origins. It is typically believed to come from the Old Norse or , meaning ''foreigner''. Other possible origins are and the Proto-Norse words * (''here'') and * (''noble'', ''important''). The ...
as Börje
*
Carl-Gunnar Wingård
Carl-Gunnar Wingård (27 February 1894 – 20 January 1977) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1919 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1922)
* '' New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923)
* '' Her Lit ...
as Bergström
*
Olof Sandborg
Olof Sandborg (April 30, 1884 in Göteborg – March 26, 1965 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1962.
Filmography
* '' Blodets röst'' (1913)
* '' Lady Marions sommarflirt'' (1913)
* ''Svärmo ...
as Swartling
*
Carl Deurell
Carl Deurell (1868–1962) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Fromell p.177
Selected filmography
* '' Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström'' (1923)
* ''The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924)
* ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926)
* '' Tired Theodor ...
as Captain
*
Josua Bengtson
Josua Bengtson (10 January 1882 – 15 December 1958) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Steene p.393 He appeared prolifically as a character actor in the theatre and in Swedish cinema following his debut during the silent era. Some of his final ...
as Vicar
*
Gösta Bodin
Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Gösta may refer to:
People
* Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
* Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier
* Gösta Andersson (wrestle ...
as Man at the brothel
*
Eric Gustafson as Chef on the boat
*
John Elfström
Per Johan "John" Hilding Elfström (20 April 1902 – 27 March 1981) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 120 films. He was born in Ovansjö, Sweden and died in Täby, Sweden. He starred in the Åsa-Nisse series of films.
Sel ...
as Farmer in the grocery store
*
Birger Åsander
Birger Åsander (13 July 1909 – 17 January 1984) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1938 and 1980.
Selected filmography
* ''Career'' (1938)
* '' Imprisoned Women'' (1943)
* ''The Brothers' ...
as Boy in the grocery store
*
Torsten Lilliecrona
Torsten Lilliecrona (4 January 1921 – 15 October 1999) was a Swedish actor. He is mostly famous for his role as Melker Melkersson in the highly successful TV show '' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (Life on Seacrow Island) for which Astrid Lindgren w ...
as Boy in the grocery store
*
Axel Högel as Supervisor on the boat
*
Erik Forslund
Erik Forslund (22 October 1878 – 12 March 1960) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1931 and 1956.
Selected filmography
* ''A Stolen Waltz'' (1932)
* '' Secret Svensson'' (1933)
* ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933)
* ...
as Party guest
*
Anders Nyström
Anders Nyström (born 22 April 1975), also known as Blakkheim (or formerly Blackheim), is a Swedish musician.
Biography
Nyström founded the Swedish metal band Katatonia with singer Jonas Renkse in 1991. Nyström is involved in the songwriti ...
as August aged 12
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
* Steene, Birgitta. ''Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide''. Amsterdam University Press, 2005.
External links
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Swedish drama films
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1940s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Gustaf Molander
Films based on Swedish novels
Remakes of American films
Films shot in Stockholm
Films set in the 19th century
1940s historical films
Swedish historical films
Films based on works by Selma Lagerlöf
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