''The Poetry of Ådalen'' (Swedish: ''Ådalens poesi'') is a 1928 Swedish silent

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directed by

Theodor Berthels Theodor Berthels (born Bertil Teodor Jonsson; 16 June 1892 – 21 October 1951) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director.Qvist & von Bagh p.181 Selected filmography * ''The Secret of the Duchess'' (1923) * '' Flickan från Paradiset'' ...

and starring

Mathias Taube Mathias ″Mattis″ Taube (21 September 1876 – 23 June 1934) was a Swedish actor and artist. Taube made his film debut in 1916, and came to participate in more than 20 films. Biography Mathias Taube was born in Lindesberg on 21 September 1 ...

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and Jessie Wessel.Gustafsson p.93 It was later remade into a 1947 film of the same title.

Cast

as Ortorpsfar *

as Markus hustru * Jessie Wessel as Sago-Gunnel *

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 Greger Anner * Eric Laurent as Ingvar *

Alf Sjöberg Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish theatre director, theatre and film director. He won the Palme d'Or, Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment (1944 film), Torment ...

as Gunvard *

Solveig Hedengran Solveig Hedengran (26 April 1910 – 29 April 1956) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She appeared in about 30 films between 1919 and 1956. Selected filmography * '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''German Women - German Faithfulness'' (1 ...

as Ingjerd, Ingvars dotter som vuxen * Allan Egnell as Sigge Alm, skald *

Joel Jansson Joel Jansson (10 July 1924 to 15 February 2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Jansson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship. He rode ...

as Dräng på Ortorpsgården *

as Präst * Mats Sjödin as Ingjerd som treåring

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films Swedish drama films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Theodor Berthels Silent drama films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub