''Thora van Deken'' is a 1920 Swedish silent

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directed by

John W. Brunius John Wilhelm Brunius (26 December 1884 – 16 December 1937) was a Swedish actor, scriptwriter and film director. Biography In 1902, he became a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. After studying abroad, he was employed at the Dramaten in ...

and starring

Pauline Brunius Pauline Brunius, née ''Emma Maria Pauline Lindstedt'' (10 February 1881 in Stockholm – 30 March 1954 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor, screenwriter and film and theatre director. She was the managing director of the Royal Dra ...

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 ...

and

Gösta Ekman Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director. Career Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented t ...

.Sadoul p.32 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 ...

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 ...

and

Gustaf Hallén Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ...

Cast

as Thora van Deken *

as Niels Engelstoft * Jessie Wessel as Esther Engelstoft *

as Bjerring *

Gösta Cederlund Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. Selected filmography * '' A Dangerous Wooing'' ( ...

as Lars Sidenius * Oscar Johansson as Brandt *

Sam Ask Sam Ask (16 October 1878 – 15 July 1937) was a Swedish screenwriter and actor.Glavin p.211 He also directed the 1928 silent comedy film ''Erik XIV''. Ask was a long-time student at Lund University, and enrolled as a law student in 1897 although ...

as Sandberg * Mathilda Caspér as Housekeeper *

Ellen Dall Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: *Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress *Ellen A ...

as Sofie Brandt * Louise Eneman-Wahlberg as Nurse *

Bengt Lindström Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (September 3, 1925, Berg Municipality — January 29, 2008, Sundsvall) was a Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, often includ ...

as En pojke ca 4 ar

References

Bibliography

* Sadoul, Georges. ''Dictionary of Film Makers''. University of California Press, 1972.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by John W. Brunius 1920s Swedish-language films Silent Swedish drama films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub