''The Monastery of Sendomir'' ( sv, Klostret i Sendomir) is a 1920
Swedish
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drama film
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directed by
Victor Sjöström
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, based on an 1828 short story by
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vien ...
.
It has also been released in the UK as ''The Secret of the Monastery''. A German adaptation of the story ''
The Monastery of Sendomir
''The Monastery of Sendomir'' ( sv, Klostret i Sendomir) is a 1920 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on an 1828 short story by Franz Grillparzer. It has also been released in the UK as ''The Secret of the Monastery''. A Ger ...
'', directed by
Rudolf Meinert
Rudolf Meinert (1882–6 March 1943) was an Austrian screenwriter, film producer and film director, director.
Meinert was born Rudolf Bürstein in Vienna, but worked for most of his career in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He became ...
, had been released the previous year.
Plot
The main part of the film is told in a
flashback by a monk to two visiting noblemen on their way to
Warsaw
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in the 17th century. He tells them how a mighty count named Starschensky once ruled Sendomir (
Sandomierz
Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Provi ...
), but after an intrigue in which his wife was unfaithful with her own cousin he had to use all his resources to build the monastery where they are now staying. At the end it is revealed that the monk is in fact Starschensky himself.
Cast
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Tore Svennberg
Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 – 8 May 1941) was a Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades.
Biography
Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the Folkan Theatre in ...
as Count Starschensky
*
Tora Teje
Tora Teje (17 January 1893 – 30 April 1970) was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.
Filmography
* '' Gubben kommer'' (1939)
* ''Getting Married'' (1926)
* ''The Lady of the Camellias ...
as Elga
*
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 Oginsky
*
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 Dortka
*
Albrecht Schmidt as Manager
* Gun Robertson as Starschensky's Daughter
*
Erik A. Petschler
Erik A. Petschler (September 2, 1881 – December 10, 1945) was a Swedish stage actor, stage and film actor and film director, director. Wallengren p.105-6
Selected filmography
* ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1920)
* ''The Devil and the Smalande ...
as Nobleman
*
Nils Tillberg as Nobleman
* Gustaf Ranft as Abbot
* Yngwe Nyquist as Servant
*
Axel Nilsson
Axel "Acke" Nilsson (12 November 1904 – 22 April 1978) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bandy player, best known for representing Hammarby IF and AIK in all three sports.
A full international between 1930 and 1937, he won eight caps fo ...
as Friar
*
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson (1867 – 15 June 1937) was a Swedish silent film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1913 and 1933.
Selected filmography
* '' The Conflicts of Life'' (1913)
* '' The Miracle'' (1913)
* '' Judge No ...
as Coal Miner's Wife
*
Emil Fjellström
Emil Fjellström (24 October 1884 – 14 July 1944) was a Swedish stage and film actor.
Early life and stage career
Emil Fjellström was born in Näs parish, Östersund Municipality, Jämtland County and grew up in the city of Östersund. Aft ...
as Friar
See also
*''
Confessions of a Monk
''Confessions of a Monk'' (German: ''Die Memoiren eines Mönchs'') is a 1922 Austrian silent drama film written and directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Max Neufeld and Friedrich Feher.Loacker, Armin. ''Kunst der Routine: der ...
'' (1922)
References
External links
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The Monastery of Sendomiravailable for free download at
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1920 films
1920 drama films
Swedish drama films
Swedish silent films
Swedish black-and-white films
Films directed by Victor Sjöström
Films based on short fiction
Films set in the 17th century
Films set in Poland
Films based on works by Franz Grillparzer
1920s Swedish-language films
Silent drama films
1920s Swedish films
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