''Synnöve Solbakken'' is a Swedish silent film from 1919 directed by John W. Brunius. The screenplay was written by Brunius and

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. It is based on

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

's 1857 novel '' Synnøve Solbakken''. The novel was adapted for film two additional times in Sweden (in 1934 and 1957).

Filming

The film was shot in the summer of 1919 at the Skandiaateljén studio in the Långängen neighborhood of

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, Sweden and in

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in Norway's

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Plot

Thorbjörn and Synnöve fall in love with each other as teenagers. Another boy interested in Synnöve incorrectly tells her father that Thorbjörn is a bully. Therefore, her parents consider Thorbjörn unfit for her. They do not meet for several years, and in the meantime Synnöve rejects many suitors. After Thorbjörn is stabbed with a knife, Synnöve's parents realize that he is not a bully after all, and they accept his proposal.

Cast

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Synnöve Solbakken (1919 film) Swedish romantic drama films Swedish silent feature films 1919 films 1919 romantic drama films Swedish black-and-white films Silent romantic drama films