Premiere
29
Jan1917
Studio
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Synopsis
A Man There Was (1917) is a Swedish silent drama adapted from a verse epic by Henrik Ibsen — watch online on iFILM. Victor Sjöström directed the film and played the title role himself.
The Napoleonic Wars. A British naval blockade cuts off Norwegian ports. Terje Vigen rows out to sea alone to bring grain back to his starving family. He is caught and imprisoned for years. His wife and daughter do not survive the wait. Sjöström shoots the North Sea without mercy — spray and grey light carry the grief that intertitles cannot.
When a shipwrecked family washes into Terje's reach years later, he recognises the father. The man who cost him everything. What Terje chooses next is what the film is about. Stream A Man There Was (1917) on iFILM.
Cast
Starring
Victor Sjöström
Terje Vigen
Bergliot Husberg
Terje Vigens hustru
August Falck
Den engelske lorden
Edith Erastoff
Den engelska ladyn
Eric Abrahamsson
En fiskare (uncredited)
Hildur Carlberg
En kvinna i byn (uncredited)
Gucken Cederborg
Den nya hustrun i Terjes stuga (uncredited)
John Ekman
Norsk fånge i fängelset (uncredited)
Nils Elffors
En av Terjes kamrater (uncredited)
Emil Fjellström
En fiskare på stranden (uncredited)
Herman Lantz
En av Terjes kamrater (uncredited)
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
En kvinna på stranden (uncredited)
Olof Ås
Utkiken på den engelska korvetten (uncredited)
William Larsson
Den nye mannen i Terjes stuga / Officer på den engelska korvetten (uncredited)
Julius Hälsig
Engelsk officer i fängelset (uncredited)
Fritz Ström
Vitskäggig gammal gubbe (uncredited)
Nanny Sjöblom
Mor med son i knäet (uncredited)
Hans Sjöblom
En liten pojke (uncredited)
Gunnar Norberg
Self (uncredited)
Victor Sjöström
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