Harald the Stalwart
1946 film
- 26 December 1946 (1946-12-26)
Running time
Harald the Stalwart (Swedish: Harald Handfaste) is a 1946 Swedish historical adventure film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring George Fant, Georg Rydeberg and Elsie Albiin.[1] It was shot at the Helsinki studios of Suomen Filmiteollisuus and on location on the island of Suomenlinna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bertil Duroj and Karl Fager.
Synopsis
In fifteenth century Sweden a local highwaymen leads the oppressed peasantry against the tyrannical rule of a foreign bailiff. In order to seek revenge the bailiff plans to marry Karin, the rebel's beloved. When she refuses he decides instead to execute her.
Cast
- George Fant as Harald Didriksson a.k.a. Harald Handfaste
- Georg Rydeberg as Von Dotzen
- Elsie Albiin as Karin Eghilsdotter
- Tord Stål as Pater Laurentius
- Gösta Gustafson as Eghil Sjunnesson
- Gunnar Olsson as Bosse
- Thor Modéen as Björnram
- Ragnar Falck as Vesslan
- Nils Hallberg as Tjuvaskata, robber
- Olle Hilding as Harald's father
- Artur Rolén as Getaskalle, robber
- Hanny Schedin as Kersti, Karin's mother
- Vera Valdor as Von Dotzen's daughter
- Wiktor Andersson as Peasant
- Hampe Faustman as Peasant
- Erik Forslund as Poor farmer
- Georg Skarstedt as Poor farmer
- Ivar Wahlgren as Poor farmer
- Gunn Wållgren as Peasant woman
References
- ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.74
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- Harald the Stalwart at IMDb
- v
- t
- e
Films directed by Hampe Faustman
- Night in Port (1943)
- Sonja (1943)
- The Girl and the Devil (1944)
- We Need Each Other (1944)
- Crime and Punishment (1945)
- Harald the Stalwart (1946)
- When the Meadows Blossom (1946)
- Soldier's Reminder (1947)
- Lars Hård (1948)
- Foreign Harbour (1948)
- Vagabond Blacksmiths (1949)
- Restaurant Intim (1950)
- Four Times Love (1951)
- U-Boat 39 (1952)
- She Came Like the Wind (1952)
- House of Women (1953)
- Café Lunchrasten (1954)
- Our Father and the Gypsy (1954)
- Voyage in the Night (1955)
 | This article related to a Swedish film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
