| Director | Sigurd Wallén |
|---|---|
| Writer | Gösta Rodin John Sandén |
| Starring | Victor Sjöström Sigurd Wallén Bengt Djurberg Solveig Hedengran |
| Cinematography | Hilmer Ekdahl Karl-Erik Alberts |
| Distributor | Svensk Talfilm |
| Released | November 6, 1939 |
| Runtime | 97 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Mot nya tider (Toward New Times)[1] is a Swedish drama film from 1939 directed by Sigurd Wallén.[1][2] It portrays the socio-political developments from 1885 until the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.[2] The film was shot from February to May 1939 at Sandrew Studios (Swedish: Sandrewateljéerna) in Stockholm and in Karlstad, Oslo, and Trondheim.
Cast
- Victor Sjöström as Hjalmar Branting, Swedish politician
- Sigurd Wallén as Kalle Lundgren, a master painter
- Bengt Djurberg as Johan Dahlberg, an engineer
- Solveig Hedengran as Elin Ström
- Gun-Mari Kjellström as Eva, Johan and Elin's daughter as an infant
- Ulla Hodell as Eva as a young girl
- Marianne Aminoff as Eva as an adult
- Karl Holter as Henrik Thygesen, a Norwegian
- Georg Løkkeberg as Christian Thygesen, Henrik's brother, a Norwegian lieutenant / Helge Thygesen as an adult
- Åke Johansson as Helge Thygesen, Christian's son as a child
- Ingela Lundstedt as Sigrid Bergström, Christian Thygesen's fiancé, Helge's mother
- Thor Modéen as Lindqvist
- Ingolf Schanche as Christian Michelsen, Norwegian prime minister
- David Knudsen as Jørgen Løvland, Norwegian minister of foreign affairs
- Leif Amble-Næss as Harald Bothner, Norwegian minister
- Sigval Kvam as Edvard Hagerup Bull, Norwegian minister
- Olof Sandborg as King Oscar II
- Karl-Magnus Thulstrup as Crown Prince Gustav
- Sven Bergvall as Christian Lundeberg, Swedish prime minister
- Ragnar Widestedt as Fredrik Wachtmeister, Swedish foreign minister
- Rune Carlsten as Karl Staaff, Swedish politician
- Arne Lindblad as August Palm, Swedish politician
- Willy Peters as Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician
- Carl Barcklind as Semmy Rubenson, Stockholm chief of police
- Gösta Cederlund as Governor Curry Treffenberg
- Stina Ståhle as Christina Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano
- Georg Fernquist as Heinrich Robert Berns, a pastry chef
- Hjalmar Meissner as August Meissner
- Tord Bernheim as Hilding Nihlén, a dandy at Berns Salonger
- Carin Swensson as Hulda Malmström, a Swedish actress
- Carl Apolloff as Viscount António da Cunha Soto Maior, a Portuguese envoy
References
- ^ Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 151. ISBN 0-313-30377-0.
- ^ Nygård, Frank & Budalen, Andreas (March 17, 2013). "Ber om hjelp til å løse nitratfilm-mysteriet". NRK. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
External links
- Mot nya tider at IMDb
- Mot nya tider at The Swedish Film Database