A stranger comes to work at widow Halla’s farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family’s starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland’s mountains.

	
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Holk, an unemployed mans wife is taken ill. He must find food for her. He goes out poaching on the manors hunting grounds, succeeds in shooting a grouse, but the shot is heard by the forester. During his flight Holk is caught by the forester. During their fight Holk’s rifle accidentally goes off and kills the forester. Terrified, Holk leaves the place leaving his rifle behind.

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Farmer Knut Borg (Victor Sjöström) and his family live an ascetic, Chartuan Christian life. Knut is the obvious head of the family but has a hard time getting the three sons to go the right way. Knut Jr. saddened by the strict religiosity and leaves the farm, Anders falls in love with a girl from a free church family and when Anders, who is studying to be a priest, loses his wife, life collapses. The wife was the unifying link in the family. In his despair, Anders loses his mind and thinks he is the savior.

During the 1930s, most frivolities were done in Swedish film. Subjects such as faith were almost taboo. (Gustaf Molander was considered to be the director who also contributed quality to the offer.) During the standby years, however, the content of the films changed. Due to the changed world situation, the audience had a need for seriousness, reflection and comfort. Gustaf Molander, like several other directors, left the merriment and made a series of more serious films in the 1940s, including The Word , a drama about faith and doubt, life and death.

The film was based on a play by the Danish pastor and playwright Kaj Munk and premiered in Copenhagen in 1932. Just a week after the film’s premiere, Munk was murdered by the Nazis, which gave the film an unexpected relevance and role as a political resistance drama. It became an audience success both in Sweden and abroad.

And the critics praised the film. In the Social Democrat, Carlo Keil-Möller wrote: “In this film, nothing is left to chance. Everything is purposefully designed: the depiction of the landscape, the work in the fields and fields, the Halland peasants, tough and fanatical, the individual role performances. Despite the sensational subject, nothing was sacrificed to the sensation for its own sake. ” Rune Lindström was praised for the script, as was Gösta Roosling for the captivating photo, and Victor Sjöström’s role performance impressed. Sjöström was at the time artistic director at SF and he came to collaborate with Molander both behind and in front of the camera in several of Molander’s 40s films.

The one who still received the most praise for the Word was Molander. He was mentioned as one of Europe’s best film directors and in Aftonbladet Filmson wrote: “The word is generally a film with a strong sense of style. It is unnecessary to say that this film is connected to the Swedish film’s heyday. Gustaf Molander should be praised that he stands on with their own legs and with the same sure calm, people portray as nature in their own way, albeit with reminiscences from the time of silent film but also with their own melody, not only in the excellent dialogue, which has its power from Kaj Munk, in music, as Sven Sköld made powerfully simple, in the photo of Roosling, which is soft and painterly expressive – but also in the interplay of all this. Full casting is the final impression of the film. “

The word was also filmed in Denmark, 1955, this time under the direction of Danish Carl Th. Dreyer.

Text: Lova Hagerfors (2015)

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Letty moves to West Texas from the East and it seems that the wind always blows and the sand gets everywhere. While living with relatives, she finds that she is not welcomed by the wife. With no where to go, she marries a man who disgusts her. Her new home is a small shack with the wind and the sand constant companions. When it is necessary for most of the men to go out into the sand storm, one stays back to have his way with Letty and that costs both of them.

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The last person to die on New Year’s Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death’s chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström (The Wind), about an alcoholic, abusive ne’er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, this extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.

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Beautiful, 24 October 2003
Author: Bruce Karam (Bruce.Karam) from Tucson, Arizona 85710 USA
A beautiful story of love, that reminded me of Greta Garbo’s “Anna Christie”. I loved Vilma Bankee’s voice and accent. I felt that the film was charming in it’s “innocence” and simplicity, while dealing with a very complex issue. I hope that I may someday see it again.

Vilma Banky Is Terrific, 12 July 2008
Author: drednm
Vilma Banky was a famous silent film star, brought over from Hungary in the mid-20s by Sam Goldwyn. She was an instant star in films like THE EAGLE with Rudolph Valentino and THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH with Ronald Colman. Her talkie debut was in 1929 in THIS IS HEAVEN; it was a notorious flop. A LADY TO LOVE would be Banky’s final American film and her second attempt at a talkie. And it’s a very good film indeed.

Banky plays a waitress in San Francisco who is spotted by an immigrant grape grower (Edward G. Robinson) who has come to the city to find a wife. He brings the waitress to Napa for an arranged marriage but she is immediately attracted to Robinson’s foreman (Robert Ames). Although Robinson has fallen and broken is leg, the wedding takes place (she wants a home and things) but on their wedding night, Banky has a fling with Ames.

Ames then goes away and leaves Banky with Robinson. She nestles into her newfound safe haven and takes care of Robinson. Over a period of a few months she discovers she has fallen in love with the doting Robinson, but then Ames returns and threatens to make trouble.

Robinson (in his third talkie)is, as always, a total pro. And even with an Italian accent and a wild white white, he’s a pleasure to watch. Ames is OK in the thankless part of the cad. Supporting players include Henry Armetta and George Davis as foolish workers, Anderson Lawler as the doctor, Lloyd Ingraham as the priest, and Richard Carle as the postman.

But Banky is front and center here as Lena. Much was made of her failure in talkies because of her thick accent. After this film flopped she made a couple films in Europe and retired from the screen. But I was struck throughout this film at what a nice voice she had and how much her accent resembled that of Greta Garbo in ANNA Christie that same year. THIS IS HEAVEN is apparently a lost film so we may never be able to judge Banky’s talkie debut. But her second effort is solid.

The best scene in the film is where Banky attempts to give Robinson a bath while he’s in bed (with a broken leg). It’s a giddy and delightful scene, especially with his aversion to water.

Banky was long married to silent star Rod La Rocque. He continued in talkies as a supporting player through the early 1940s.

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The last person to die on New Year’s Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death’s chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström. The story, based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, concerns an alcoholic, abusive ne’er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways, and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. This extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects. (-Criterion)

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