The Strongest (Swedish: Den starkaste) is a 1929 Swedish silent drama film directed by Axel Lindblom and Alf Sjöberg and starring Bengt Djurberg, Anders Henrikson and Gösta Gustafson.[1][2] It was Sjöberg's debut film as a director. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios and on location in Norway. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde.
The Strongest | |
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Directed by | Axel Lindblom Alf Sjöberg |
Written by | Axel Lindblom Alf Sjöberg |
Starring | Bengt Djurberg Anders Henrikson Gösta Gustafson |
Cinematography | Axel Lindblom |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Languages | Silent Swedish intertitles |
Cast
edit- Bengt Djurberg as Gustaf
- Anders Henrikson as Ole
- Gösta Gustafson as Jens
- Gun Holmqvist as Ingeborg Larsen
- Kare Pederson as Kare
- Hjalmar Peters as Larsen
- Maria Röhr as Grandmother
- Sivert Brækemo as Olsen
References
edit- ^ "Den starkaste". Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Gustafsson p.89
Bibliography
edit- Gustafsson, Tommy. Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. McFarland, 2014.
- Kwiatkowski, Aleksander. Swedish Film Classics: A Pictorial Survey of 25 Films from 1913 to 1957. Courier Dover Publications, 1983.
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