The Great John Ericsson

The Great John Ericsson (1937)

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In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.

Director: Gustaf Edgren

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	Victor Sjöström as
	Märta Ekström as
	Anders Henrikson as
	Sigurd Wallén as
	Hilda Borgström as
	Hasse Ekman as
	Kotti Chave as
	Carl Barcklind as
	Ivar Kåge as
	Marianne Aminoff as
	Edvin Adolphson as
	Jussi Björling as
	Olof Winnerstrand as
	Richard Lund as
	Knut Frankman as
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