C'era un uomo (1917)
Terje Vigen (Victor Sjöström) è un giovane marinaio norvegese, padre di un bambino appena nato, quando, nel 1809, il suo paese viene attaccato dall'esercito napoleonico. La conseguente carestia lo costringe ad uscire per mare alla ricerca di approvvigionamenti. Un giorno, mentre sta tornando a casa con un carico di grano, la sua barca è attaccata da una nave nemica e lui viene catturato. Verrà liberato alla fine della guerra, dopo cinque anni di prigionia. Solo allora, rientrando al suo villaggio, scoprirà che la moglie e il figlio sono morti.
Direttore:
Victor Sjöström
Scrittori:
Victor Sjöström, Gustaf Molander.
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Victor Sjöström as Terje Vigen |
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Bergliot Husberg as Terje Vigens hustru |
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August Falck as Den engelske lorden |
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Edith Erastoff as Den engelska ladyn |
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Eric Abrahamsson as En fiskare (uncredited) |
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Hildur Carlberg as En kvinna i byn (uncredited) |
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Gucken Cederborg as Den nya hustrun i Terjes stuga (uncredited) |
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John Ekman as Norsk fånge i fängelset (uncredited) |
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Nils Elffors as En av Terjes kamrater (uncredited) |
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Emil Fjellström as En fiskare på stranden (uncredited) |
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Herman Lantz as En av Terjes kamrater (uncredited) |
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Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson as En kvinna på stranden (uncredited) |
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Olof Ås as Utkiken på den engelska korvetten (uncredited) |
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William Larsson as Den nye mannen i Terjes stuga / Officer på den engelska korvetten (uncredited) |
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Julius Hälsig as Engelsk officer i fängelset (uncredited) |
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Fritz Ström as Vitskäggig gammal gubbe (uncredited) |
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Nanny Sjöblom as Mor med son i knäet (uncredited) |
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Hans Sjöblom as En liten pojke (uncredited) |
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Gunnar Norberg as Self (uncredited) |
| Directing | Victor Sjöström | Director |
| Camera | Julius Jaenzon | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Nils Elffors | Special Effects |
| Writing | Victor Sjöström | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andreas Bloch | Costume Design |
| Art | Axel Esbensen | Production Design |
| Production | Charles Magnusson | Producer |
| Writing | Gustaf Molander | Screenplay |
| Writing | Henrik Ibsen | Story |