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Gustaf Wasa (film)

1928 film

5 March 1928 (1928-03-05) (part 1)
12 March 1928 (1928-03-12) (part 2)

Running time

103 minutes (part 1)
111 minutes (part 2)CountrySwedenLanguages

Silent
Swedish intertitles

Gustaf Wasa (1928)

Gustaf Wasa is a 1928 Swedish silent historical epic film directed by John W. Brunius and starring Gösta Ekman, Edvin Adolphson and John Ericsson.^[1]^[2] It is based on the life of the sixteenth century Swedish king Gustav I of Sweden. It was released in two parts, premiering a week apart.^[3]

Cast

Gösta Ekman as Gustaf Eriksson Wasa
Edvin Adolphson as Kristian II of Denmark
Hugo Björne as Sten Sture
Hjalmar Selander as Matts Ers
John Ericsson as Mats Ersson
Estery Ericsson as Ma Brita
Nils Lundell as Tobias
Karl-Magnus Thulstrup as Pers-Olle
Gustaf Aronsson as Henrik Möller
Sture Baude as Archbishop Gustaf Trolle
Bror Berger as The executioner
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Claus, sentry at Kalö
Signhild Björkman as Dyveke
Renée Björling as Margareta Brahe
John Borgh as Cord König
Tor Borong as Doctor at Åsunden
Pauline Brunius as Kristina Gyllenstjerna
Bertil Brusewitz as Bishop Jens Beldenacke
Elsa Burnett as Daughter at Svärdsjögården
Sickan Castegren as Mother of Matts Ers
Erland Colliander as Henrik Slagheck
Carl Ericson as Swedish farmer that doubts Gustaf Wasa
Gösta Ericsson as Jörgen, sentry at Kalö
Nils Ericsson as Nobleman at Kalö
Siegfried Fischer as Nobleman at Kalö
Pierre Fredriksson as Erik Banér
Algot Gunnarsson as Nils Bröms, mayor of Lübeck
Justus Hagman as Elias at Tronnevik
Wictor Hagman as Kneeling man at side of wounded Sten Sture
Carl Harald as Nobleman at Kalö
Weyler Hildebrand as Danish Captain
Thure Holm as Henrik Smed
Erik Johansson as Man at King Kristian's court
Rupert Johansson as Nobleman at Kalö
Karl Jonsson as Commander at Kalö
Olof Krook as Mathias, Bishop of Strängnäs
Uno Küller as Nils Lykke
Herman Lantz as Commander at the Stockholm bloodbath
Sven Lindström as Bishop Didrik Slagheck
Alfred Lundberg as Mayor of Stockholm
Hjalmar Peters as Hermann Israel
Axel Precht as Jakob Ulfsson, former Archbishop
Sven Quick as Father of Matts Ers
Gustav Ranft as Hemming Gadh
Carl Ström as Joakim Brahe
Karin Swanström as Sigbrit
Nils Waldt as Servant of Sten Sture
Ernst Öberg as Vicentius - Bishop of Skara

References

^ Klossner p.167
^ Sadoul p.32
^ Gustafsson p.112

Bibliography

Gustafsson, Tommy. Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. McFarland, 2014.
Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary of Film Makers. University of California Press, 1972.