Gustaf Wasa (film)
1928 film
- 5 March 1928 (1928-03-05) (part 1)
- 12 March 1928 (1928-03-12) (part 2)
Running time
111 minutes (part 2)
- Silent
- Swedish intertitles
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
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.
External links
- Gustaf Wasa at IMDb
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Films directed by John W. Brunius
- Thora van Deken (1920)
- The Mill (1921)
- A Wild Bird (1921)
- A Fortune Hunter (1921)
- The Eyes of Love (1922)
- Iron Wills (1923)
- Johan Ulfstjerna (1923)
- A Maid Among Maids (1924)
- Charles XII (1925)
- The Tales of Ensign Stål (1926)
- Gustaf Wasa (1928)
- The Doctor's Secret (1930)
- The Two of Us (1930)
- Longing for the Sea (1931)
- False Greta (1934)
- Melody of the Sea (1934)
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