Life in the Country (Swedish: Livet på landet) is a 1924 Swedish silent drama film directed by Ivan Hedqvist and starring Axel Ringvall, Hedqvist and Mona Mårtenson. It is based on the classic German novel From My Farming Days by Fritz Reuter. It is now considered a lost film. A second Swedish adaptation of the novel Life in the Country was produced in 1943.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde.
Synopsis
A ruthless landowner drives the widowed Karl Hawermann and his daughter Louise from their land.
Cast
Axel Ringvall as Uncle Zaakarias Bräsig
Ivan Hedqvist as Karl Hawermann
Mona Mårtenson as Louise Hawermann
Axel Hultman as Pomuchelskopp
Alfred Lundberg as von Rambow
Richard Lund as Axel von Rambow
Renée Björling as Frida von Rambow
Carl Browallius as Vicar Behrens
Gucken Cederborg as Mrs. Behrens
Einar Hanson as Frans von Rambow
Preservation status
Life in the Country is considered a lost film, except for a very short fragment that survived in the SVT archive thanks to its inclusion in a newsreel on the occasion of Axel Ringvall's death in 1927.
References
Bibliography
Tommy Gustafsson. Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. McFarland, 2014.