Vilhelm Moberg

Writing

Vilhelm Moberg

Born — Died

1898-08-20 — 1973-08-08

Place of birth

Moshultamåla, Algutsboda, Sweden

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish author, playwright and journalist. In May 1919, he was a volunteer at Vadstena Läns Tidning and that gave him the opportunity to publish his stories, which were based on his own experiences. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his series The Emigrants. The four books, published between 1949 and 1959, deal with the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th century, and are the subject of two movie adaptations and a musical. Among other works are Raskens (1927) and Ride This Night (1941), a historical novel of a 17th-century rebellion in Småland acknowledged for its subliminal but widely recognized criticism aga…

Known for

Behind the camera

Ride Tonight! poster
5.9

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.

Ride Tonight!

1942

The Judge poster
6.0

Krister and his fiancé Brita return to Stockholm after a stay in Italy. Shortly upon their return Krister learns that all his assets left to him by his father has disappeared. Together with Brita he tries to obtain justice in a aristocratic and corrupt legal system.

The Judge

1960

Marknadsafton poster
NR

Magni is a farmer who is planning to marry Teresia who comes from a rich family. When his maid Lovisa finds out she gets furious, she has been working for him without pay for 12 years because of vague allusions to marriage, now she wants her pay! She calculates that her back pay is the same as the fortune Teresia would be bringing to the marriage.

Marknadsafton

1989

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9.0

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Domaren

1974

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10.0

Jarl is a retired widower who lives in a small village in Småland, Sweden.

Änkeman Jarl

1945

Love and Deficit poster
10.0

Office clerk Margit suspects that the senior accountant is embezzling money from the company. Now the auditors are on their way to check the bookkeeping. It seems that the senior accountant isn't the only embezzler in the town, even the chief of police is a member of the Embezzler's Club. Margit decides to help the senior accountant.

Love and Deficit

1932

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9.0

If I give birth, I will certainly be punished and lose my reputation. If I don't, then I may be punished, too. And also lose my reputation.

Vår ofödde son

1959

Man's Woman poster
9.0

An agrarian community sometime in the 1700s. The farmer Påvel is married with his young wife Märit and very proud to have married such a young and sweet girl. Märit however, is disappointed about her marriage. Their neighbor Håkan lives alone on his farm and he falls in love with Märit. He tells her of his feelings and Märit is torn between the security of her marriage and the feelings she has for Håkan.

Man's Woman

1945