William Larsson

Acting

William Larsson

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

The Avenger poster
6.0

Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death

The Avenger

1915

Love’s Wanderings poster
NR

Childhood friends Captain Weiden and Squire Born were both in love with the same girl, Lucille, but Weiden was the one to marry her. When Weiden is forced leave for military service, Born promises to look after Lucille.

Love’s Wanderings

1916

No artwork available
NR

Mr Bernhard has financial difficulties. He has fallen into the hands of broker Mr Pouzer. In desperation, Bernhard's daughter Julia visit Pouzer to ask for mercy for her father. Yes, Pouzer replies, if I get you in return.

The Dagger

1915

A Man There Was poster
7.1

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

A Man There Was

1917

The Unknown Woman poster
NR

A rich young man falls for a beautiful girl and meets with trouble. An adaptation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Das fremde Mädchen.

The Unknown Woman

1913

Halfbreed poster
NR

Cavalry captain von Stahl is in love with dancer Marianne Rizetskis, but when he suddenly finds himself completely destitute he takes off to South America, leaving Marianne heartbroken. Arriving im America, von Stahl finds work at the estate of a man wanted by the local government, and gets romantically involved with his daughter Soledad. When Marianne arrives as well, von Stahl finds himself torn between the two women.

Halfbreed

1914

Film credits

1920s · 8 titles

Love's Crucible poster
6.5

At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to a ritual: trial by fire, walking on fire along a path leading directly to a crucifix. A film that has been much commended for the visual creativity shown by the director in successive blending in of images involving Ursula, her husband, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ. Much applauded, also: the performance of Jenny Hasselqvist, thus described by French director René Clair: “We shall never forget her flaming eyes, the severity of her spirit, her abrupt and alarmed expressions, like an animal under threat.”

Love's Crucible

1922

For Home and Girl poster
6.8

When the old fisherman Boman drowns on a storm night, his widow and daughter Gerd is left alone in their cabin. Lost.

For Home and Girl

1925

A Lover in Pawn poster
6.9

About loaner Master Samuel, based on a writings by Hjalmar Bergman

A Lover in Pawn

1920

The People of Hälsingland poster
9.0

Sweden in the 1870s. In Hälsingland the brothers Olov and Jonas own the home of Övergården.

The People of Hälsingland

1923

The Tyranny of Hate poster
6.2

It's the beginning of the 1800s. A feud between the people of Ödemo and Rävgården has been going on since the dawn of time and now it's worse than ever.

The Tyranny of Hate

1920

Karin, Daughter of Ingmar poster
5.8

Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's large-scale adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem, following Sons of Ingmar from the year before, and depicting chapter three and four from the novel. The critical reception was however unenthusiastic and Sjöström decided to not direct any more parts.

Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

1920

A Scarlet Angel poster
8.5

The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. In the midst of a dance number goes suddenly all the lights out. In the confusion that arises one of the elegant guests is deprived of her jewelry.

A Scarlet Angel

1922

No artwork available
7.5

Fredrik Mack (Gustav Ranft) owns a glue factory in northern Norway and Ove Rolandsen (Eugen Skjønberg), a great womanizer, works for him. When Mack's beautiful daughter Elise (Lilla Bye) returns from studies, Ove immediately flirts with her.

Iron Wills

1923

1910s · 37 titles

The Avenger poster
6.0

Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death

The Avenger

1915

Love’s Wanderings poster
NR

Childhood friends Captain Weiden and Squire Born were both in love with the same girl, Lucille, but Weiden was the one to marry her. When Weiden is forced leave for military service, Born promises to look after Lucille.

Love’s Wanderings

1916

No artwork available
NR

Mr Bernhard has financial difficulties. He has fallen into the hands of broker Mr Pouzer. In desperation, Bernhard's daughter Julia visit Pouzer to ask for mercy for her father. Yes, Pouzer replies, if I get you in return.

The Dagger

1915

A Man There Was poster
7.1

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

A Man There Was

1917

The Unknown Woman poster
NR

A rich young man falls for a beautiful girl and meets with trouble. An adaptation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Das fremde Mädchen.

The Unknown Woman

1913

Halfbreed poster
NR

Cavalry captain von Stahl is in love with dancer Marianne Rizetskis, but when he suddenly finds himself completely destitute he takes off to South America, leaving Marianne heartbroken. Arriving im America, von Stahl finds work at the estate of a man wanted by the local government, and gets romantically involved with his daughter Soledad. When Marianne arrives as well, von Stahl finds himself torn between the two women.

Halfbreed

1914

The Outlaw and His Wife poster
7.2

A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.

The Outlaw and His Wife

1918

Chanson Triste poster
NR

The landowner William Dennison lives with his wife Leonora on the beautiful estate Dennison Hill. However, a curse rests heavily on the house: Williams' passion for gambling.

Chanson Triste

1917

An Error poster
NR

Hedvig Rehmer, a widow with a young daughter, marries bank manager Wilhelm Hagberg. But her character is put in question when her daughter's father shows up alive.

An Error

1915

Daughter of the Highlands poster
NR

A young doctor is found unconscious in the mountains and is brought to a Sami village.

Daughter of the Highlands

1914

No artwork available
NR

The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.

Life’s Conflicts

1913

The Valet poster
NR

A romantic couple's happiness is threatened when the girl's father, a forester, decide to marry her off to a much older man, a valet.

The Valet

1914

The Secret of the Inn poster
NR

Unscrupulous innkeeper Felix Maillon uses his foster daughter Trude to get customers. When the wealthy Count Maillon dies, a battle for his inheritance awaits.

The Secret of the Inn

1917

No artwork available
NR

The suicidal gambler Tom Haget receives an invitation to The Club of the Living Dead, whose members apparently see it as their task to help each other to "end this empty earthly existence" according to a lottery system. At the same time, an acquaintance of Tom Haget, Lieutenant Dick Huntley, receives an assignment from his superiors to go to a distant destination with a large sum of money. However, Huntley is hit by a car, unconscious and without ID documents he ends up in a hospital, is reported missing, and it is widely suspected that he ran away with the money. Confused and desperate Huntley meets Haget and gets an invitation to the Club of the Living Dead.

The Club of the Living Dead

1914

The Shadow of a Crime poster
NR

Scientist Paul Förster poison his rich uncle to get money for his research that applies to a serum. But Förster who believes that he killed his uncle is affected by severe qualifiers, leaves the research and goes to sea. Later it turns out that the uncle survived.

The Shadow of a Crime

1917

A Boy in the Battle of Life poster
NR

A 13 year old boy is hired as a delivery boy, and when his mother dies he is forced to take care of himself. Eventually he finds his way and grow up to become a good man.

A Boy in the Battle of Life

1913

Ingeborg Holm poster
6.7

After Ingeborg Holm's husband becomes sick and dies, the family's small grocery store fails, Ingeborg becomes bankrupt, and she is forced to move to the workhouse. Her three children go to foster homes. Ingeborg simply must see them again.

Ingeborg Holm

1913

No artwork available
NR

Cousins Axel and Lilli are supposed to get married. Lilli is however much more interested in reading than doing a wife's chores.

The Way to a Man’s Heart

1914

The Springtime of Life poster
5.3

A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs in her original home town.

The Springtime of Life

1912

The Million Inheritance poster
NR

Young Michael Martin is about to marry his fiancée Asta, when his foster father, Captain Weston, announces the term of his will -- in order to inherit the family fortune Michael will have to remain a bachelor.

The Million Inheritance

1917

No artwork available
NR

Despite her youth, Princess Lara Rispala has managed to get her kingdom Leskapur to move towards a new heyday. But one day, a catastrophe occurs in her life. She loses the "Sun Mirror", the symbol of the dignity and security of the old royal family. Lara confides in the young European and engineer Rudolf Corvin, who has long been her confidant. Together they go to the fakir Rahu. The fakir has the ability to read out all the secrets of the universe in his well. He sees that the Sun Mirror has been stolen by the prince in the neighboring kingdom of Valpur.

The Jungle Queen’s Jewel

1917

Saints and Sorrows poster
NR

Maria lives with her alcoholic father in a cabin the forest. One day she is seduced by the local land owner after he gives her a ring. Shortly afterwards he decides to leave the area and travel to Stockholm.

Saints and Sorrows

1914

The Girl from the Marsh Croft poster
6.3

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

1917

At the Eleventh Hour poster
NR

A band of gypsy thieves breaks into an estate, knowing that no men are home.

At the Eleventh Hour

1916

Madame de Thèbes poster
5.9

The story is wacky – a gypsy is cursed by her father, so that she has to deny her illegitimate son in order for him to have a successful life. She gives him to a well-to-do lady who has lost her own child. Later, he has grown up to be a politician who wants to become the foreign minister. He doesn’t know that his real mother is the famous Madame de Thebes, the fortuneteller who all politicians make sure to visit! This information falls into the hands of a rival, who tries to use it to ruin his career. Meanwhile, the rival’s attractive daughter is attacked by a ruffian and needs to be rescued… There are a lot of striking images in this film. You can see the beauty of them even if the state of the print is far from perfect. The Norwegian actress Ragna Wettergreen gives a haunting performance as Madame de Thebes, with wisdom and regret – and quite a few melodramatic gestures. Understatement was not the norm in those days.

Madame de Thèbes

1915

No artwork available
5.9

Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a screenplay inspired by Bessie. But she has not been really honest with him. 31 minutes of runtime are missing and presumed lost.

Thomas Graal's Best Film

1917

Judge Not poster
NR

Helder is a happy family man, but one day his wife receives a letter from her brother Albert, who managed to escape from prison.

Judge Not

1914

His Own Slave poster
NR

Professor Soriano is a successful Italian scientist. Together with a colleague Doctor Ibrahim, he has produced a serum to cure spinal cord suffering. Soriano is visited by his fiancée, the beautiful marquee Savorelli.

His Own Slave

1917

The Gold Spider poster
NR

Jeanne, A.K.A. The Golden Spider, a Parisian criminal, kidnaps the daughter of the chief of police, Lepinault, in order to have her companion Charles Coudriet released from prison.

The Gold Spider

1916

The Modern Suffragette poster
NR

Lili and her friend attends a conference, where the English suffragette Miss Spratt. Bursting with enthusiasm they form a feminist cell.

The Modern Suffragette

1913

The Living Mummy poster
NR

Professor Ernest Wearnkeal has problems with repeated thefts at his Egyptian museum. For help, he turns to the famous detective and author Oswald Read. Read arrives at the museum under the disguise of a Dr. Kearn who will study the museum's art treasures. As Dr. Kearn, he is also introduced to the professor's beautiful daughter Ester.

The Living Mummy

1917

No artwork available
NR

The international criminal Helene Voigt, who calls herself Countess Montigno, is on the run from the law.

His Wife’s Past

1915

The Downy Girl poster
5.9

The mayor's son Mauritz Fristedt, has become deeply in love with the baker's daughter Dunungen. The mayor applauds the engagement because Mauritz will to try to foist a pack of worthless shares from his uncle to his father-in-law.

The Downy Girl

1919

Miller’s Documents poster
NR

The stepson of a landed family wishes to go off to university.

Miller’s Documents

1916

When Love Kills poster
NR

After a harsh argument between her and her father, a young girl with artistic talent leaves home for a new life.

When Love Kills

1913

No artwork available
NR

The son of a poor fisherman and the daughter of a wealthy landlord fall in love, but meet with obstacles to being together. Their happiness meets with objection by her father, who intends to permanently separate them.

On Life’s Roads of Destiny

1913

The Shot? poster
NR

During a duck hunt the local land owner Brandt has told his ranger and his son to sit in a boat and collect ducks as they are shot down. When Brandt's dog gets in the water he commands the ranger's son to jump in the water to save the dog but the boy drowns.

The Shot?

1914

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