Edith Erastoff

Acting

Edith Erastoff

Born 1887-04-08 · Helsinki, Finland

Acting credits

Brother Against Brother poster
5.0

Two brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.

Brother Against Brother

1913

The First Prize poster
NR

A poor tailor and his wife buys a lottery ticket and dream of what to do if they win.

The First Prize

1915

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

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

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 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

Johan Ulfstjerna poster
10.0

It's the last night of 1899. In Helsingfors they celebrate the new millennium. The students at the university are dancing and among them is Helge Ulfstjerna.

Johan Ulfstjerna

1936

Old Age and Madness poster
NR

A aging governess attempts to snare her master, forester Lunde of the Munkbo estate, into marriage. But Lunde's daughter, Gudrun, will do anything to stop her.

Old Age and Madness

1916

A Hero Against His Will poster
NR

Kalle Glad is engaged to be married with Sofie, the love of his life. But his past is full of women, something Kalle is determined to keep from destroying their relationship.

A Hero Against His Will

1915

Every Man Forges His Own Happiness poster
NR

Thomas Abel is a happily married man with children, and head of one of the largest companies in Sweden. His life will soon change after a serious accusation is made against him.

Every Man Forges His Own Happiness

1917

Mrs Bonnet’s Slip poster
NR

Beautiful young Eva is comfortably married to the wealthy Georg Bonnet, who enjoys the company of several artists and painters. When Eva finds herself drawn to handsome young artist Paul Verdier, she sets off a series of devestating events.

Mrs Bonnet’s Slip

1917

Song of the Scarlet Flower poster
5.6

The son of a wealthy farmer loves a simple maid, for which he's booted out of the house by his father.

Song of the Scarlet Flower

1919

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

Let No Man Put Asunder poster
8.0

During the 1200s, the catholic priest Peder has to divorce his wife when the church votes for celibacy.

Let No Man Put Asunder

1921