Julius Jaenzon

Siblings Sven and Betty live a quiet farmer's life in Sweden, but fate has them both ending up in America, where the New World might prove to be less wonderful than the rumors say.

The story is that of a conniving countess coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret, and his bisexual model and lover, Mikaël, ultimately leading to Zoret's death in a raging storm at the base of a statue of Mikaël as the mythological Icarus. The film is missing 19 minutes of run time.

Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini at a gala held in Sweden in 1953.

A total of 13 framed vignettes – 14 if we count the two shots of rainy streets edited together – comprise Tavlor från London, an enchanting picture gallery of London scenes in 1922. In that year the British Empire was at its territorial height, covering a quarter of the globe and thus making London truly the world’s capital. It’s something of a surprise to learn that the film was made by the great Swedish cinematographer Julius Jaenzon, shortly after he shot Victor Sjöström’s masterpiece Vem Dömer?

Norway's first film, a silent film about a fisherman and his son. The son falls in the water while they are working and disappears in the depths.

Swedish author and playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912) died on May 14, 1912, in Stockholm. The funeral march, five days later, was accompanied by 60,000 mourners.

A Swedish attempt at two-color technicolor.

Harald steals money in order to pay a personal guarantee. The crime is discovered and he is sentenced to imprisonment. After the penalty is served he travels to America to begin a new life.

In the cellar Tuppen in Stockholms Old Town the troubadour Bellman sits with his drinking buddies Fredman, Mollberg, Mowitz and Father Berg.

This is the story of Olof Svensson who works as a streetcar conductor in Stockholm. In his free time he is a music composer.