Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
About Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
Karin, played by Tora Teje, is to marry Halvor. They go to Falun to buy what they need for the wedding. Swindlers get Halvor drunk, and the wedding is called off. Karin marries Eljas instead. When her father, Ingmar, played by Victor Sjöström, dies, Eljas becomes master of the farm, starts drinking, and Karin is miserable there. After an accident he is stuck in bed and drinks harder. He is found dead. Suitors line up, Halvor among them. Karin still cares for Halvor and still remembers Falun, and she does not decide.
Cast & crew
More about Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
Victor Sjöström directed and plays the older Ingmar. Ester Julin and Sjöström wrote the script from chapters three and four of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem. Charles Magnusson produced. Gustaf Bode and Henrik Jaenzon photographed it. Rudolf Sahlberg wrote the music. The premiere was February 2, 1920. It runs 115 minutes. It follows Sons of Ingmar (1919). Tor Weijden plays Halvor. Nils Lundell plays Eljas. Bertil Malmstedt plays little Ingmar. Reviews were cool, and Sjöström stopped the series. Gustaf Molander finished the Jerusalem films in 1926.
Themes
In film history
The second, and last, of Sjöström's own films from Lagerlöf's Jerusalem. Molander took the remaining chapters six years later.
Making
Sjöström cast himself as Karin's father and Teje as Karin, and stopped after this second Lagerlöf film when the notices stayed cold.
Look
Gustaf Bode and Henrik Jaenzon photographed the farm and the trip to Falun.
Music
Rudolf Sahlberg is credited with music. The picture was released silent, with Swedish intertitles.
Preservation
A print survives and is posted for viewing.
Notes
- The Swedish title is Karin Ingmarsdotter.
- In the United Kingdom the film was released as God's Way.
- The novel's later chapters, including the emigration to Jerusalem, are not this film.
- Shooting uses Falun for the shopping trip that ruins the first wedding.
- Bode and Jaenzon share the camera credit.
- Sahlberg's music is a later score credit on the Swedish record. The film is silent, with Swedish titles.
Scenes
- In Falun, swindlers drink Halvor under the table, and Karin calls off the wedding.
- Eljas is found dead in bed. Halvor is among the men who then come for Karin.
Influenced by
- Jerusalem (Selma Lagerlöf novel)
- Sons of Ingmar (1919)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-karin-ingmarsdotter)
