Rautakylän vanha parooni
About Rautakylän vanha parooni
In the winter of 1838, at Rautakylä manor on Lake Näsijärvi, old Baron Magnus Drakenhjelm has lived 40 years with Lisette Hallström. They have a son, Sebastian. As the baron weakens, Lisette and Sebastian press him to send for the pastor and marry. Sebastian leaves with the letter. Travelers come in out of the storm. Lotten hears the baron and Lisette talk, and an old woman tells her a story from 50 years earlier: at Gustav III's court, Ebba Reutercrona knew the Drakenhjelm brothers, and Gustav, the heir, was secretly married, with Lisette as a witness.
Cast & crew
More about Rautakylän vanha parooni
Carl Fager wrote and directed it. Erkki Karu produced it. It is based on Zachris Topelius's novella Gamla baron på Rautakylä and his play Efter femtio år. It opened on April 1, 1923, at Kino-Palatsi in Helsinki. Interiors were on Vironkatu. Exteriors used Herttoniemi Manor. Wikipedia calls it the first Finnish horror film. The picture survives. The intertitles and the original screenplay do not. Adolf Lindfors, Felix Borg, Einar Rinne, Naimi Kari, and Axel Slangus are billed.
Themes
Making
Karu put Fager's stage story on the Vironkatu stage and at Herttoniemi.
Preservation
The footage survives. The intertitles and the original screenplay do not.
Notes
- The Swedish title is Gamla baron på Rautakylä.
- The English title used on Wikipedia is Old Baron of Rautakylä.
- The flashback is the court of Gustav III, fifty years before 1838.
- Fager was a stage director. This is his first film as director.
Scenes
- Sebastian is sent for the pastor.
- The old woman tells Lotten the court story.
Influenced by
- Zachris Topelius's Gamla baron på Rautakylä
- Zachris Topelius's Efter femtio år