Sons of Ingmar

1919 Drama 207 minutes Directed by Victor Sjöström

About Sons of Ingmar

This is the first part of Victor Sjöström's film of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem. He plays Ingmar Ingmarsson. Harriet Bosse is billed with him. A preacher's revival pulls people in the village, and Ingmar clashes with that pull. The second part, Karin, Daughter of Ingmar, came the next year. The British title is Dawn of Love.

Cast & crew

More about Sons of Ingmar

Sjöström directed and wrote it. Charles Magnusson produced it. Julius Jaenzon photographed it. Rudolf Sahlberg composed the score. The English Wikipedia dates the release 1 January 1919 and times this part at 207 minutes. Tore Svennberg, Hildur Carlberg, Hjalmar Peters, and Svea Peters are on the catalog cast.

Themes

  • Ingmar against a revival
  • A village pulled toward Jerusalem
  • The first half of Lagerlöf
  • Ingmar
  • Sjöström
  • Lagerlöf
  • Jerusalem
  • Harriet Bosse
  • revival

Look

Julius Jaenzon photographed Sjöström's first half of the Jerusalem story.

Music

Rudolf Sahlberg composed the score for the silent film.

Notes

  • The novel Jerusalem was published in 1901 and 1902.
  • The Swedish title is Ingmarssönerna.
  • No public copy is linked on the catalog row.
  • Karin, Daughter of Ingmar (1920) is the second part of the same adaptation.

Scenes

  • Ingmar stands against the preacher whose meetings are taking people out of the village.

Influenced by

  • Selma Lagerlöf's Jerusalem