The Ingmar Inheritance
About The Ingmar Inheritance
Eljas marries Karin Ingmarsdotter, becomes master of Ingmarsgården, and drinks away the inheritance he holds for young Ingmar. Drunk, he overturns a horse and wagon. In a storm Ingmar, the village teacher, thinks he sees his ancestors in the clouds and decides to take the farm back. That night the preacher Hellgum seizes a meeting in the mission house with the story of the wreck of the steamer L'Univers. Believers, among them Karin's second husband Tims Halvor, have to sell the farm. On auction day the district judge offers Ingmar the money if he leaves Gertrud Storm and marries Barbro. Ingmar chooses the farm. Gertrud, after a vision of Jesus, finds money Eljas had hidden in bedding sold at the auction and brings it to him, saying her conversion has taken the grief away.
Cast & crew
More about The Ingmar Inheritance
Gustaf Molander directed and wrote the script with Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius, from the first part of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem (1901), Jerusalem I: I Dalarne. Oscar Hemberg produced. Vilhelm Bryde designed the sets. Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå distributed it. The Swedish premiere was 26 December 1925. The censor passed it on 18 December 1925 for viewers from age 15, at about 2,464 meters. Prints ranged from 2,450 to 2,523 meters. A sequel, To the Orient, followed in 1926.
Themes
Background
Lagerlöf's Jerusalem follows a Dalarna farm family into a revival that sends believers abroad. This film is the first half of that story. To the Orient (1926) takes up the departure.
Making
Molander shot at Råsunda and on location in Dalarna, with costumes by Maud Hyltén-Cavallius. Veidt, four years after The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, plays the preacher who heals and splits the parish.
Reviews
The Swedish Film Database's press digest says some reviewers found the film drawn out, the titles too many and too wordy, and Hanson a rather snobbish farmer's son.
Look
Julius Jaenzon and Åke Dahlqvist photographed it. Jaenzon double-exposed the devils Hellgum's preaching calls up. The farm and the storm were shot in Dalarna as well as on the Råsunda sets.
Music
Eric Westberg, Oskar Lindberg, and Heimer Alexandersson are credited with the music. Rudolf Sahlberg conducted at the Röda Kvarn premiere.
Preservation
The film survives. The Swedish Film Institute's record includes censorship data, stills, and later listings, and a digital copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Lars Hanson plays Ingmar Ingmarsson. Conrad Veidt plays Hellgum. Mona Mårtenson plays Gertrud Storm. Jenny Hasselqvist plays Barbro Persdotter.
- Märta Halldén plays Karin. John Ekman plays Eljas. Mathias Taube plays Tims Halvor. Ivan Hedqvist plays the crofter Stark-Anders. Knut Lindroth plays the judge, Berger Sven Persson.
- Gabriel Alw appears as Christ in Gertrud's vision.
- Nils Aréhn plays schoolmaster Storm, Gertrud's father.
- The Swedish Film Database's note on the production says Jaenzon double-exposed devils.
- Rudolf Sahlberg led the orchestra at the premiere in Röda Kvarn, Stockholm.
Scenes
- Eljas, drunk, drives the horse and wagon until they overturn.
- Hellgum tells the mission-house meeting about the wreck of L'Univers while the storm is still over the village.
- On auction day Ingmar takes the judge's money and Barbro, and lets Gertrud go.
- Gertrud finds Eljas's hidden money in the bedding from Ingmarsgården and brings it back.
Influenced by
- Selma Lagerlöf's Jerusalem, part one (1901)
Influenced
- To the Orient (1926)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-ingmarsarvet)
