The Tyranny of Hate
About The Tyranny of Hate
At the start of the 1800s the feud between Ödemo and Rävgården is older than anyone can remember, and it has turned worse. Sören Torbjörnsson, called the king of Boda, is set against the farmer Mårten of Ödemo. Sören's daughter Eli, Mårten's daughter Gunnel, and Mårten's son Hans, home after a long absence, live inside the two households the quarrel divides.
Cast & crew
More about The Tyranny of Hate
Gustaf Molander wrote and directed the film, his first as a director. Shooting ran from June to August 1920 in Järvsö, Hälsingland, and at Färgaregården on Södermalm in Stockholm. The working title was Det återfunna leendet. AB Skandinavisk Filmcentral produced and distributed it. Sweden rated it from age 15.
Themes
Background
The story is set in rural Sweden in the early nineteenth century and was shot in Hälsingland in the summer of 1920.
Making
Adrian Bjurman photographed and edited. Nils Whiten was art director. Otto Trobäck arranged the music played at the silent premiere in the Palladium.
Look
Adrian Bjurman shot the exteriors in Järvsö, Hälsingland, between June and August 1920, with interiors and other scenes at Färgaregården on Södermalm.
Music
Silent. Otto Trobäck arranged the score used at the Palladium premiere.
Preservation
The Swedish Film Institute holds a black-and-white 35mm-derived copy running 74 minutes, in three acts, catalogued by the Swedish Media Database as T05-0465. Premiere records give 103 minutes.
Notes
- The British release title is The Tyranny of Hate; in Denmark it was called Boda-Kongen.
- It opened on 1 November 1920 at the Palladium in Gothenburg, Malmö, and Stockholm, and at the Kronan in Norrköping.
- American actress Winifred Westover, born in San Francisco, plays Eli.
- Olof Molander and Teodor Olson were assistant directors. Harald Molander plays the bailiff's herdboy.
- Swedish Wikipedia lists 93 minutes; the Swedish Film Institute copy runs 74 minutes in three acts.
- English intertitles on the archive copy read "The Tyranny Hate.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-bodakungen-aka-the-tyranny-of-hate)
