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Life in the Country (Swedish: Livet på landet) is a 1924 Swedish silent drama film directed by Ivan Hedqvist and starring Axel Ringvall, Hedqvist and Mona Mårtenson. It is based on the classic German novel From My Farming Days by Fritz Reuter. It is now considered a lost film.[1] A second Swedish adaptation of the novel Life in the Country was produced in 1943.

Life in the Country
Directed by	Ivan Hedqvist
Written by	Oscar Hemberg Lars Tessing
Based on	From My Farming Days by Fritz Reuter
Produced by	Oscar Hemberg
Starring	Axel Ringvall Ivan Hedqvist Mona Mårtenson
Cinematography	Julius Jaenzon
Production company	Aladdin-Film
Release date	3 November 1924
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Sweden
Languages	Silent Swedish intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde.

Synopsis

A ruthless landowner drives the widowed Karl Hawermann and his daughter Louise from their land.

Cast

• Axel Ringvall as Uncle Zaakarias Bräsig
• Ivan Hedqvist as Karl Hawermann
• Mona Mårtenson as Louise Hawermann
• Axel Hultman as Pomuchelskopp
• Alfred Lundberg as von Rambow
• Richard Lund as Axel von Rambow
• Renée Björling as Frida von Rambow
• Carl Browallius as Vicar Behrens
• Gucken Cederborg as Mrs. Behrens
• Einar Hanson as Frans von Rambow

References

Bibliography

• Tommy Gustafsson. Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. McFarland, 2014.

External links

• Livet på landet at IMDb
• Livet på landet at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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