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Synnöve Solbakken is a Swedish silent film from 1919 directed by John W. Brunius.[1][2] The screenplay was written by Brunius and Sam Ask. It is based on Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's 1857 novel Synnøve Solbakken. The novel was adapted for film two additional times in Sweden (in 1934 and 1957).[3]

Synnöve Solbakken
Egil Eide as Sæmund and Lars Hanson as Thorbjörn
Directed by	John W. Brunius
Written by	John W. Brunius, Sam Ask
Based on	Synnøve Solbakken by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Starring	Karin Molander Lars Hanson Egil Eide
Cinematography	Hugo Edlund, Arthur Thorell
Production company	Filmindustri AB Skandia
Release dates	20 October 1919 (1919-10-20) (Kinoen Metropol, Helsingborg, Sweden)
Country	Sweden

Filming

The film was shot in the summer of 1919 at the Skandiaateljén studio in the Långängen neighborhood of Stocksund, Sweden and in Sel in Norway's Gudbrand Valley.[3]

Plot

Thorbjörn and Synnöve fall in love with each other as children. He is rumored to be a fighter, and her parents consider him unfit for her. They do not meet for several years, and in the meantime Synnöve rejects many suitors. After Thorbjörn is stabbed with a knife, Synnöve's parents realize that he is not so violent after all, and they accept his proposal.

Cast

Karin Molander: Synnöve Solbakken Lars Hanson: Thorbjörn Granliden Egil Eide: Sæmund Granlien, Thorbjörn's father Hjalmar Peters: Guttorm Solbakken, Synnöve's father Svea Peters: Ingebjörg Granlien, Thorbjörn's mother Ingrid Sandahl: Karen Solbakken, Synnöve's mother Einar Rødd: Aslak, a farmhand at the Granliden farm Ellen Dall: Ingrid Granlien, Thorbjörn's sister

Gösta Cederlund: Knud Nordhaug Torsten Bergström: Knud's friend Einar Bruun: Knud's friend Artur Cederborgh: Knud's friend Lisa Holm: the bride Justus Hagman: the doctor Palle Brunius: Thorbjörn as a child Solveig Hedengran: Synnöve as a child Local residents of the Gudbrand Valley: extras

References

External links

• Synnöve Solbakken at IMDb

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