Mot nya tider (1939)

8.0/10 • 97 min • Drama

Overview

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.

Cast

Victor Sjöström

Hjalmar Branting

Sigurd Wallén

Kalle Lundgren

Bengt Djurberg

Johan Dahlberg

Solveig Hedengran

Elin Dahlberg

Leif Amble-Næss

Harald Bothner

Marianne Aminoff

Eva

Carl Barcklind

Semmy Rubenson

Sven Bergvall

Christian Lundeberg

Tord Bernheim

Hilding Nihlén

Gunnar Björnstrand

August Palm's Associate

Rune Carlsten

Karl Staaff

Gösta Cederlund

Curry Treffenberg

Ulla Hodell

Eva as young girl

Åke Johansson

Helge Thygesen

Gun-Mari Kjellström

Eva as baby

Arne Lindblad

August Palm

Recommendations

What Maisie Knew
Inside I'm Dancing
Skin
Come Sunday
Girl in the Box
Hardball
Kisses
My Neighbor Adolf
El Chicano
Home Run
Gracie
Sergio
Mansfield Park
Let Go
The Nest
Battle of the Year
Brink of Life
Bastard Out of Carolina
True Colors
The Color of Friendship