also known as Herr Arnes pengar
Sir Arne's Treasure1919
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Starring
- Gustav Aronson - Shipmaster
- Stina Berg - Landlady
- Bror Berger - Sir Donald
- Gosta Gustafson - Priest
- Mary Johnson - Elsalill
- Richard Lund - Sir Archi
- Axel Nilsson - Torarin
- Wanda Rothgardt - Berghild
- Concordia Selander - Sir Arne's Wife
- Hjalmar Selander - Sir Arne
- Erik Stocklassa - Sir Filip
- Jenny Öhrström - Katri
Member Reviews (4)
Mauritz Stiller's Sir Arne's Treasure (1919) is a great film. It has a twisty, interesting crime narrative, well conceived characters, great acting, and wonderful cinematography, particularly of the formidable Swedish winter landscape. This film is just a good example of effective cinematic storytelling. It just "spins a good yarn", and that's good enough for me.
This film is a must see it is a fine film no a great film in every way starting with the plot of three escaped mercenaries who go on a journey that leads to the murder of an innocent family and friends all for a treasure they had heard rumors of.This was all done by a great director who would know as Mauritz Stiller the beauty he caught on film amongst this landscape of sweden could only give more life to the story these actors wanted to help bring to the screen along with the direction of Stiller and the photography of Julius Jaenzon you can't go wrong,this is a great film of the 1st golden age of swedish cinema.
There is such an incredible comprehension of shot choice in relation to the staging of action (within the frame, and between frames) that raises Stiller and Jaenzon's cinematic approach towards a height of cinema that was quite beyond their contemporaries, and Sir Arn's Treasure is great evidence of such mastery! Even in the simple staging of the leap frog sequence, and the subsequent guard struggle, there is such a clear understanding of how to communicate the shifting interrelationships on both a physical and psychological level that allows for easy audience identification, which is often minimal in other work of his contemporaries.
I love the Swedish cinema of this era. There was no other cinema in the world that struck out into the outdoors and made the landscape and the elements such a vital part of the cinematic world and a reflection of the emotional drama of the characters.