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The Emperor of Portugallia (film)

The Emperor of Portugallia
Directed byGustaf Molander
Written byRune Lindström
Based onThe Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf
Produced byHarald Molander
StarringVictor Sjöström
Gunn Wållgren
Karl-Arne Holmsten
CinematographyGösta Roosling
Edited byAllan Ekelund
Oscar Rosander
Music byLille Bror Söderlundh
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 26 December 1944 (1944-12-26)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The Emperor of Portugallia (Swedish: Kejsarn av Portugallien) is a 1944 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Victor Sjöström, Gunn Wållgren and Karl-Arne Holmsten.[1][2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in the city's Old Town and the province of Värmland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Nils Svenwall and Arne Åkermark. It is based on the 1914 novel of the same title by Selma Lagerlöf, which had previously been adapted into the 1925 American silent film The Tower of Lies.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Steene p.879
  2. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.115

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Steene, Birgitta. Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide. Amsterdam University Press, 2005.