Johan Ulfstjerna (1936 film)

Johan Ulfstjerna
Directed byGustaf Edgren
Written byOscar Rydqvist
Gustaf Edgren
Based onJohan Ulfstjerna by Tor Hedberg
Produced byStellan Claësson
StarringGösta Ekman
Björn Berglund
Birgit Tengroth
CinematographyJulius Jaenzon
Edited byGustaf Edgren
Music byEric Bengtson
Production
company
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 7 September 1936 (1936-09-07)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Johan Ulfstjerna is a 1936 Swedish drama film directed as well as co-written by Gustaf Edgren and starring Gösta Ekman, Björn Berglund and Birgit Tengroth. It is based on the 1907 Tor Hedberg play Johan Ulfstjerna, which had previously been made into a 1923 silent film of the same title.[1] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.

Synopsis

The film takes place in Helsinki at the turn of the twentieth century when an underground resistance movement attempts to liberate Finland from the Russian Empire. It is the last night of 1899, and students at the university are having a student union dance. Despite the festivities, discontent is simmering. Professor Stenbäck leads the students in an underground movement against the Russians. The country is to become even more Russian according to a new bill, which will soon be signed by the Governor-General. The student movement therefore decides to assassinate the Governor. A lottery is drawn to choose the perpetrator of this act.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Goble p.214
  2. ^ "Johan Ulfstjerna (1936) - SFdb" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-05-18.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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