Synnöve Solbakken is a Swedish silent film from 1919 directed by John W. Brunius. 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).
Filming The film was shot in the summer of 1919 at the Skandiaateljén studio in the Långängen neighborhood of Stocksund, Sweden and in Sel Municipality in Norway's Gudbrandsdalen valley.
Plot Thorbjörn and Synnöve fall in love with each other as teenagers. Another boy interested in Synnöve incorrectly tells her father that Thorbjörn is a bully. Therefore, her parents consider Thorbjörn 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 a bully 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 Rød: 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
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