Mot nya tider (1939)
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.
- Released
- 1939-11-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sigurd Wallén
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Victor Sjöström as Hjalmar Branting
- Sigurd Wallén as Kalle Lundgren
- Bengt Djurberg as Johan Dahlberg
- Solveig Hedengran as Elin Dahlberg
- Leif Amble-Næss as Harald Bothner
- Marianne Aminoff as Eva
- Carl Apolloff as Victomte de Soto Maior
- Carl Barcklind as Semmy Rubenson
- Sven Bergvall as Christian Lundeberg
- Tord Bernheim as Hilding Nihlén
- Gunnar Björnstrand as August Palm's Associate
- Rune Carlsten as Karl Staaff