The Heavenly Play (1942)
"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. Mats can not understand the divine justice and decides to go to paradise and ask God himself. It becomes a journey where he meets the prophets, king Solomon and finally God himself.
- Released
- 1942-12-21
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Rune Lindström, Alf Sjöberg
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Rune Lindström as Mats Ersson
- Eivor Landström as Marit Knutsdotter
- Anders Henrikson as God
- Holger Löwenadler as King Salomo
- Gudrun Brost as King Salomo's mistress
- Arnold Sjöstrand as Juvas Anders, painter
- Emil Fjellström as Gammel-Jerk
- Nils Gustafsson as Blind man at the road
- Hugo Björne as Profet Elias
- Torsten Winge as Jonas
- Erik Hell as Jon Persson
- Åke Claesson as Jeremiah