Gunnar Sommerfeldt
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Gunnar Sommerfeldt was a Danish actor and film maker.
In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar (film)
, the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson
's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of Knut Hamsun
's Growth of the Soil
which received the Nobel prize in Literature
the year before.
In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar (film)
Saga Borgarættarinnar (film)
Saga Borgarættarinnar also known as Borgslægtens historie is a Danish film directed and shot by Gunnar Sommerfeldt in Iceland in 1919, based on the novel by Gunnar Gunnarsson...
, the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gunnar Gunnarsson was an Icelandic author who wrote mainly in Danish. He grew up, in considerable poverty, on Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur valley and on Ljótsstaðir in Vopnafjörður...
's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
's Growth of the Soil
Growth of the Soil
The Growth of the Soil is the novel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.-Theme:...
which received the Nobel prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
the year before.
Actor
- Markens grøde (1921) .... Geissler, lensmannen
- Borgslægtens historie (1919) .... Ketill aka GæstSaga Borgarættarinnar (film)Saga Borgarættarinnar (film)Saga Borgarættarinnar also known as Borgslægtens historie is a Danish film directed and shot by Gunnar Sommerfeldt in Iceland in 1919, based on the novel by Gunnar Gunnarsson...
(Iceland) - Lykkens galoscher (1921)
- Gillekop (1919)
- Hotel Paradis (1917)
- Fyrstindens skæbne (1916)
- Pro Patria (1916)
- Kærlighedslængsel (1915) .... Grev Heinrich von Borgh
Director
- Markens grøde (1921)
- Borgslægtens historie (1921)
- Lykkens galoscher (1921)
- Lykkens Pamfilius (1917)
External links
- Gunnar Sommerfeldt - Danmark Nationalfilmografi at dnfx.dfi.dk