Half Breed (film)
Encyclopedia
Half Breed is a 1914 Swedish
silent
drama film
directed by Victor Sjöström
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Cinema of Sweden
Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director.- Biography:Born in Silbodal, in the Värmland region of Sweden, he was only a year old when his father, Olof Adolf Sjöström, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York. His mother died when he was seven years old in 1886...
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Cast
- John EkmanJohn EkmanJohn Ekman was a Swedish silent film actor. He appeared in 81 films between 1912 and 1949.-Selected filmography:* A Ruined Life * The Gardener * The Voice of Passion...
- Ribera - Georg Grönroos
- William LarssonWilliam LarssonWilliam Larsson was a Swedish silent film actor. He appeared in 39 films between 1912 and 1925.-Selected filmography:* Ingeborg Holm * Half Breed * The Clergyman * Judge Not...
- von Wüler - Erik Lindholm
- Karin MolanderKarin MolanderKarin Molander was a Swedish stage and film actress whose career spanned over five decades.-Career:Born Katarina Margareta Elisabet Edwertz in Stockholm, Sweden, she began taking classes from theater actress Julia Håkansson at a young age...
- Narianne Rizetski - Greta Pfeil - Soledad
- Gunnar TolnæsGunnar TolnæsGunnar Tolnæs was a Norwegian-born film actor who worked for most of his career in Denmark.-Career:Tolnæs's film credits, all silent films, include:* Children of the Streets * One of the Many...
- von Stahl