Morsarvet
Encyclopedia
Morsarvet is a 1993 Swedish
mini series directed by Staffan Roos written by, and starring, Solveig Ternström
.
The series was televised on Sveriges television
in late 1993.
. It is a modern version of Gösta Berlings Saga
, with several hints to the novel in style and story but it is not based on the novel. Several characters are real, or based on real people, as the series are based on Solveig Ternström's own experiences growing up close to the border during the war.
Swedish rock singer Jonas Almquist makes a cameo as a nazi officer.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
mini series directed by Staffan Roos written by, and starring, Solveig Ternström
Solveig Ternström
Solveig Ternström is a Swedish actress and was Centre Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag between 2006 and 2010. She is very negative to nuclear power and left the centre party because she was disappointed to them regarding their updated politics about nuclear power.-External links:*...
.
The series was televised on Sveriges television
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
in late 1993.
Plot summary
The series is set in 1940 during World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. It is a modern version of Gösta Berlings Saga
Gösta Berlings saga
Gösta Berling's Saga is the debut novel of Selma Lagerlöf, published in 1891. The novel is a notable and still much read example of the 1890s wave of Swedish Neo-romanticism. Using wolves, snow, supernatural elements and eccentric upper-class characters to project an exotic image of 1820s...
, with several hints to the novel in style and story but it is not based on the novel. Several characters are real, or based on real people, as the series are based on Solveig Ternström's own experiences growing up close to the border during the war.
Cast
- Solveig TernströmSolveig TernströmSolveig Ternström is a Swedish actress and was Centre Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag between 2006 and 2010. She is very negative to nuclear power and left the centre party because she was disappointed to them regarding their updated politics about nuclear power.-External links:*...
as Lilly Amundsen, a Norwegian woman on the run from the Nazis. She and her children take the protection of his mother's house in Sweden. - Stig Torstensson as Albin, Lilly's alcoholic brother and member of the infamous Munkfors Gang.
- Paula Ternström as Ada Amundsen, Lilly's traumatized daughter.
- Øystein Riise Naess as Ola Amundsen, Ada's brother.
- Sven LindbergSven LindbergSven Lindberg was a Swedish film actor and director. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden.-Selected filmography:*Music in Darkness *Dreams *Musik ombord *Face to Face...
, Johan, Lillys stepfather. He is obsessed with hunting down the White Moose. - Elaine Sjöberg as Beda, a wise old lady
- Edvard Olsson, Helmer, A sympatic Swedish man who fall in love with Lilly.
- Mats Berglund, Odd EngströmOdd EngströmOdd Erik Lennart Engström was a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was born in Silbodal, Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden....
, Lennart Eldsfors, Bengt-Arne Ericsson, Bengt Berg, Thor Eriksson, Peter Jankert and Leif Persson as The Munkfors Gang, a group of natives similar to The 12 Cavaliers in Gösta Berlings SagaGösta Berlings sagaGösta Berling's Saga is the debut novel of Selma Lagerlöf, published in 1891. The novel is a notable and still much read example of the 1890s wave of Swedish Neo-romanticism. Using wolves, snow, supernatural elements and eccentric upper-class characters to project an exotic image of 1820s...
. - Björn Söderbäck as Country Fiscal Henningson, A sinister nazi-sympathizer.
- Hans Sandqvist as Mörkermannen (The Dark Man), a spirit representing the forces of darkness. He appaears to several characters, mostly to Ada but also to The Munkfors Gang, Lilly and several others.
- Peter StormarePeter Stormareis a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician.- Early life :...
Colonel Bergkvist, a Swedish colonel in desperate need of winter uniforms for his troops. - Johan RabaeusJohan RabaeusCarl Magnus Olof Johan Rabaeus is a Swedish actor.Rabaeus, who was born in Stockholm but grew up in Paris and Geneve, generally portrays very unpleasant characters, one of them being the stepfather to Erik Ponti in the film Evil.-Selected filmography:*1988: S.O.S...
as The Stranger, an alcoholic Nazi. - Lars Löfgren as a mysterious Swedish nazi who terrorises Lilly on a train.
- Torsten Wahlund as Arne Amundsen, Lilly's husband and a Captain in the NorwegianNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Army. - Ketil Høegh as Guldbransen, a man trying to sell "nigger-gold" to people at a market.
Swedish rock singer Jonas Almquist makes a cameo as a nazi officer.