The Kingdom of Rye (1929)

136 min · Sweden · Dir. Ivar Johansson

Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple whose love affair is fraught with Hardy-esque complications and an unhappily married wife of the landowner.

Cast

Mathias Taube

Mattias Spangar

Eric Laurent

Markus

Märtha Lindlöf

Widow

Margit Manstad

Klara

Artur Cederborgh

Prophet

Gustav Runsten

Farmhand

Axel Slangus

Kniv-Pekka

Gösta Ericsson

Ante

Solveig Hedengran

Stina

Lizzie Nyström

Old Maid

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