A digitally restored version of the 1925 silent film INGMARSARVET, directed by Gustaf Molander and starring -among others- Märta Halldén, Ivan Hedqvist, Lars Hanson and Conrad Veidt, is now available online courtesy of the Swedish Film Institute.
This restoration looks stunning and it's also supplemented by a newly written music score, composed and performed by Matti Bye.
FilmarkivetThe Ingmar InheritanceWhen his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up his career as the village teacher and to reclaim the land and farm of his fathers. The same stormy night, the charismatic preacher Helgum arrives in the village to spread the word about the promises of the Holy Land, which turns parents and children, men and wives, brothers and sisters, against one another. Ingmar is torn between his love for the headmaster’s daughter Gertrud who is under the preacher’s spell, and the prospects of marrying the judge’s daughter Barbro in order to keep the farm. This silent film is presented with new music by Matti Bye.
Original title: Ingmarsarvet.
The music and subtitles for this film have been made possible thanks to A Season of Classic Films an initiative of ACE – Association des Cinémathèques Européennes supported by the EU Creative Europe MEDIA programme.
