The Outlaw and His Wife (1917)
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Adapted from a play by Johann Sigurjonson, director Victor Sjöström's Berg-Ejvind och Hans Hhustru is considered one of the first major films of Swedish cinema. The 1918 silent drama stars Victor Sjöström as Berg-Eyvind, a drifter who begins working on the farm of a widow named Halla (Edith… More Adapted from a play by Johann Sigurjonson, director Victor Sjöström's Berg-Ejvind och Hans Hhustru is considered one of the first major films of Swedish cinema. The 1918 silent drama stars Victor Sjöström as Berg-Eyvind, a drifter who begins working on the farm of a widow named Halla (Edith Erastoff). The couple falls in love only to have it revealed that Berg-Eyvind is a thief on the run after stealing a ship. Together, the lovers escape into the mountains of Iceland where many criminals before them have sought refuge. Released in the United States under the title You and I, Berg-Ejvind och Hans Hhustru was restored in 1966. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Directed By
- Victor Sjöström
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Enjoyable today as a curio.
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Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online
... [Victor] Sjostrom creates images both beautiful and elemental.
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Sean Axmaker, MSN.com
... a gorgeous film and a devastating drama...
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Nature gives and nature takes away in Victor Sjöström's pantheistic classic.
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
A tale of redemption played out against the vast expenses of nature.
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Cast
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Victor Sjöström
as Berg-Eyvind
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Edith Erastoff
as Halla
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John Ekman
as Arnes
- Nils Ahren
- Artur Rolén
