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A Man There Was (Swedish: Terje Vigen) is a 1917 silent Swedish drama co-written and directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a poem of the same title by Henrik Ibsen.
A Man There Was: Directed by Victor Sjöström. With Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff, Bergliot Husberg. Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man.
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- Drama, War
- Victor Sjöström
- 1920-04-25
With A Man There Was, Victor Sjöström has crafted not only a great story but a series of stunning images. Sjöström himself plays the leading part as Terje Vigen in this tale which originates from an Ibsen poem, and Sjöström's acting is any bit as good as his directing.
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- Svenska Biografteatern
- Victor Sjöström
Nov 29, 2022 · Terje Vigen was living happily on a small Norwegian island with his wife and daughter when the English blockade forces him to leave his home to travel for food. On his way back a ruthless English captain captures Terje and jails him in England.
Directed by Victor Sjöström • 1917 • Sweden. Terje Vigen was living happily on a small Norwegian island with his wife and daughter when the English blockade forces him to leave his home to travel for food. On his way back a ruthless English captain captures Terje and jails him in England.
An in-depth review of the film A Man There Was (1917), aka Terje Vigen, directed by Victor Sjostrom, featuring Edith Erastoff, August Falck.
Jul 23, 2008 · A Man There Was, the 1917 film that proved to be Sjöström’s breakthrough hit, has a shot that embodies the director’s elemental preoccupations: A character, who had earlier called the sea his one true friend, is framed against the boiling waves and shakes his fist defiantly.
