Ingeborg Holm (1913)

Directed by

Victor Sjöström

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

16

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman loses her husband and struggles to keep her family together. The authorities force her into a poorhouse, separating her from her children.

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What happens

Ingeborg Holm (Margaret Day) is a 1913 Swedish social drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1906 play by Nils Krok. It caused great debate in Sweden about social security, which led to changes in the poorhouse laws. It is said to be based on a true story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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