On Life’s Roads of Destiny (1913)

Original title

På livets ödesvägar

Directed by

Mauritz Stiller

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

57 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A silent film from 1913 based on a Swedish novel. It tells a dramatic story set in the past, likely involving romantic or family conflicts.

dramaticmelodramaticperiod pieceslowseriousstagedarchaic

What happens

Smuglerne (svensk: På livets ödesvägar) er en svensk stumfilm fra 1913, i regi av Mauritz Stiller. Manuskriptet var skrevet av norske Peter Lykke-Seest. Som litterært forelegg hadde han Emilie Flygare-Carléns roman Rosen på Tistelön, som ble utgitt i 1842. Premieren fant sted 6. oktober 1913 i Sverige. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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