Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)

Original title

Herr Arnes pengar

Directed by

Mauritz Stiller

Genre

drama film, silent film, historical film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

16

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 16th century Sweden, a Scottish mercenary kills a wealthy family for their gold. He then starts a relationship with the daughter who survived the attack.

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What happens

Sir Arne's Treasure (Swedish: Herr Arnes pengar) is a 1919 Swedish silent crime-drama film directed and co-written by Mauritz Stiller, starring Richard Lund, Hjalmar Selander, Concordia Selander and Mary Johnson. It is based on the novel The Treasure by Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, originally published in 1903. The story takes place on the Swedish west coast during the 16th century, and revolves around a Scottish mercenary who murders a wealthy family for treasure, only to unwittingly begin a relationship with the surviving daughter of the family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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