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The Mill (1921)

The Mill poster
Original title
Kvarnen
Directed by
John W. Brunius
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In rural Sweden, a family drama unfolds around a mill. The story follows the people whose lives are connected to this central location.

classicsilentdramaticstylizedslow-pacedruralnostalgic

What happens

The Mill (Swedish: Kvarnen) is a 1921 Swedish silent drama film directed by John W. Brunius and starring Anders de Wahl, Emmy Albiin and Gösta Cederlund. It is based on the 1896 novel Møllen by the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature winning Danish author Karl Gjellerup. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustaf Hallén. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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