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The Tale of Fritiof (1924)

The Tale of Fritiof poster
Original title
Fritiofs saga
Directed by
Mikaël Söderström
Genre
silent film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
27 min
Rated
Btl
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Swedish comedy from 1924 that loosely adapts the epic poem Frithiofs saga. It pokes fun at other Swedish films of the time, especially Gösta Berlings saga. The story was filmed in Lund and Bjärred as a carnival film by local university students.

lightheartedplayfulparodicwhimsicalnostalgicgoofycampyacademic-humor

What happens

Fritiofs saga är en svensk komedifilm från 1924 med regi och manus av Mikaël Söderström (under pseudonymen "Morits Tyster"). Filmen är en lundensisk karnevalsfilm och bygger löst på diktverket Frithiofs saga av Esaias Tegnér. I rollerna ses bland andra Ernst Alexandersson, Axel Möller och Nils Liedberg. Filmen parodierar flera samtida svenska filmer, i synnerhet Gösta Berlings saga. Filmen spelades in i Lund och Bjärred och premiärvisades den 17 maj 1924 på Baldersbio i Lund. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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