The Outlaw and His Wife (1917)
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Period Film |
Run Time - 73 min. |
Countries - Sweden |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Matthew Tobey
Adapted from a play by Johann Sigurjonson, director Victor Sjöström's Berg-Ejvind och Hans Hhustru is considered one of the first major films of Swedish cinema. The 1918 silent drama stars Victor Sjöström as Berg-Eyvind, a drifter who begins working on the farm of a widow named Halla (Edith Erastoff). The couple falls in love only to have it revealed that Berg-Eyvind is a thief on the run after stealing a ship. Together, the lovers escape into the mountains of Iceland where many criminals before them have sought refuge. Released in the United States under the title You and I, Berg-Ejvind och Hans Hhustru was restored in 1966.
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police, capture, escape, farming, hidden, on-the-run, robbery, silence
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High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance