The Outlaw and His Wife

The Outlaw and His Wife (1917)

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