The Girl from the Marsh Croft

6.1
19171h 14m

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well. Based on a 1913 novel by Selma Lagerlöf. It was the first in a series of successful Lagerlöf adaptions by Sjöström, made possible by a deal between Lagerlöf and A-B Svenska Biografteatern (later AB Svensk Filmindustri) to adapt at least one Lagerlöf novel each year. Lagerlöf had for many years denied any proposal to let her novels be adapted for film, but after seeing Sjöström's Terje Vigen she finally decided to give her allowance.

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Cast

Photo of Lars Hanson

Lars Hanson

Gudmund Erlandsson

Photo of William Larsson

William Larsson

Helga's Father

Photo of Georg Blomstedt

Georg Blomstedt

Hildur's Father

Photo of Hjalmar Selander

Hjalmar Selander

Gudmund's Father

Photo of Concordia Selander

Concordia Selander

Gudmund's Mother

Photo of Gösta Cederlund

Gösta Cederlund

Per Månsson

Photo of Edla Rothgardt

Edla Rothgardt

Per Månsson's Wife

Photo of Sigurd Wallén

Sigurd Wallén

Man at courthouse yard

Photo of Gösta Gustafson

Gösta Gustafson

Courtroom audience

Photo of Emil Fjellström

Emil Fjellström

Courtroom audience / Wedding guest

Photo of Artur Rolén

Artur Rolén

Courtroom audience

Photo of Albin Erlandzon

Albin Erlandzon

Courtroom audience

Photo of Hildur Carlberg

Hildur Carlberg

Courtroom audience

Photo of Einar Axelsson

Einar Axelsson

Courtroom audience

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