Edith Erastoff
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Edith Erastoff.
Born: April 8, 1887
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
The Outlaw and His Wife
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.
A Man There Was
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
The Avenger
Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death
Song of the Scarlet Flower
The son of a wealthy farmer loves a simple maid, for which he's booted out of the house by his father.
Brother Against Brother
Two brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.
Let No Man Put Asunder
During the 1200s, the catholic priest Peder has to divorce his wife when the church votes for celibacy.
Johan Ulfstjerna
It's the last night of 1899. In Helsingfors they celebrate the new millennium. The students at the university are dancing and among them is Helge Ulfstjerna.
Filmography
as Kyllikki
as Halla the Widow
as Den engelska ladyn
as Ester
as Katjuscha