Emil Fjellström
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Emil Fjellström.
Born: October 24, 1884
Place of Birth: Näs socken, Jämtlands län, Sweden
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.
Karl för sin hatt
Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.
Sons of Ingmar
Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.
Karl Fredrik Reigns
A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.
The Saga of Gösta Berling
Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is finally defrocked. He becomes a tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.
The Monastery of Sendomir
Two riders on their way to Warsaw stop at a monastery for the night and ask an old monk there to tell them the story of its founding.
Love's Crucible
At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to a ritual: trial by fire, walking on fire along a path leading directly to a crucifix. A film that has been much commended for the visual creativity shown by the director in successive blending in of images involving Ursula, her husband, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ. Much applauded, also: the performance of Jenny Hasselqvist, thus described by French director René Clair: “We shall never forget her flaming eyes, the severity of her spirit, her abrupt and alarmed expressions, like an animal under threat.”
The First Squadron
The year is 1941 and Nazi Germany is at its peak. Hitler's army is storming into Russia. Sweden stands lonely and isolated while the air force is training intensely due to a coming attack. The squadron leader pushes his men at its hardest. It's a constant game with death where death unfortunately often wins.
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
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.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Older Sailor
as Kol-Jocke
as Reverend Nordström
as Coachman Johansson
as skipper Nordström, pilot
as Öhman
as Cornelius
as August Sjöberg
as Jon i Jovik
as Gammel-Jerk
as Mandus Karlsson
as Lediga Johan
as Worker
as Silver-Jan
as Master Sergeant Persson
as Lösa Wilhelm
as Gustav Emanuel Blom
as Coachman
as Stor-Ola Hansson
as Jakob Blomqvist
as Johan
as Fireman Värnamo
as Jakob
as Olavus
as Vestergren
as Kalles vän
as Olsson
as Folke Niklasson / Niklas Skäggfager
as Driver
as Policeman
as Fjällis
as Unit Manager (uncredited)
as Karlsson
as Man on the street in Värnamo
as Ivan, kosak
as 'Lorden' (uncredited)
as Andersson, stadsbud
as Ship's Crew (uncredited)
as Bootlegger
as Bengt Ufsson på Ufö
as Man at fire
as Man
as Stark-Ingmar
as Friar
as Mailman
as Church visitor
as Man at café
as Juror / Man in heaven
as Churchgoer
as Courtroom audience / Wedding guest
as En fiskare på stranden (uncredited)