John Ericsson
Acting
Biography
No biography available for John Ericsson.
Born: April 20, 1883
Place of Birth: Österfärnebo, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Known For
The Tales of Ensign Stål
Based on the poems by finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the movie centers on the Finnish War between Russia and Sweden in 1808.
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.”
Son of the Midnight Sun
The young Nila has been in love with Marja for a long time. She say yes to his proposal and they decide to marry at Easter.
A Woman's Face
A cynical woman with a disfigured face—a hardened criminal—gets an opportunity to change her ways when she meets a sympathetic plastic surgeon. She leaves her old life behind, but soon her old friends catch up with her.
Ride Tonight!
In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.
The Children
Based on the classic children’s story, seven orphan siblings and their goat make a difficult journey over the mountains to find new parents.
The Count of the Old Town
A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.
Rospiggar
A lonely fisherman drowns and his elderly brother Efraim is left to do an inventory of the estate. He discovers that his brother had a son, Karl-Erik. Keeping it a secret, he travels to Stockholm to employ the young man as a hired hand. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
General von Döbeln
1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.
I brist på bevis
A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of jealousy, Dahlin abuses his wife Inga and after that he is forcibly interned again. Inga is a nurse and she is now moving to a mountain village to work at a district clinic. During an emergency visit, she encounters her childhood sweetheart, the doctor Gunnar, and old feelings between them begin to flare up again.
Filmography
as Toll's groom
as Man (uncredited)
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
as Peasant
as Peasant Chasing Svedje (uncredited)
as Crew Hand
as Karl-Otto
as Bång, blacksmith
as Man by the Car Accident
as Manager
as Tømmerhuggeren
as nämndeman
as Man at the Auction (uncredited)
as Café guest
as Mats Ersson
as Fänrik Ståls
as Man at the inn