A ghost ship of cinema — 14 minutes of films that no longer exist.
Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since been lost and the only surviving fragments can be found in this film.
Editing
Martin's collage resurrects ghosts without context, deliberately.
Director
Knut Martin
Selma Wiklund af Klercker
(archive footage)
Hilda Borgström
(archive footage)
Victor Lundberg
(archive footage)
Karl Gerhard
(archive footage)
Lili Ziedner
(archive footage)
Stina Berg
(archive footage)
Karl Mantzius
(archive footage)
Gösta Ekman
(archive footage)
Nils Asther
(archive footage)
Olof Winnerstrand
(archive footage)
Richard Lund
(archive footage)
Mary Johnson
(archive footage)
Vilhelm Bryde
(archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Many sources originally credited Ingmar Bergman as director due to a cataloging error that persisted for decades.
Sweden's 1911-1930 silent film output was largely destroyed by studio fires and neglect; this compilation is archaeologically precious.
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