Ingeborg Holm (1913)

Ingeborg Holm's husband opens up a grocery store and life is on the sunny side for them and their three children. But her husband becomes sick and dies. Ingeborg tries to keep the store, ... See full summary »

Director:

Victor Sjöström

Writers:

Nils Krok (play), Victor Sjöström

Stars:

Hilda Borgström, Aron Lindgren, Erik Lindholm

Cast

Credited cast:
Hilda Borgström	...	Ingeborg Holm
Aron Lindgren	...	Sven Holm, Older Eric Holm
Erik Lindholm	...	Employee in Shop
Georg Grönroos	...	Poorhouse Superintendant
William Larsson	...	Police Officer
Richard Lund	...	Doctor
Carl Barcklind	...	House Doctor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hugo Björne	...	Peasant
Axel Janse
Bertil Malmstedt	...	Erik Holm

Storyline

Ingeborg Holm's husband opens up a grocery store and life is on the sunny side for them and their three children. But her husband becomes sick and dies. Ingeborg tries to keep the store, but because of the lazy, wasteful staff she eventually has to close it. With no money left, she has to move to the poor-house and she is separated from her children. Her children are taken care of by foster-parents, but Ingeborg simply has to get out of the poor-house to see them again...

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Plot Keywords:

poverty | poorhouse | escape | female protagonist | based on play

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Release Date:

27 October 1913 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Margaret Day

Filming Locations:

Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Svenska Biografteatern AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 72 min (Kino Print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood: Art's Promised Land (1995)

User Reviews

Ingeborg Holm (1913)

Again, this is an early not-that-bad drama from Sjostrom about a person driven mad by tragic circumstances. It has a nice sense of restraint, especially for its era, with a fine performance by Hilda Borgstrom and a well-paced story. Nothing about the movie sucks. It just takes a little something extra for me to get involved with a silent film... some sort of avant-garde twist or dazzling technique or some thrilling action. Yeah, it's a good plot with a sympathetic protagonist, but my heart just wasn't in it. I can't imagine anyone besides a Sjostrom scholar watching this more than once.

6/10