This Svensk Film Production, released in the US in March of 1939, in a 105 minute version, depicts every noteworthy event (in the eyes of the film-makers) in Sweden from the death of King Oscar II, in 1907, to the celebration of the 80th birthday of King Gustave V in Stockholm in June of 1938.
This film is comprised largely of newsreel clips intermixed with the fictional story of the family lives of a working man and a well-to-do newspaper editor through two generations, with a special significance in the showing of the development of the social-democratic form of government in Sweden.
Directed and written by Sigurd Wallen, the film made its US debut at NYC's 48th Street Theatre, with Swedish dialogue and English titles.
This film is comprised largely of newsreel clips intermixed with the fictional story of the family lives of a working man and a well-to-do newspaper editor through two generations, with a special significance in the showing of the development of the social-democratic form of government in Sweden.
Directed and written by Sigurd Wallen, the film made its US debut at NYC's 48th Street Theatre, with Swedish dialogue and English titles.
