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The Markurells of Wadköping
The Markurells of Wadköping

THE MARKURELLS OF WADKÖPING

Markurells i Wadköping

Directed by Victor Sjöström
Sweden, 1931
Drama

Synopsis

The first sound film in the director’s career on his return to Sweden subsequent to some time spent in the U.S. Sjöström makes up a chronicle of life in a small town in up-country Sweden, in reference to the childhood memories of writer Hjalmar Bergman in his bucolic native town, Örebro.

Synopsis

The first sound film in the director’s career on his return to Sweden subsequent to some time spent in the U.S. Sjöström makes up a chronicle of life in a small town in up-country Sweden, in reference to the childhood memories of writer Hjalmar Bergman in his bucolic native town, Örebro.