Art Direction
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.”
Art Direction
A mother walks with her melancholic son on pilgrimage to seek comfort at the Madonna image, thereby trying to heal the broken heart of the son.
Art Direction
Es Nochevieja. Tres borrachos evocan una leyenda según la cual si un gran pecador es la última persona que muere al terminar el año, entonces tendrá que conducir durante un año entero la Carreta Fantasma que recoge las almas de los muertos. David Holm, uno de los tres borrachos, muere cuando suena la última campanada de la medianoche...
Art Direction
When two riders come to the monastery seeking shelter for the night they inquire from one of the monks about the founding of the monastery. The old monk reluctantly recounts the story of Count Starschensky, a nobleman of wealth and property. Starschensky is blessed with domestic happiness, however, he later finds that his young wife, Elga, has been sneaking her lover into the castle in evenings when he is away, and that their only child is not his, but a product of this affair. Tragedy ensues and the count sells his estates and establishes the monastery as part of his penance.
Production Design
Tres oficiales escoceses irrumpen en la casa de Sir Arne, lo asesinan junto a todos sus familiares y huyen luego con el baúl que guarda su famoso tesoro. Sólo dejan viva a la joven Elsalill, que en la orfandad tendrá que irse a vivir con unos parientes pobres a orillas del mar congelado. Allí conocerá a un encantador joven que espera el deshielo para partir, y del que pronto se enamorará...
