Short Story
A solitary railway station in northern Sweden on a bitter cold winter day 1914. Based on a short story from 1944.
Novel
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.
Story
It's the mid 1930s and brakeman Kvist had enough of working on the train, jumps off and starts to walk on the train tracks in the middle of nowhere in Lapland, Northern Sweden, hoping to find new work and adventures. Based on the novella by famous Swedish author Eyvind Johnson.
Director
Gamla Stan (Old Town) is a Swedish short film from 1931 directed by Stig Almqvist, Erik Asklund, Eyvind Johnson and Artur Lundkvist. The film consists of an introductory poem read by Erik Asklund, as well as a series of images from the Old Town of Stockholm, which tells a story of a young woman and an unemployed husband.
