To the Orient (Swedish: Till österland) is a 1926 Swedish silent drama film directed as well as co-written by Gustaf Molander and starring Lars Hanson, Jenny Hasselqvist and Mona Mårtenson.[1][2] It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Jaffa and Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde. Based on the novel Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf, it is the sequel to the 1925 film Ingmar's Inheritance.

To the Orient
Directed byGustaf Molander
Written byRagnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Gustaf Molander
Based onJerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf
Produced byOscar Hemberg
StarringLars Hanson
Jenny Hasselqvist
Mona Mårtenson
CinematographyJulius Jaenzon
Carl-Axel Söderström
Production
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Nord-Westi Film
Distributed bySvenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå
UFA (Germany)
Release date
  • 1 February 1926 (1926-02-01)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySweden
Languages

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References

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  1. ^ Larsson & Marklund p.90
  2. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.29

Bibliography

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  • Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader. Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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