Gustaf Wasa
Directed byJohn W. Brunius
Written byIvar Johansson
StarringGösta Ekman
Edvin Adolphson
John Ericsson
CinematographyHugo Edlund
Production
company
Wasa Film
Release dates
5 March 1928 (part 1)
12 March 1928 (part 2)
Running time
103 minutes (part 1)
111 minutes (part 2)
CountrySweden
Languages

Gustaf Wasa is a 1928 Swedish silent historical epic film directed by John W. Brunius and starring Gösta Ekman, Edvin Adolphson and John Ericsson.[1][2] It is based on the life of the sixteenth century Swedish king Gustav I of Sweden. It was released in two parts, premiering a week apart.[3]

Cast

  • Gösta Ekman as Gustaf Eriksson Wasa
  • Edvin Adolphson as Kristian II of Denmark
  • Hugo Björne as Sten Sture
  • Hjalmar Selander as Matts Ers
  • John Ericsson as Mats Ersson
  • Estery Ericsson as Ma Brita
  • Nils Lundell as Tobias
  • Karl-Magnus Thulstrup as Pers-Olle
  • Gustaf Aronsson as Henrik Möller
  • Sture Baude as Archbishop Gustaf Trolle
  • Bror Berger as The executioner
  • Erik 'Bullen' Berglund as Claus, sentry at Kalö
  • Signhild Björkman as Dyveke
  • Renée Björling as Margareta Brahe
  • John Borgh as Cord König
  • Tor Borong as Doctor at Åsunden
  • Pauline Brunius as Kristina Gyllenstjerna
  • Bertil Brusewitz as Bishop Jens Beldenacke
  • Elsa Burnett as Daughter at Svärdsjögården
  • Sickan Castegren as Mother of Matts Ers
  • Erland Colliander as Henrik Slagheck
  • Carl Ericson as Swedish farmer that doubts Gustaf Wasa
  • Gösta Ericsson as Jörgen, sentry at Kalö
  • Nils Ericsson as Nobleman at Kalö
  • Siegfried Fischer as Nobleman at Kalö
  • Pierre Fredriksson as Erik Banér
  • Algot Gunnarsson as Nils Bröms, mayor of Lübeck
  • Justus Hagman as Elias at Tronnevik
  • Wictor Hagman as Kneeling man at side of wounded Sten Sture
  • Carl Harald as Nobleman at Kalö
  • Weyler Hildebrand as Danish Captain
  • Thure Holm as Henrik Smed
  • Erik Johansson as Man at King Kristian's court
  • Rupert Johansson as Nobleman at Kalö
  • Karl Jonsson as Commander at Kalö
  • Olof Krook as Mathias, Bishop of Strängnäs
  • Uno Küller as Nils Lykke
  • Herman Lantz as Commander at the Stockholm bloodbath
  • Sven Lindström as Bishop Didrik Slagheck
  • Alfred Lundberg as Mayor of Stockholm
  • Hjalmar Peters as Hermann Israel
  • Axel Precht as Jakob Ulfsson, former Archbishop
  • Sven Quick as Father of Matts Ers
  • Gustav Ranft as Hemming Gadh
  • Carl Ström as Joakim Brahe
  • Karin Swanström as Sigbrit
  • Nils Waldt as Servant of Sten Sture
  • Ernst Öberg as Vicentius - Bishop of Skara

References

  1. ↑ Klossner p.167
  2. ↑ Sadoul p.32
  3. ↑ Gustafsson p.112

Bibliography

  • Gustafsson, Tommy. Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films. McFarland, 2014.
  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
  • Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary of Film Makers. University of California Press, 1972.


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