Song of the Scarlet Flower

Apr 14, 1919

1h 40m

★ 5.6

Overview

The son of a wealthy farmer loves a simple maid, for which he's booted out of the house by his father.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Svenska Biografteatern

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Cast

Olof Koskela

Lars Hanson

Kyllikki

Edith Erastoff

Elli

Lillebil Ibsen

Annikki

Greta Almroth

Olof's Mother

Louise Fahlman

Olof's Father

Axel Hultman

Log Driving Chief

John Ekman

Kyllikki's Father

Hjalmar Peters

Kyllikki's Fiancé

Nils Lundell

Raftsman

Olof Ås

Raftsman

Paul Hagman

Raftsman

Arvid Dahlberg

Dida Ibsen, daughter of impoverished farmers, has, according to her father's will, to marry the main creditor. But she refuses and decides to live with a married man as a mistress, till he gets his divorce. In the town she opens a restaurant with the money of her wealthy lover, from whom she soon gets pregnant, but their dreams of marriage fail, his wife refuses the divorce. After a while, she decides to marry one of the regular guests at her restaurant, van Galen, who spent quite some time in the tropics and because of this is at the brink of madness. Shortly after the marriage his condition worsens and life becomes hell for Dida.

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