Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood Art's Promised Land (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Art's Promised Land (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

The title comes from a comment that Danish director Carl Dreyer made about Swedish director Victor Sjostrom, and the focus here is on the Svensk studio and the role played by adaptations of contemporary novels by the author Selma Lagerlof.

Directors

Dan Carter | Michael Winterbottom

Producers

Kevin Brownlow | David Gill

Composers

Philip Appleby | Carl Davis

Editor

Trevor Aylward

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Updated Oct 8, 1995

Release date

Oct 8, 1995 (United Kingdom)

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Kenneth Branagh Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Henry V (1989)
Jean-Louis Trintignant Narrator (French version) (voice) Narrator (French version) (voice) See fewer	Amour (2012)
Claude Autant-Lara Self Self See fewer	Devil in the Flesh (1947)
Ingmar Bergman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wild Strawberries (1957)
Carl Theodor Dreyer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gertrud (1964)
Gunnar Fischer Self (cinematographer) Self (cinematographer) See fewer	Wild Strawberries (1957)
Jochen Kolenda Voice over (german version) (voice) Voice over (german version) (voice) See fewer	Rush (I) (2013)
Guje Lagerwall Self (Victor Sjöström's daughter) Self (Victor Sjöström's daughter) See fewer	Farligt löfte (1955)
Gerd Mayen Voice over (german version) (voice) Voice over (german version) (voice) See fewer	Ein Sommernachtstraum (1965)
Violet Molitor Self Self See fewer	The run-away bride (1923)
Doris Plenert Voice over (german version) (voice) Voice over (german version) (voice) See fewer	Tatort (1970)
Mimi Pollak Self Self See fewer	Autumn Sonata (1978)
Ulrich Tukur Narrator (german version) (voice) Narrator (german version) (voice) See fewer	The Lives of Others (2006)
Rune Waldekranz Self (film historian) Self (film historian) See fewer	Helen of Troy (1951)
Gösta Werner Self (film historian) Self (film historian) See fewer	The Sacrifice (1946)
Lili Beck Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Dolken (1915)
Hilda Borgström Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Phantom Carriage (1921)
John W. Brunius Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	En lyckoriddare (1921)
Hildur Carlberg Margarete Pedersdotter (archive footage) (uncredited) Margarete Pedersdotter (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Parson's Widow (1920)
Benjamin Christensen The Devil (archive footage) (uncredited) The Devil (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Blind Justice (1916)
Gösta Ekman Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Faust (1926)
Greta Garbo Various Roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various Roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Ninotchka (1939)
Lars Hanson Olof Koskela (archive footage) (uncredited) Olof Koskela (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
Julius Jaenzon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Samhällets dom (1912)
Mary Johnson Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Storstadsfaror (1918)
Charles Magnusson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Resa Stockholm-Göteborg genom Göta och Trollhätte kanaler (1908)
Karin Molander Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1917)
Victor Sjöström Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Wild Strawberries (1957)
Mauritz Stiller Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Erotikon (1920)
Lili Ziedner Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Cirkus Bimbini (1921)
Olof Ås Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Phantom Carriage (1921)