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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.
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Producers
Kevin Brownlow (producer) | David Gill (producer)
Editor
Trevor Aylward (on-line editor)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 8, 1995

Release date
Oct 8, 1995 (United Kingdom)

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Cast

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31 cast members
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Kenneth Branagh
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Ingmar Bergman
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Gunnar Fischer
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Jochen Kolenda
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Guje Lagerwall
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Gerd Mayen
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Doris Plenert
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Ulrich Tukur
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Rune Waldekranz
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Gösta Werner
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Olof Ås
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Lili Beck
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Hilda Borgström
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John W. Brunius
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Hildur Carlberg
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Benjamin Christensen
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Gösta Ekman
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Greta Garbo
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Lars Hanson
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Julius Jaenzon
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Mary Johnson
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Charles Magnusson
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Karin Molander
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Victor Sjöström
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Mauritz Stiller
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Lili Ziedner
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