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INGEBORG HOLM – 1913 – HILDA BORGSTRöM – SILENT – RARE DVD
Director: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Hilda Borgström … Ingeborg Holm Aron Lindgren … Sven Holm, Older Eric Holm Erik Lindholm … Shop Assistant Georg Grönroos … Workhouse Superintendant William Larsson … Chief Constable Richard Lund … Doctor Carl Barcklind … House Doctor
Victor Sjöström directs this striking social drama based on the 1906 play by Nils Krok. About a wife and mother who, when her husband becomes ill and dies, is forced into the workhouse and must see her children given away to foster care. This film influenced a great debate in Sweden about social security and helped lead to changes in the laws governing such workhouses.
Cast: Hilda Borgström … Ingeborg Holm Aron Lindgren … Sven Holm, Older Eric Holm Erik Lindholm … Shop Assistant Georg Grönroos … Workhouse Superintendant William Larsson … Chief Constable Richard Lund … Doctor Carl Barcklind … House Doctor
Victor Sjöström directs this striking social drama based on the 1906 play by Nils Krok. About a wife and mother who, when her husband becomes ill and dies, is forced into the workhouse and must see her children given away to foster care. This film influenced a great debate in Sweden about social security and helped lead to changes in the laws governing such workhouses.
