The Realm of the Rye (Swedish: Rågens rike) is a 1929 Swedish black-and-white silent film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Mathias Taube, Margit Manstad and Eric Laurent. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde. It was remade into a 1950 film The Realm of the Rye, also directed by Johansson.
Cast
Mathias Taube as Mattias Spangar
Eric Laurent as Markus
Märtha Lindlöf as Widow
Margit Manstad as Klara
Artur Cederborgh as Prophet
Gustav Runsten as Farmhand
Axel Slangus as Kniv-Pekka
Gösta Ericsson as Ante
Solveig Hedengran as Stina
Lizzie Nyström as Old Maid
Sven Bergvall as Gusten
Wictor Hagman as Jan
Hilda Borgström as Bonfgumma
Helga Brofeldt as Maid
Hilda Castegren as Old Countrywoman
Julia Cæsar as Maid
Tyra Dörum as Old Countrywoman
Signe Enwall as Maid
Knut Frankman as Neighbour
Gustaf Gjerdrum as Priest
Gunhild Robertson as Old Countrywoman
Edla Rothgardt as Old Countrywoman
References
Bibliography
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.