Romance ·Drama · Sweden · 1929 · 2h 15m

The Kingdom of Rye

Rågens Rike

Director

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

Crew

Jarl Hemmer — Writer Ivar Johansson — Writer

Synopsis

Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple whose love affair is fraught with Hardy-esque complications and an unhappily married wife of the landowner.

Key Collaborators

Ivar Johansson Director Jarl Hemmer Writer Ivar Johansson Writer

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