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                |  | Lilli Bech and Gösta Ekman. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
 
 |  Trädgårdsmästaren
 Also known as [The Gardener], [The Broken Spring Rose], [The Cruelty of the World]
 (1912) Sweden
 B&W : Short film
 Directed by Victor Sjöström
 Cast: Victor Sjöström [the gardener], Gösta Ekman [the gardener’s son], Lilli Bech [the young woman], John Ekman [the general], Mauritz Stiller [passenger], Gunnar Bowman Svenska Biografteatern Aktiebolaget production; distributed by [?] Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå? / Scenario by Mauritz Stiller. Cinematography by Julius Jaenzon. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was banned in Sweden. The film was released in Denmark on 17 October 1912. The film was released in Norway on 10 January 1913. Drama. Survival status: Print exists. Current rights holder: (unknown) Listing updated: 8 December 2009. References: Cowie-Swedish-2 pp. 9, 154; Fell-History p. 124; Forslund-Sjöström p. 273; McIlroy-Sweden pp. 12, 166. |