Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918)

1918 · Silent film · 7 min · dir. Mauritz Stiller

Marriage a la mode

• Comedy
• Romance

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Synopsis

Frau Bessie, once a madcap, aristocratic and modern Swedish fraulein, has become now a whimsical and conservative Swedish burgess after her marriage to Herr Thomas Graal. The destabilization of the marriage begins right at the wedding (which contains some hilarious incidents) when Frau Bessie announces the first Graal child must be a girl, creating a terrible conflict with her husband who is hoping for a boy. It takes a scandal to finally end the war between man and wife.

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Details

Director

Mauritz Stiller

Writer

Gustaf Molander

Cinematography

Henrik Jaenzon

Studio

Svenska Biografteatern

Released

1918-10-21

Original title

Thomas Graals bästa barn

Running time

7 minutes

Cast & crew

• Mauritz Stiller Director
• Victor Sjöström
• Karin Molander
• Josef Fischer
• Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
• Torsten Winge
• Edvin Adolphson
• Hugo Björne
• Kotti Chave

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