

135 minutes
12/26/1929
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.

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
Sickan Castegren
Tyra Dörum

Edla Rothgardt
Signe Enwall

Julia Cæsar
Knut Frankman