Karin Molander

Karin Molander (born Katarina Margareta Elisabet Edwertz, 20 May 1889 – 3 September 1978) was a Swedish stage and film actress whose career spanned over five decades.

Love and Journalism (1916)

A woman journalist employed as a maid by a great explorer is overcome with remorse at revealing his private life to the public. He shares her feelings and marries her  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson  •  Karin Molander  •  Stina Berg  •  Gucken Cederborg

A woman journalist employed as a maid by a great explorer is overcome with remorse at revealing his private life to the public. He shares her feelings and marries her  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson  •  Karin Molander  •  Stina Berg  •  Gucken Cederborg

Erotikon (1920)

Erotikon is a 1920 Swedish romantic comedy film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Tora Teje, Karin Molander, Anders de Wahl and Lars Hanson. It is based on the 1917 play A kék róka by Ferenc Herczeg. The story revolves around an entomology professor obsessed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Anders de Wahl  •  Tora Teje  •  Lars Hanson  •  Karin Molander

Erotikon is a 1920 Swedish romantic comedy film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Tora Teje, Karin Molander, Anders de Wahl and Lars Hanson. It is based on the 1917 play A kék róka by Ferenc Herczeg. The story revolves around an entomology professor obsessed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Anders de Wahl  •  Tora Teje  •  Lars Hanson  •  Karin Molander

The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1917)

A 1917 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1913 novel by Selma Lagerlöf. It was the first in a series of successful Lagerlöf adaptions by Sjöström, made possible by a deal between Lagerlöf and A-B Svenska Biografteatern (later AB Svensk ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Sjöström
CAST:  Greta Almroth  •  Nils Aréhn  •  Josua Bengtson  •  Georg Blomstedt

A 1917 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1913 novel by Selma Lagerlöf. It was the first in a series of successful Lagerlöf adaptions by Sjöström, made possible by a deal between Lagerlöf and A-B Svenska Biografteatern (later AB Svensk ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Sjöström
CAST:  Greta Almroth  •  Nils Aréhn  •  Josua Bengtson  •  Georg Blomstedt

Gabrielle (1954)

While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Eva Henning  •  Birger Malmsten  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Inga Tidblad

While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Eva Henning  •  Birger Malmsten  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Inga Tidblad

Stiller, Garbo & jag (1988)

One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben is the grandson of Mauritz's brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claes Olsson  •  Alvaro Pardo
CAST:  Ruben Stiller  •  Mauritz Stiller  •  Greta Garbo  •  Gösta Werner

One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben is the grandson of Mauritz's brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claes Olsson  •  Alvaro Pardo
CAST:  Ruben Stiller  •  Mauritz Stiller  •  Greta Garbo  •  Gösta Werner

The Avenger (1915)

Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Wilhelm Hansson  •  Edith Erastoff  •  Edmond Hansen  •  John Ekman

Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Wilhelm Hansson  •  Edith Erastoff  •  Edmond Hansen  •  John Ekman

Thomas Graal's Best Film (1917)

Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a screenplay inspired by Bessie. But she has not been really honest with him. 31 minutes of runtime are missing and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Victor Sjöström  •  Karin Molander  •  Albin Lavén  •  Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a screenplay inspired by Bessie. But she has not been really honest with him. 31 minutes of runtime are missing and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Victor Sjöström  •  Karin Molander  •  Albin Lavén  •  Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

Madame de Thèbes (1915)

The story is wacky – a gypsy is cursed by her father, so that she has to deny her illegitimate son in order for him to have a successful life. She gives him to a well-to-do lady who has lost her own child. Later, he has grown up to be a politician who wants to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  John Ekman  •  Märta Halldén  •  Nicolai Johannsen  •  William Larsson

The story is wacky – a gypsy is cursed by her father, so that she has to deny her illegitimate son in order for him to have a successful life. She gives him to a well-to-do lady who has lost her own child. Later, he has grown up to be a politician who wants to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  John Ekman  •  Märta Halldén  •  Nicolai Johannsen  •  William Larsson

Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Victor Sjöström  •  Karin Molander  •  Josef Fischer  •  Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Victor Sjöström  •  Karin Molander  •  Josef Fischer  •  Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

The Fairy of Solbakken (1919)

Synnöve lives with her parents at the farm Solbakken on a sunny hill. Thorbjörn, who lives at Granliden in the shadow of a big mountain, often looks wistfully up to Solbakken. As teenagers they meet and fall in love. Another boy, Knud Nordhaug, is also yearning for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John W. Brunius
CAST:  Karin Molander  •  Lars Hanson  •  Egil Eide  •  Hjalmar Peters

Synnöve lives with her parents at the farm Solbakken on a sunny hill. Thorbjörn, who lives at Granliden in the shadow of a big mountain, often looks wistfully up to Solbakken. As teenagers they meet and fall in love. Another boy, Knud Nordhaug, is also yearning for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John W. Brunius
CAST:  Karin Molander  •  Lars Hanson  •  Egil Eide  •  Hjalmar Peters

Surrogatet (1919)

At the Stora Morgonbladet newspaper office the daily work has started, at the same time the journalist Maggie Frisch has just noticed how late she is and what a great position in the paper her article from yesterday has received. She hopes to use the success of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Einar Bruun
CAST:  Karin Molander  •  Violet Molitor  •  Nils Aréhn  •  Einar Bruun

At the Stora Morgonbladet newspaper office the daily work has started, at the same time the journalist Maggie Frisch has just noticed how late she is and what a great position in the paper her article from yesterday has received. She hopes to use the success of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Einar Bruun
CAST:  Karin Molander  •  Violet Molitor  •  Nils Aréhn  •  Einar Bruun

Det röda tornet (1914)

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DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Albin Lavén  •  Karin Molander  •  Gustaf Callmén  •  Carlo Wieth

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DIRECTION:  Mauritz Stiller
CAST:  Albin Lavén  •  Karin Molander  •  Gustaf Callmén  •  Carlo Wieth