Med folket för fosterlandet

Med folket för fosterlandet

1938 · 106 min · ★ 8.0 · Crime, Drama, History, War

This film depicts every noteworthy event (in the eyes of the film-makers) in Sweden from the death of King Oscar II, in 1907, to the celebration of the 80th birthday of King Gustave V in Stockholm in June of 1938. This film is comprised largely of newsreel clips intermixed with the fictional story of the family lives of a working man and a well-to-do newspaper editor through two generations, with a special significance in the showing of the development of the social-democratic form of government in Sweden.

Directed by Sigurd Wallén · Written by Sigurd Wallén

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