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A Man There Was
1917. Sweden. Victor Sjöström. Approx. 57 min.
With piano accompaniment by Stuart Oderman
Sunday, June 10, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
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A Man There Was
1917. Sweden. Directed by Victor Sjöström. Screenplay by Gustaf Molander, based on the poem by Henrik Ibsen. With Sjöström, Bergliot Husberg. Widely praised upon its initial release, A Man There Was is the story of an aging sailor who looks back on the injustices he has suffered in life yet refrains from exacting revenge. Sjöström and Molander generate great power and pathos by largely keeping the intertitles true to Ibsen's original text. Restored by the Svenska Filminstitutet. Silent with Swedish intertitles; simultaneous English translation. Approx. 57 min.
In the Film exhibition To Save and Project: The Fifth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
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