Iron Wills

Iron Wills
Iron Wills
Directed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	5 March 1923;
Running time	67 minutes
Country	Sweden
Languages	Silent; Swedish intertitles;

Iron Wills (Swedish: Hårda viljor) is a 1923 Swedish

drama film directed by John W. Brunius

and starring

Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Norway. The film's sets were designed by the art director Axel Esbensen

.

Plot

Iron Wills (1923)

Fredrik Mack owns a large glue factory in a fishing village in

telegraph operator

Ove Rolandsen, a real ladies' man who shamelessly takes advantage of the affection that Marie van Loos, the local priest's housekeeper, has for him. Rolandsen lives with the fisherman Levion, where, in his spare time, he experimented with and invented a glue that is better than Mack's.

When Mack's daughter Elise returns from her studies in

Kristiania, Rolandsen pursues her. She is not completely immune to his charm but is also wooed by the more stately Captain Henriksen. There is a heated argument between Marie van Loos and the over-refreshed

Rolandsen at a party at Mack's house. Captain Henriksen takes advantage of the situation and tricks Rolandsen into proposing to Elise, who mockingly rejects him. This leads to his public humiliation and sudden engagement to Marie.

After a burglary at Mack's house, Rolandsen, in need of money, falsely confesses to the crime and receives the reward offered for identifying the thief, even if it was the thief themselves. This results in Rolandsen losing both his job and fiancée. He redeems himself by rescuing Elise from an assault. The real burglar is later revealed to be the poacher and moonshiner Enok, clearing Rolandsen's name. Ultimately, Rolandsen receives a lucrative patent offer for his glue and forms a business partnership with Mack. He and Elise reconcile and unite their futures.

Cast

Eugen Skjønberg as Ove Rolandsen
Linnéa Hillberg as Marie van Loos
Torsten Hillberg as Fredrik Mack Jr.
Karin Alexandersson as Priest's Wife
Solveig Bang as Helga Levion
Lilla Bye as Elise Mack
Helge Kihlberg as Guest
William Larsson as Levion
Yngve Nyqvist as Henriksen
Gustav Ranft as Fredrik Mack Sr.
Carl Ström as Priest
Albert Ståhl as Enok

References

^ Hjort & Lindqvist p.278
^ Sadoul p.32

Bibliography

Hjort, Mette & Lindqvist, Ursula. A Companion to Nordic Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary of Film Makers. University of California Press, 1972.

External links

Iron Wills at
IMDb

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[1] Hjort & Lindqvist p.278

[2] Sadoul p.32