The Kingdom of Rye (1929)
2h 15m
Running Time
December 26, 1929Release Date
The Kingdom of Rye (1929)
2h 15m
Running Time
December 26, 1929Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Mathias Taube
Mattias Spangar
Eric Laurent
Markus
Märtha Lindlöf
Widow
Margit Manstad
Klara
Ivar Johansson
Director
Axel Slangus
Kniv-Pekka
Jarl Hemmer
Writer
Yngve Sköld
Composer
Gösta Ericsson
Ante
Carl Halling
Cinematographer
Solveig Hedengran
Stina
Artur Cederborgh
Prophet
Lizzie Nyström
Old Maid
Sven Bergvall
Gusten
Gustav Runsten
Farmhand
Wictor Hagman
Jan
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1929
Original NameRågens Rike
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Realm of the Rye (Swedish: Rågens rike) is a 1929 Swedish black-and-white silent film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Mathias Taube, Margit Manstad and Eric Laurent. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde. It was remade into a 1950 film The Realm of the Rye, also directed by Johansson.