The Father (1912)
Film adaptation of August Strindberg's classic marriage drama in which the wife Laura drives the equestrian master into insanity and death.
Top billed cast
August FalckAdolf
Karin AlexanderssonLaura
Renée BjörlingBertha- Johan LjungquistA. Östermark
- Konstantin AxelssonPastor
- Karin ThorénMargret
- John BlomNöjd
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