Gustaf Molander (3 films)

🎬 Gustaf Molander — Master Filmmaker

Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Swedish actor and film director. His parents were writer and director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, née Wessler, and his brother was the director Olof Molander (1892–1966). He was the father of director and producer Harald Molander from his first marriage, from 1910-1918, with actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg (1892–1977). Gustaf Molander was born in Helsingfors (Helsinki) in the Grand Duchy of Finland (in the Russian Empire), where his father was working at the Swedish Theatre. He studied in the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm 1907–1909, acted at the Swedish Theatre in Helsingfors 1909–1913, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1913 to 1926. The last years there he headed the school and was also a teacher, being Greta Garbo one of his students. He was also one of the founders of the Swedish Film Society in 1933 and received an honorary award from the organization in 1953. Molander wrote several screenplays for Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, and it was the latter who helped him secure employment as a director at Svensk Filmindustri. He wrote the screenplay for A Man There Was (Victor Sjöström, 1917), a film often regarded as marking the beginning of the golden age of Swedish silent cinema, and later directed its epilogue, Ingmar's Inheritance (1925).

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Our collection features 3 colorized films showcasing Gustaf Molander's visionary work in Drama, Romance, History and more.