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The Kingdom of Rye (1929)

The Kingdom of Rye (1929)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1929, December 26
Directors: Ivar Johansson
Countries: Sweden
Production: Tellus Films, Maja Engelbrektson
Cast: Eric Laurent, Axel Slangus, Helga Brofeldt, Artur Cederborgh, Solveig Hedengran, Gösta Ericsson, Hilda Borgström, Sven Bergvall, Margit Manstad, Märtha Lindlöf, Wictor Hagman, Hilda Castegren

Overview:

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.