![]() ![]() ![]() ".The wave of psychologically interested Swedish films before and after 1920, which were sometimes regarded as rather grim abroad"Īccording to an advance report of May 1923 in the magazine Vore Damer, Mor æ nen had been conceived six or seven years earlier ( 1923). It was anticipated that the film would be reminiscent of Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru ( Eyvind of the Hills/The Outlaw and his Wife, Victor Sjöström, SE, 1918), the Swedish adaptation of the Danish-Icelandic stageplay which was famous at the time ( 1923). Advance reports already accentuated the ‘Swedishness’ of the film, no doubt due to the project’s literary quality, along with the unusual production circumstances: it was to be shot on location in Norway (Anon. In the Danish press discourse, Mor æ nen (meaning "The Moraine," a rock formation deposited by a glacier) was pigeonholed as a “Swedish” film. Sandberg, DK, 1924), but broaden the view to take in writings about other comparable Nordic “heritage” or “national” films, showing how the contemporary press picked up on ideas floating in and around Morænen, ideas about character psychology and about supposedly ancient and deep-seated qualities of “Nordicness.” Kosmorama #269 (I will start with the reception of Mor æ nen (A.W. ![]() Bachmann, Anne (2017): Nordic Landscape Discourse in Scandinavian Silent Cinema: "Morænen", Nature, and National Character. ![]()
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