Thomas Graal's Best Child
6.2
“Marriage a la mode”
Frau Bessie, once a madcap, aristocratic and modern Swedish fraulein, has become now a whimsical and conservative Swedish burgess after her marriage to Herr Thomas Graal. The destabilization of the marriage begins right at the wedding (which contains some hilarious incidents) when Frau Bessie announces the first Graal child must be a girl, creating a terrible conflict with her husband who is hoping for a boy. It takes a scandal to finally end the war between man and wife.
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Cast
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Victor Sjöström
Thomas Graal
Known for
Wild Strawberries
The Phantom Carriage
Karin Molander
Bessie Douglas
Also in
Erotikon
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
Henrik Jaenzon
Mauritz Stiller
Also in
The Springtime of Life
The Gardener
Gustaf Molander
Also in
The Dreamed Valley - Soria Moria
Scattered Pages
Josef Fischer
Alexander Douglas
Also in
The Tyranny of Hate
Mysterious Shadows
Axel Esbensen
Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Clotilde Douglas
Known for
The Outlaw and His Wife
Ingeborg Holm
Torsten Winge
Rudolf P.
Known for
The Devil's Eye
Edvin Adolphson
Guest at the wedding
Also in
One Summer of Happiness
Hemsöborna
Hugo Björne
Guest at the wedding
Known for
Torment
Ingeborg Holm
Kotti Chave
Brides maid
Known for
The Silence
Mauritz Stiller Director · Gustaf Molander Writer Henrik Jaenzon Cinematographer
First release October 21, 1918 · Produced in Sweden · Production Svenska Biografteatern AB
Production
Svenska Biografteatern
Production
Svenska Biografteatern AB
Production
Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Thomas Graals bästa barn
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Sweden · October 21, 1918
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
March 31, 1919
France
June 17, 2017 · La Cinémathèque Française: Rétrospective Mauritz Stiller
Portugal
July 23, 1925
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