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The Clang of the Pick (Swedish: Hård klang) is a 1952 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, Edvin Adolphson and Margit Carlqvist. It was shot at the Kungsholmen Studios of Nordisk Tonefilm in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bibi Lindström.
Synopsis
The village of Brovik on the coast of Småland in southern Sweden is transformed from a small agricultural settlement into a booming port due to the development of a granite quarrying by a German industrialist Klaus Willenhart in the late nineteenth century. By the First World War his son Frans has taken over the business and identifies strongly with the local community in neutral Sweden. By contrast his father, wife Vera and brother Gert are strongly committed to the German Empire and the cause of victory. Vera leaves Frans and goes with her brother-in-law, an on officer in the Kaiser's army, to work as a nurse.
Frans bonds with Minka, the niece of a local stonemason who bitterly resents the wealthy German family, and they ultimately become lovers. When a naval mine drifts towards the village, Frans detonates it with a rifle and is fatally wounded by shrapnel.
Cast
Victor Sjöström as Klaus Willenhart
Edvin Adolphson as Frans Willenhart
John Elfström as Olof Rydberg
Margit Carlqvist as Minka
Nils Hallberg as Teofil
Rolf von Nauckhoff as Gert Willenhart
Naima Wifstrand as Narrator / Clothes Saleswoman
Eva Bergh as Vera
Erik Hell as Johan
Magnus Kesster as Verk-Masse
Dagmar Ebbesen as Hanna
Axel Högel as Svenske Fredrik
Wiktor Andersson as Karlsson
Sten Mattsson as Börje
Gösta Gustafson as Hornvall
Svea Holst as Mrs. Karlsson
Hedvig Lindby as Old Villager
John Norrman as Secretary
Birger Åsander as Arvid
Gunnar Öhlund as Stone Mason
Ingemar Holde as Fiddle player
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt as Fiddle player
John Melin as Guest at the party
References
Bibliography
Sundholm, John. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2012.
External links
The Clang of the Pick at IMDb
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