The Kingdom of Rye
(1929)
★ 7.5 IMDb · 2 votes
Year: 1929
Runtime: 136 мин
Country: Sweden
Director: Ivar Johansson
Cast: Mathias Taube, Eric Laurent, Märtha Lindlöf, Margit Manstad, Artur Cederborgh, Gustav Runsten, Axel Slangus, Gösta Ericsson, Solveig Hedengran, Lizzie Nyström
Plot
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.