Johan Ulfstjerna is a 1936 Swedish drama film directed as well as co-written by Gustaf Edgren and starring Gösta Ekman, Björn Berglund and Birgit Tengroth. It is based on the 1907 Tor Hedberg play Johan Ulfstjerna, which had previously been made into a 1923 silent film of the same title. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark.
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Synopsis
The film takes place in Helsinki at the turn of the twentieth century when an underground resistance movement attempts to liberate Finland from the Russian Empire. It is the last night of 1899, and students at the university are having a student union dance. Despite the festivities, discontent is simmering. Professor Stenbäck leads the students in an underground movement against the Russians. The country is to become even more Russian according to a new bill, which will soon be signed by the Governor-General. The student movement therefore decides to assassinate the Governor. A lottery is drawn to choose the perpetrator of this act.
Cast
Gösta Ekman as Johan Ulfstjerna
Edith Erastoff as Adelaide Ulfstjerna
Björn Berglund as Helge Ulfstjerna
Birgit Tengroth as Agda
Edvin Adolphson as Governor General
Ernst Eklund as Prof. Stenback
Carl Ström as Ivan Ivanovitch
Hugo Björne as Koskinen
Helge Hagerman as Koskinen Jr.
Erik Berglund as Pekka, groom
Jullan Jonsson as Lina
Carl Deurell as Agda's Father
Allan Bohlin as Secretary General
Ernst Brunman as Prison guard
George Fant as Student
Georg Fernqvist as Footman
Peter Höglund as Student
Arne Lindblad as Governor General's secretary
Emil Fjellström as Prison guard
Richard Lund as Arresting officer
Henrik Schildt as Student
Emmy Albiin as Older woman