The Avenger

The Avenger

49 mins | Drama | Sept. 5, 1915

Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death

The Avenger

49 mins | Drama | Sept. 5, 1915

The Avenger
Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death
Producers Svenska Biografteatern AB
Original title Hämnaren
Directors Mauritz Stiller
Writers Louis Levy, Martin Jørgensen

Cast

Wilhelm Hansson

as Georg Vide

Edith Erastoff

as Ester

Edmond Hansen

as Ester's father

John Ekman

as Jacob Kahn, Ester's cousin

Richard Lund

as Josef

William Larsson

as Landowner von Sterner

Karin Molander

as Emma von Sterner

Gustaf Callmén

as Georg's father, dean

Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

as Georg's mother

Emmy Elffors

as Georg's fiancee

Thure Holm

as Bank director

Nils Elffors

as Student on stairs

Tyra Dörum

as Maid