The Image Makers

The Image Makers

2000•1h 39m•6.5/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(17)

Set in 1920, The Image Makers depicts a private screening at Svensk Filmindustri, where silent-era director Victor Sjöström presents scenes from his adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s The Phantom Carriage. As the Nobel Prize–winning author watches alongside cinematographer Julius Jaenzon and young actress Tora Teje, tensions emerge between generations, genders, and artistic roles, exposing the emotional costs behind creation.

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Production

SVT Drama, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, DR, YLE

Language

SV

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lennart Hjulström

Lennart Hjulström

Victor Sjöström

Anita Björk

Anita Björk

Selma Lagerlöf

Elin Klinga

Elin Klinga

Tora Teje

Carl Magnus Dellow

Carl Magnus Dellow

Julius Jaenzon

Henry 'Nypan' Nyberg

Projectionist

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