Doctor Glas (1942 film)

Not to be confused with Doctor Glas (1968 film).
Doctor Glas
Directed byRune Carlsten
Written byLars Tessing
Torsten Lundqvist
Rune Carlsten
Based onDoctor Glas
by Hjalmar Söderberg
Produced byStellan Claësson
Starring
CinematographyKarl-Erik Alberts
Edited byTage Holmberg
Music bySven Rüno
Production
company
Svensk Talfilm
Distributed byAB Svensk Talfilm
Release date
  • 30 November 1942 (1942-11-30)
Running time
89 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Doctor Glas (Swedish: Doktor Glas) is a 1942 Swedish drama film directed by Rune Carlsten and starring Georg Rydeberg, Irma Christenson and Hilda Borgström. It is based on the 1905 novel of the same name by Hjalmar Söderberg.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city.

Plot

Dr. Glas, an austere and well-respected physician, is in love with Helga Gregorius, one of his patients. When she confides in him that her husband’s sexual attentions disgust her but that, despite this, he will not leave her alone, the doctor begins to plot to rid her of him.

Cast

Reception

The reviews at the time of the film's release were positive. "The camera work, depicting enchanting views over the city of Stockholm was especially noted and praised."[3]

Nordic National Cinemas calls it "one of the most successful productions [of the wartime]" and notes that Georg Rydeberg "splendidly portrays the itinerant loner Glas".[4]

References

  1. ^ Carlsten, Rune (1942-11-30), Doctor Glas, Georg Rydeberg, Irma Christenson, Rune Carlsten, retrieved 2018-07-26
  2. ^ "Doktor Glas (1942) – The Swedish Film Database". Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. ^ Soila, Tytti (January 2010). "Passion at the threshold: Doctor Glas the flaneur in the films of Rune Carlstén and Mai Zetterling". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 2 (1): 5227. doi:10.3402/jac.v1i0.5227. ISSN 2000-4214.
  4. ^ Iverson, Gunnar; Widding, Astrid Soderbergh; Soila, Tytti (2005-07-19). Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 9781134891771.