Love's Crucible
1922At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to a ritual: trial by fire, walking on fire along a path leading directly to a crucifix. A film that has been much commended for the visual creativity shown by the director in successive blending in of images involving Ursula, her husband, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ. Much applauded, also: the performance of Jenny Hasselqvist, thus described by French director René Clair: “We shall never forget her flaming eyes, the severity of her spirit, her abrupt and alarmed expressions, like an animal under threat.”
Acted in
Jenny Hasselqvist
as Ursula
Ivan Hedqvist
as Anton
Tore Svennberg
as Mayor
Gösta Ekman
as Bertram
Knut Lindroth
Waldemar Wohlström
Nils Asther
as Apprentice
Torsten Bergström
as The Herald
Nils Lundell
as Agitator
Edvin Adolphson
as Man at the inn
Bror Berger
as Executioner
Helga Brofeldt
as Woman outside church
Ossian Brofeldt
as Old Monk
Julia Cæsar
as Woman outside church
Tyra Dörum
as Ursula's Maid
Lars Egge
as Lute Player
John Ericsson
as Man at the inn
Emil Fjellström
as Man
Nils Jacobsson
as Guest
Herman Lantz
as Soldier
Artur Rolén
as Man at the inn
Albert Ståhl
as Man at the inn
Olof Ås
as Man at the inn
Olle Hilding
Siegfried Fischer
Harald Wehlnor
as Monk
Gösta Bodin
as Mob member
Gustaf Salzenstein
as Mob member
Martha Colliander
as Mob member
Alfred Lundberg
Georg af Klercker
William Larsson
as Man at the inn
Carl Ericson
as Man at the inn
Sven Quick
as Man at the inn
Paul Seelig
as Apprentice