
Mot nya tider
A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.
Top Billed Cast

Victor Sjöström
Hjalmar Branting

Sigurd Wallén
Kalle Lundgren

Bengt Djurberg
Johan Dahlberg

Solveig Hedengran
Elin Dahlberg

Leif Amble-Næss
Harald Bothner
Featured Crew

Sven Josephson
Sound

Börje Lundh
Makeup Artist

Lars Nordberg
Sound

Lennart Wallén
Editor
Eric Bengtson
Original Music Composer
Allan Egnell
Costume Design

Bertil Duroj
Art Direction

Sigurd Wallén
Director
John Sandén
Writer

Karl-Erik Alberts
Director of Photography

Hilmer Ekdahl
Director of Photography