Edla Rothgardt
Known For & Full Filmography19 Titles
Movie - 1929, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple whose love affair is fraught with Hardy-esque complications and an unhappily married wife of the landowner.
Movie - 1924, 2h 15m • as Church visitor
Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is eventually defrocked. He becomes tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.
Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Kerstin Berg
Carl Malm is a goodhearted man who runs a railway station. He lives together with his maid and her seven kids.
Movie - 1923, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström goes out for a long walk with Stockholm as a goal. On the way they buy a lottery ticket and wins a lot of money.
Movie - 1926, 2h 15m • as A Harp
Katja is about to graduate, but she has nothing to wear for the graduation ball. Her father, the eccentric inventor Carl Axel Kock does not spend much of his income on Katja while her brother Curry gets everything he wants. So on the day of the ball, Katja simply dresses up in her brother’s brand new evening attire and attends the dance, smokes cigars, drinks brandy–and causes a scandal.
Movie - 1941, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The unemployed Loffe meets his old friend Wilhelm and gets some money. A year later it's time for Loffe to help Wilhelm.
Movie - 1925, 2h 15m • as Fina
Anders on Blåsekulla and Bengt at Snibben are neighbors. Both have a miserable time with their wives.
Movie - 1925, 2h 15m • as Woman in chapel
When his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up his career as the village teacher and to reclaim the land and farm of his fathers. The same stormy night, the charismatic preacher Helgum arrives in the village to spread the word about the promises of the Holy Land, which turns parents and children, men and wives, brothers and sisters, against one another. Ingmar is torn between his love for the headmaster’s daughter Gertrud who is under the preacher’s spell, and the prospects of marrying the judge’s daughter Barbro in order to keep the farm.
Movie - 1920, 2h 15m • as Woman at market
It's the beginning of the 1800s. A feud between the people of Ödemo and Rävgården has been going on since the dawn of time and now it's worse than ever.
Movie - 1917, 2h 15m • as Per Månsson's Wife
Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.
Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Old Lady Reading Newspaper
When the mine is closing down in the small community of Vestköping the town bank is also in danger. Sudden news of the return of one of the town's inhabitants who had emigrated to the USA and is said to be very wealthy improves spirits of everyone.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An agrarian community sometime in the 1700s. The farmer Påvel is married with his young wife Märit and very proud to have married such a young and sweet girl. Märit however, is disappointed about her marriage. Their neighbor Håkan lives alone on his farm and he falls in love with Märit. He tells her of his feelings and Märit is torn between the security of her marriage and the feelings she has for Håkan.
Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils.
Movie - 1932, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The brothers Österman have come to realize that they need a housekeeper on their farm. Big brother Kalle travels to town and returns with the young Anna.
Movie - 1932, 2h 15m • as Lady outside store (uncredited)
Erik Andersson marries Brita Blomstedt. During the wedding party he drinks alcohol which he is not used to. Later that evening Erik is involved in a brawl that end with a policeman getting a knife in the back.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Lantarbetarhustru
A feature length movie made by Allmänna valmansförbundet (today known as Moderaterna) for the Swedish elections. Illustrates how a young peasant whose father and forefathers strived hard for their farm.
Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Mrs. Österberg
The vessel pilot Alfred and fisherman Sven are both in love with Sonja, the most beautiful girl on the island they live on. Sven and Alfred become quarrel when Alfred one evening finds Sven with Sonja. The fight ends when Sven leaves the island. He freaked out completely when he hit Alfred with a bottle over the head. Now rumor has that Sonja is pregnant.
Movie - 1926, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
René Marelle from Marseille is actually a Swede named Richard Bergin, but he has chosen to tamper with his identity to avoid his Swedish military service. A look-alike has taken his place to fifty thousand kronor in compensation.