Thomas Graal's Best Child

1918·81'

Mauritz Stiller

RomanceComedy

Swedish

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Frau Bessie, once a madcap, aristocratic and modern Swedish fraulein, has become now a whimsical and conservative Swedish burgess after her marriage to Herr Thomas Graal. The destabilization of the marriage begins right at the wedding (which contains some hilarious incidents) when Frau Bessie announces the first Graal child must be a girl, creating a terrible conflict with her husband who is hoping for a boy. It takes a scandal to finally end the war between man and wife.

Cast

Victor Sjöström Thomas Graal Karin Molander Bessie Douglas Josef Fischer Alexander Douglas Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson Clotilde Douglas Torsten Winge Rudolf P. Edvin Adolphson Guest at the wedding Hugo Björne Guest at the wedding Kotti Chave Brides maid Axel Nilsson John

Walerie Alexandrow-Höök Bridesmaid

Carl Apolloff Guest Gucken Cederborg Woman Cook

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