John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads

1937 film

13 December 1937 (1937-12-13)

Running time

92 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads (Swedish: John Ericsson – segraren vid Hampton Roads) is a 1937 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Victor Sjöström, Märta Ekström and Anders Henrikson.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is a biographical film of the nineteenth century Swedish engineer and inventor John Ericsson, known for his work in Britain and the United States. The title refers to the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads in the American Civil War, which featured the warship USS Monitor designed by Ericsson.

It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It was produced and distributed by Svensk Filmindustri.

Cast

Victor Sjöström as John Ericsson
Märta Ekström as Amelia Ericsson
Anders Henrikson as Taylor
Sigurd Wallén as Karl 'Charlie' Petterson
Kotti Chave as James Kerrigan
Hilda Borgström as Ann Cassidy
Carl Barcklind as Stephen Mallory
Marianne Aminoff as Mary
Ivar Kåge as Harry Delameter
Olof Winnerstrand as Smith
Richard Lund as Paulding
Erik Rosén as Davis
Helga Görlin as Jenny Lind
Edvin Adolphson as Sanders
Jussi Björling as Singer
Knut Frankman as Seaman
Gunnar Sjöberg as Seaman
Carl Ström as Chief Guard
Eric Abrahamsson as Clerk at the Navy Department
Greta Almroth as Amelia's friend in England
Carl August Andersson as First mate on 'Minnesota'
Bror Berger as Unemployed
Olle Björklund as Lieutenant on 'Merrimac'
Gösta Bodin as Phineas Taylor Barnum, Jenny Lind's agent
Carl Deurell as Foreman
Bengt Djurberg as Lieutenant on 'Monitor'
John Ericsson as Abraham Lincoln, president of the US
August Falck as Sailor
George Fant as Lieutenant on 'Monitor'
Georg Fernqvist as Officer
Emil Fjellström as Worker
Gösta Grip as Confederate Minister
Wictor Hagman as Sailor
Hester Harvey as Black girl
Folke Helleberg as Officer
John Hilke as Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy
Torsten Hillberg as Judge
Anders Holmgren as Train driver
Helge Karlsson as Soldier on 'Monitor'
Helge Kihlberg as Young man at the station
Alf Kjellin as Young man on Delamater's office
Axel Lagerberg as Member of the Marine Committee
Herman Lantz as Young man waiting for the Cunard Ferry
Axel Lindberg as Lincoln's secretary
Richard Lindström as Chairman of the Marine Committee
Walter Lindström as Member of the Marine Committee
Gösta Lycke as Commander on 'Minnesota'
Helge Mauritz as Singer
Nils Nordståhl as Commander on 'Cumberland'
Yngve Nyqvist as General Robert E. Lee
Gabriel Rosén as Confederate Chief of Guards
Robert Ryberg as Draft officer
Ingeborg Strandin as Worried mother
Eric von Gegerfelt as Confederate minister
James Westheimer as Sailor
John Westin as Member of Congress
Charles White as Jim, negro
Oscar Åberg as Manager of the Confederate Shipyard

References

^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.96
^ McIlroy p.176
^ Wallengren p.127

Bibliography

McIlroy, Brian. World Cinema: Sweden. Flicks Books, 1986.
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press, 2014.