A Man There Was

Terje Vigen (Victor Sjöström) is a sailor who loses his family because of one man's refusal to bend. Years later, that man's family is in Terje's hands, and he has to decide whether to take his revenge. Victor Sjöström, who also directed, adapts Henrik Ibsen's poem for what was then the most costly film Sweden had made, and Terje stands alone in the center of it.