Direction: John W. Brunius

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John W. Brunius. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Synnöve Solbakken

1919 · Movie · 95 min. · Sweden

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A Maid Among Maids

1924 · Movie · 56 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Magda Holm · Georg Blomstedt · Nils Lundell · Ella Lennartsson

Plot Alice is engaged with Sven. She is interested in having fun and dancing, preferably with Faustino della Novarro. Sven gets upset by her behavior. They break the engagement. Alice finds...

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Thora van Deken

1920 · Movie · 92 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Pauline Brunius · Hugo Björne · Jessie Wessel · Gösta Ekman

Plot A divorced woman takes matters into her own hands and destroys her late ex-husband's will, to ensure that their daughter receives her rightful inheritance. Will her efforts be for naught?...

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Human Destinies

1923 · Movie · 65 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Ivan Hedqvist · Anna Olin · Einar Hanson · Mary Johnson

Plot The story of a man who makes a great sacrifice for his country and for his son.

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Give Me My Son

1921 · Movie · 89 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Tore Svennberg · Pauline Brunius · Paul Seelig · Renée Björling

Plot The story of a mother's search for the son she had to give up at birth.

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Oh, Tomorrow Night ...

1919 · Movie · 34 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Ernst Rolf · Mary Gräber · Erik Lindholm · Hulda Malmström

Plot Ernst Rolf is married to Josefina, a once sweet woman who has become a shrew and nag. He fantasizes about other women and if given the opportunity, will he act...

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A Happy Knight

1921 · Movie · 95 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Gösta Ekman · Mary Johnson · Axel Ringvall · Hilda Forsslund

Plot Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the ethereal Mary Johnson. Only 12 min has survived.

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Lieutenant Tophat

1920 · Movie · 81 min. · Sweden

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Kärlekens ögon

1923 · Movie · min. · Sweden

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The Mill

1921 · Movie · 108 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Anders de Wahl · Emmy Albiin · Bengt Lindström · Clara Kjellblad

Plot A widowed milner must choose a new wife, but he is torn between two different women with opposite qualities.

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Puss in Boots

1918 · Movie · 63 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Gösta Ekman · Mary Johnson · Carlo Keil-Möller · Gustaf Fredriksson

Plot European fairy tale in which George Longsford, 'Marquis de Carabas', succeeds in stealing the heart of the king's daughter, with a little help from Charles Catworth, puss in boots.

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Gustaf Wasa del II

1928 · Movie · 111 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Gösta Ekman · Edvin Adolphson · Hjalmar Selander · John Ericsson

Plot The Danish King Kristian II rides through Sweden as the new ruler. In Dalarna a lone man wanders, disguised as a peasant. It's the man the Danes wants the most...

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Iron Willis

1923 · Movie · 67 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Karin Alexandersson · Solveig Bang · Lilla Bye · Linnéa Hillberg

Plot Frederick Mack, gemnligen called "Store Mack", own a great glue factory in a fishing village in northern Norway. He is the area's most powerful man. Among his subordinates are telegraphist...

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Fänrik Ståls sägner

1926 · Movie · 74 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Edvin Adolphson · Olga Andersson · Hugo Björne · Artur Cederborgh

Plot "Fänrig Ståls sägner", directed by Herr John W. Brunius in the silent year of 1926, depicts precisely the transitional period of uncertainty that happened in the history of Sweden during...

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Gustaf Wasa del I

1928 · Movie · 101 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Gösta Ekman · Edvin Adolphson · Hugo Björne · Hjalmar Selander

Plot The story takes its beginning in 1518 , the Danish King Christian II has taken Sweden. Sten Sture the younger appeal to all loyal subjects to resist. The offer reaches...

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Vi två

1930 · Movie · 96 min. · Sweden

Direction John W. Brunius

Cast Edvin Adolphson · Margit Manstad · Erik Berglund · Märta Ekström

Plot Widower Robert Rossiter lives in New York with his two teenage children. When he visits a fashion house one day, he falls in love with the store clerk Joyce Roamer.

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