The Monastery of Sendomir (1920)
54m
Running Time
January 1, 1920Release Date
The Monastery of Sendomir (1920)
54m
Running Time
January 1, 1920Release Date
Plot.
When two riders come to the monastery seeking shelter for the night they inquire from one of the monks about the founding of the monastery. The old monk reluctantly recounts the story of Count Starschensky, a nobleman of wealth and property. Starschensky is blessed with domestic happiness, however, he later finds that his young wife, Elga, has been sneaking her lover into the castle in evenings when he is away, and that their only child is not his, but a product of this affair. Tragedy ensues and the count sells his estates and establishes the monastery as part of his penance.
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Cast & Crew.
Tore Svennberg
Count Starschensky
Tora Teje
Elga
Richard Lund
Oginsky
Renée Björling
Dortka
Victor Sjöström
Director
Erik A. Petschler
Nobleman
Franz Grillparzer
Writer
Gustaf Ranft
Abbot
Media.
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The Monastery of Sendomir (Swedish: Klostret i Sendomir) is a 1920 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on an 1828 short story by Franz Grillparzer. It has also been released in the UK as The Secret of the Monastery. A German adaptation of the story The Monastery of Sendomir, directed by Rudolf Meinert, had been released the previous year.