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The Road to Klockrike (Swedish: Vägen till Klockrike) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Skoglund and starring Anders Ek, Edvin Adolphson and Annika Tretow. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bibi Lindström.
Vägen till Klockrike: Directed by Gunnar Skoglund. With Anders Ek, Edvin Adolphson, Annika Tretow, Margit Carlqvist. During the latter half of the 1800s, one million people from Sweden emigrated to Northamerica.
Vägen till Klockrike is a 1948 novel by Swedish writer Harry Martinson. It was translated into English and published as The Road by Jonathan Cape in 1955. It was adapted into a 1953 film The Road to Klockrike directed by Gunnar Skoglund. References
The Road to Klockrike by Harry Martinson - The 2184th greatest book of all time. This novel tells the story of a wandering day laborer in Sweden during the early 20th century. The protagonist, who is mentally challenged, travels from farm to farm, performing odd jobs and struggling to survive.
Criticism of modern culture is also a theme in Martinson's philosophical vagabond novel Vägen till Klockrike (1948; English translation The Road, 1950) and the collection of poems Passad (1945). In his later writing Martinson developed a new major theme based on his increasing interest in outer space and the cosmic.
Vägen till Klockrike. Harry Martinson. 3.88. 506 ratings24 reviews. I Vägen till Klockrike får vi följa luffaren Bolle på hans vandringar genom ett Sverige som är på väg att i grunden förändras genom industrialiseringen.
Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants.
