| A Man There Was | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Victor Sjöström |
| Produced by | Charles Magnusson |
| Written by | Screenplay: Gustaf Molander Victor Sjöström Poem: Henrik Ibsen |
| Cinematography | Julius Jaenzon |
| Release date(s) | 29 January 1917 |
| Running time | 65 min. |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Silent film |
| Budget | 60,000 SEK |
A Man There Was (Swedish: Terje Vigen) is a 1917 Swedish drama directed by Victor Sjöström,[1] based on a poem of the same title by Henrik Ibsen. At a cost of 60,000 SEK it was the by then most expensive Swedish film ever made,[2] marking a new direction in Swedish cinema with more funding to fewer films, resulting in more total quality.[3]
It is considered to be the start of the golden age of Swedish silent film that would end after Gösta Berlings saga in 1925, although films such as Ingeborg Holm from as early as 1913 are often assigned to this era as well.