The Kingdom of Rye

Name: The Kingdom of Rye
Director: Ivar Johansson
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1929-12-26
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Mathias Taube, Eric Laurent, Märtha Lindlöf, Margit Manstad, Artur Cederborgh

Original title: Rågens Rike

7.5(2)19292h 16mSV

Directed by Ivar Johansson

Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple whose love affair is fraught with Hardy-esque complications and an unhappily married wife of the landowner.