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The Kingdom of Rye

The Kingdom of Rye

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 26, 1929

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Romance, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Rågens Rike

Production Companies

Tellus Films, Maja Engelbrektson

Director

Ivar Johansson

Description

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.