
The Girl from the Marsh Croft 1917
Overview
Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjur
Director: Victor Sjöström
Cast

Greta Almroth
Helga

Lars Hanson
Gudmund Erlandsson

Karin Molander
Hildur

William Larsson
Helga's Father
Thekla Borgh
Helga's Mother

Georg Blomstedt
Hildur's Father

Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Hildur's Mother

Hjalmar Selander
Gudmund's Father

Concordia Selander
Gudmund's Mother

Gösta Cederlund
Per Månsson