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Gunnar Sommerfeldt

1890 – 1947

Danish actor and film maker

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Lived 1890 – 1947 (aged 56). Gunnar Sommerfeldt was a Danish actor, film director, screenwriter, film actor and director.

Gunnar Sommerfeldt (4 September 1890 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish actor and film maker.

In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar, which was released in 1920 and was the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil, which received the Nobel Prize in Literature the year before.

Filmography Actor Kærlighed og Mobilisering (1915) - Grev Heinrich von Borgh Nattens gaade (1915) Fyrstindens skæbne - Alf Hardy (1916) Lotteriseddel No. 22152 - Belling, Detective (1916) Pro Patria (1916) Hotel Paradis (1917) Synd skal sones (1917) Gillekop (1919) Rytterstatuen - Baron v. Nobel (1919) Borgslægtens historie - Ketill aka Gæst (1920) (Iceland) Growth of the Soil - Geissler, lensmannen (1921) Lykkens galoscher (1921)

Director Lykkens Pamfilius (1917) Borgslægtens historie (1920) Growth of the Soil (1921) Lykkens galoscher (1921)

Writer Growth of the Soil (1921) Lykkens galoscher (1921)

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Who was Gunnar Sommerfeldt?

Danish actor and film maker (1890–1947)

When was Gunnar Sommerfeldt born?

Gunnar Sommerfeldt was born on 4 September 1890 in Copenhagen.

When did Gunnar Sommerfeldt die?

Gunnar Sommerfeldt died on 30 August 1947.

What was Gunnar Sommerfeldt's occupation?

Gunnar Sommerfeldt was an actor, film director, screenwriter, film actor and director.

What nationality was Gunnar Sommerfeldt?

Gunnar Sommerfeldt was Danish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Gunnar Sommerfeldt

· Wikidata: Q5619126

· DBpedia: Gunnar Sommerfeldt

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