Old Baron of Rautakylä

Old Baron of Rautakylä (Finnish: Rautakylän vanha paroni, Swedish: Gamla baron på Rautakylä) is a Finnish silent horror film made in 1923, written and directed by Carl Fager and produced by Erkki Karu. The film is based on the novella Gamla baron på Rautakylä and the play Efter femtio år, both written by Zachris Topelius.^[1] The film premiered on April 1, 1923 at the Kino-Palatsi cinema in Helsinki, Finland.

Old Baron of Rautakylä
The Finnish DVD cover
Directed by	Carl Fager
Written by	Carl Fager
Based on	Gamla baron på Rautakylä by Zachris Topelius
Produced by	Erkki Karu
Starring	Einar Rinne Adolf Lindfors Naimi Kari
Cinematography	Frans Ekebom
Edited by	Frans Ekebom
Production company	Suomi-Filmi
Release date	April 1, 1923 (1923-04-01) (Finland)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Finland
Languages	Silent film Finnish and Swedish intertitles

Old Baron of Rautakylä is the very first Finnish horror film ever made.^[2][3][4] It was filmed at Suomi-Filmi's Vironkatu studio in Helsinki and at the Herttoniemi Manor in the Herttoniemi district.^[3] The film footage of the film has survived, but the intertitles and original screenplay have lost.

Cast

• Einar Rinne as Baron Gustaf Drakenhjelm
• Adolf Lindfors as Baron Magnus Drakenhjelm
  • Felix Borg as Young Magnus
• Naimi Kari as Lisette Hallström
  • Aili Kari as Young Lisette
• Axel Slangus as Sebastian Hallström, the son of Lisette and Magnus
• Joel Rinne as Reverend Richard von Dahlen
• Emil Lindh as Tuomas, Mrs. Hjelm's driver
• Ossi Korhonen as servant
• Jalo Lesche as farmforker of Rautakylä
• Ida Brander as Mrs. Ebba Hjelm née Reutercrona
  • Catherine Will as Young Ebba
• Irja Lindström as courtier
• Arna Högdahl as Lotten Ringius, the granddaughter of Ebba
• Bruno Aspelin as King Gustav III of Sweden
• Knut Weckman as Count Reutercrona
• Phyllis Sjöström as Countess Höpkén
• Aune Lindström as courtier