Ingeborg Holm (1913 Silent Swedish Social Drama film)

Ingeborg Holm (Margaret Day) is a 1913 Swedish social drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1906 play by Nils Krok. It caused great debate in Sweden about social security, which led to changes in the poorhouse laws. It is said to be based on a true story.

Synopsis
Sven Holm and his wife Ingeborg are happily married with three children and are about to open a shop in Stockholm. They open the shop, but Sven contracts tuberculosis, and dies. Ingeborg initially tries to run the shop by herself, but when she fails, and develops a debilitating ulcer, she turns to the poorhouse for help. The poorhouse board does not grant her enough assistance to survive outside the workhouse. She has to sell the shop and her house, and board the three children out to foster families.

Cast
Hilda Borgström as Ingeborg Holm
Aron Lindgren as Sven Holm / Erik Holm as an adult
Erik Lindholm as Employee in Shop
Georg Grönroos as Poorhouse Superintendent
William Larsson as Police Officer
Richard Lund as Doctor
Carl Barcklind as House Doctor
Bertil Malmstedt as Erik Holm as a child