Sir Arne's TreasureStiller's primordial, ghostly tale of three 16th century Scottish mercenaries who are cursed after stealing a vicar's treasure is one of the crowning works of Scandinavian cinema's greatest decade.
Followed by Thomas Graal's Mauritz Stiller (59 mins, 1917), in which a scriptwriter suffering from writer's block invents a story about his secretary with whom he is infatuated. Stiller's highly playful film features a structural complexity rare in pre-1920s cinema.
