John Ekman

The Phantom Carriage — An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on

The Ingmar Inheritance — When his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up

The Outlaw and His Wife — A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind,

A Man There Was — Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his en

To Joy — Two violinists in the same orchestra fall in love and get married, but they can't get along.