{{Short description|1914 Swedish silent drama film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = | image = | caption = | director = Victor Sjöström | producer = | writer = Poul Knudsen | narrator = | starring = {{plainlist| * Lili Bech * Gunnar Tolnæs }} | cinematography = Henrik Jaenzon | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1914|10|19|df=y}} | runtime = 54 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Silent<br>Swedish intertitles }}
'''''Gatans barn''''' ({{Literal translation|Street children}}) is a 1914 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GatansBarn1914.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Children of the Streets |accessdate=23 April 2009|work=Silent Era}}</ref> It premiered on 19 October 1914. The lead roles were played by Lili Bech and Gunnar Tolnæs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1914-10-19 |title=Röda Kvarns premiär i afton... |work=Svenska Dagbladet |pages=8 |language=sv}}</ref> A review in ''Svenska Dagbladet'' described the film as "sad and dramatic...ends with a suicide, well-filmed and well-directed" (''sorgligt och dramatiskt och slutar med själfmord, väl inspeladt och med god regi'').<ref>{{Cite news |date=1914-10-20 |title=Biografpremiärer |work=Svenska Dagbladet |pages=8 |language=sv}}</ref>
==Cast== * Lili Bech as Jenny: waitress at "'Gyllene ankaret<nowiki>''</nowiki> * Gunnar Tolnæs as Karl Sterner: journalist * Sven Bergvall as a young journalist * {{Interlanguage link|Gustaf Callmén|sv}} as a politician * Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson as politician's wife * {{Interlanguage link|Emil Bergendorff|sv}} as politician * Stina Berg as party guest * John Ekman as a member of the group at "Gyllene ankaret<nowiki>''</nowiki>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0004003|title=}} *{{Sfdb title|id=3343}}
{{Victor Sjöström}}
Category:1914 films Category:1910s Swedish-language films Category:Swedish black-and-white films Category:1914 drama films Category:Swedish silent feature films Category:Films directed by Victor Sjöström Category:Swedish silent drama films Category:1910s Swedish films Category:Swedish-language drama films
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