Gustaf Wasa del I

1928·Sweden·101 min.
Gustaf Wasa del I
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The story takes its beginning in 1518 , the Danish King Christian II has taken Sweden. Sten Sture the younger appeal to all loyal subjects to resist. The offer reaches the farmer Mats Waltersson in Dalarna , Sweden's heart and he gathers his men. Dalmas were going from house to house, they do not want a Dane on the throne. At Brännkyrka outside Stockholm is a battle between the Danes and Swedes. Swedes win and the Swedish riksbaneret out during the Battle of Gustav Eriksson Vasa . But after his defeat, the Danish king who by no means given up on a sinister plan, he calls for a meeting with Sten Sture the Younger - but will not itself to the meeting. Instead, he takes the Swedes to capture and bring them to Denmark , among these are Gustaf Wasa. Wasa becomes prisoner of kalo castle in Jutland , but he manages to escape and get to Lubeck , disguised as a peasant. He also manages to return to Sweden, where setbacks are piling up. Sten Sture is wounded during a battle against the Danes in West and on the way back to Stockholm he dies. In Stockholm, his wife Kristina Sture long bravely resisted against the besiegers Danes, but she soon forced to surrender. It looks bleak for the Swedes ...