Ingeborg Holm

Ingeborg Holm

Directed by Victor Sjöström

Produced by Svenska Biografteatern

1913108 min6.7 / 10

A devastating silent-era melodrama about maternal loss and social devastation, where a widow's desperate struggle to reclaim her separated children becomes a meditation on poverty, grief, and the cruelty of circumstance.

After Ingeborg Holm's husband becomes sick and dies, the family's small grocery store fails, Ingeborg becomes bankrupt, and she is forced to move to the workhouse. Her three children go to foster homes. Ingeborg simply must see them again.

Questions people ask

  • Is Ingeborg Holm sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Is Ingeborg Holm violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Ingeborg Holm easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Ingeborg Holm scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Ingeborg Holm end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

59/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity77

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise45

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Ingeborg Holm

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Ingeborg Holm

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Ingeborg Holm, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Ingeborg Holm, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Ingeborg Holm, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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