Synopsis
In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Gustaf EdgrenWriter
- Gustaf EdgrenDirector
- Oscar RydqvistWriter
Cast
- Victor SjöströmCast
- Märta EkströmCast
- Anders HenriksonCast
- Sigurd WallénCast
- Hilda BorgströmCast
- Hasse EkmanCast
- Kotti ChaveCast
- Carl BarcklindCast
- Ivar KågeCast
- Marianne AminoffCast
- Edvin AdolphsonCast
- Jussi BjörlingCast