Gustaf Molander

Began his career as a stage actor in 1911 before turning his hand to scriptwriting, chiefly for directors Victor Sjostrom and Mauritz Stiller. (Molander also taught acting at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater Academy, where Greta Garbo was among his students.) Molander directed his first film in 1920 and continued to engineer melodramas until the 1930s, when he earned critical acclaim for "One Night" (1931)--considered his finest work--and provided Ingrid Bergman with her breakthrough vehicle, "Intermezzo" (1936). Husband of actress Karin Molander (from 1910 to 1918) and brother of director/actor Olof Molander.