This article discusses the Swedish 1919 film Synnöve Solbakken (A Norway Lass), directed by John Brunius from a short story by the Norwegian author and Nobel prize winner Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The article examines the way the film adapts Bjørnson's story, how it draws on 19th-century national romanticist paintings, and how these elements are integrated into the film's cinematographic fabric.