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Gösta Ekman

Hans Gösta Gustaf John (born July 28, 1939 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor.

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Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer (2022)

A journey through Swedish queer film history. ...

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Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år (2021)

See behind the scenes of the Jönssonligan films in this anniversary documentary where we get to hear the story behind the comedy classics and take part in exclusive background material from the recordings. In new interviews, actors, directors and screenwr ...

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Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life. ...

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Till minne av Gösta Ekman (2017)

The actor and director Gösta Ekman was one of Sweden's most popular artists. He was born 77 years ago straight into the Swedish acting elite. In this memory film, we start from the very last filmed interview that was done with Gösta. ...

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Ã…ret var 1965 (2015)

1965 - The Rolling Stones is coming to Sweden - a little rougher and tougher than The Beatles who were here a few years earlier. And the fashion trend is spreading across Sweden - to the horror of many. The medium-strong beer will start to be sold in Swed ...

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Gunnar & Anette (2007)

There's nobody quite like Gunnar and Anette, an old and bitter couple who are bored with life and each other. They no longer have any affection left for each other to the point that Gunnar thinks of getting rid of Anette. A pastiche on the Swedish TV class ...

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Svenska ord i bild och tal (2006)

Ronny Svensson and Markus Strömqvist have produced a documentary "Svenska Ord i bild och tal", which gives us background stories and facts about the movies included in the box set "Svenska Ord". ...

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Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang (2005)

The movie is based on Barbro Lindgrens popular and absurd comical books Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang (1969) and Loranga, Loranga (1970). The movie is about the worlds greatest dad that loves pop music and refuses to get a job - because who would then play ...

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Asta Nilsson's companion (2005)

A very old lady has lost her way in a city and a distinguished gentleman decides to follow her home. ...

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Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern (2005)

Artist Marianne Lindberg De Geer thinks about her old friends from the 70s, where did they all go? ...

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Kent - ett porträtt av Kent Andersson (2004)

Documentary about actor and writer Kent Andersson for his 70th birthday. ...

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Illusive Tracks (2003)

Christmas 1945. In a train from Stockholm to Berlin are a motley collection. It is the failure of the author Gunnar who wants to leave his old life and make a contribution in Berlin; physician Henry who plan to marry Marie and likewise Henry's current wife ...

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Powder (2001)

A tiny theatrical company turns into a war zone of egos as a new play goes into rehearsal in this broad comedy from Sweden. A camera crew from a television outlet is on hand to shoot a commercial as a harried director tries to put her cast through their pa ...

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Shit Happens (2000)

A young couple, Sophia and Freddie has just got their first baby, but this little thing makes their lives way to complicated and difficult for them to handle. They both have jobs, Sophia is an actress and Freddie a balloon-flier, which makes it tough to be ...

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Unmarried Couples: A Comedy That Will Break You Up (1997)

Marie and David are always arguing while their friends Sara and Samuel always seem to be happy together. Or are they? This year they decide to spend Christmas in the mountains together. ...

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Nu är pappa trött igen! (1996)

An enterprising star agent and party-maker is a heavy drinker. He is struggling to keep everything moving. He tries to get his life in shape, but is surrounded by chaos. ...

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"Without doubt, you are mad" - Tage Danielsson (1995)

A Documentary about the Swedish Comedian Tage Danielsson. He was one member of the "Hasse & Tage" duo, the other beeing Hasse Alfredsson. He was also a writer and an Actor. ...

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Stjärnbilder (1995)

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars. ...

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One in a Million (1995)

Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbours before getting into his normal car and drives the usual way to his ordinary work at an ordinary bank. But one day h ...

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Stockholm Marathon (1994)

A gardener decides to exact revenge on the men he believes to be responsible for the death of his mentally disturbed wife. ...

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Cop Killer (1994)

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be inno ...

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The Man on the Balcony (1993)

A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck be ...

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Murder at the Savoy (1993)

A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case. The suspects lead to people involved in illegal arms deals. But who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist? ...

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Roseanna (1993)

A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely suspect and ...

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The Fire Engine That Disappeared (1993)

A routine mission ends up in a flaming inferno when a house suddenly explodes. It looks like a spectacular suicide attempt but the technical investigation reveals unexpected evidence. Beck and his men are soon on the tracks of a narcotic syndicate... ...

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Macklean (1993)

Sweden in the 1780s. At the court the nobility lords and ladies dance, love, intrigue and compete for the King's favor. To this Stockholm arrives Rutger Macklean, nobleman and an officer. With a notion of an extensive re-organisation of the agricultural la ...

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Duo jag (1991)

Gösta Ekman and Kent Andersson play two men, living together for a long time. One a small, skinny and unknown poet - the other a large, famous and celebrated actor. ...

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Subterranian Secrets (1991)

The ten year old Nisse suffers from acute asthma and is rushed to the hospital. There he meets Lelle who is a bitter, lonely and seriously ill twelve-year-old. Lelle, who never gets any visits treats Nisse kindly. Lelle inaugurates Nisse in his secret plan ...

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I huvet på n' Gamlin (1990)

Documentary about the Swedish humorist, film maker and artist Yngve Gamlin ...

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The Secret Friend (1990)

A woman humiliates and shouts at her husband, before she ties him up and disappears. He frees himself and calls a friend who comes over. He tries to tell the friend how his wife treats him but the friend does not seem to understand or accept what he is say ...

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The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca (1989)

Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm. However, Wall-Enberg talks him into doing a break-in at Las Palmas cathedral in Mallorca. Once persuaded, he can't resist the temptation a ...

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The Crown Witness (1989)

Thomas, a scientist, lives in a childless marriage. When his wife travels to Copenhagen he begins an affair with a girl of 19. The girl and large amounts of drugs disappears from Thomas laboratory. ...

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Mr. Bohm and the Herring (1988)

Mr. Bohm is a middle-aged man who buys a herring as a pet. ...

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Time of the Wolf (1988)

The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a group of gypsies who welcome him. They met Arild earlier and believe that the brother is Arild. Inge falls in love with the mysterious girl Isis. ...

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Olssons pastejer (1988)

Olsson has baked his famous pasty for 30 years. But one morning when he comes to the factory, he notices that everything isn't right. ...

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Gösta Ekman - En levande legend (1987)

Documentary about the Swedish actor Gösta Ekman (1890-1938) with interviews with friends and colleagues. ...

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The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again (1986)

As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The c ...

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Peas & Whiskers (1986)

Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend? ...

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Dödspolare (1985)

A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on the couch showing no signs of life. ...

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Magister Flykt (1984)

Magister Flykt is a short filmseries about a school teacher and his imaginative students ...

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The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever (1984)

Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains a top secret plan of what the government intends to do with Sweden in the future. But, Wall-Enberg is also planning to steal the chip. The payment will ...

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Miss Fleggman's Mustache (1984)

A Swedish comedy classic. ...

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The Inside Man (1984)

In 1981, after the successful test of a submarine tracker device developed by the Swedish scientist Paul Mandell and sponsored by the US government through his representative Miller, his industry is totally burned and the laser device is stolen. Stig Larss ...

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P & B (1983)

Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam and exploit loopholes that exist. ...

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Kalabaliken i Bender (1983)

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. Bu ...

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One-Week Bachelors (1982)

Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gar ...

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The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry (1982)

Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, ...

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The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)

The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he h ...

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Skulden (1982)

Rune Strand is a married journalist with children in a suburb of Stockholm. He is also concerned with the economy. A story about a Swedish spy after a novel by Olle Högstrand. ...

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Beware of the Jönsson Gang (1981)

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, an ...

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SOPOR (1981)

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They deman ...

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Package Tour (1980)

Stig-Helmer and Ole Bramserud on a trip to the Canary Islands for Christmas. ...

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To Be a Millionaire (1980)

The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town minister's daughter gets kidnapped by two men who require Fors be released and that he will flight phase to Albania. SÄPO agent Olsson will handle the case. ...

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Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor (1979)

Ragnar works in an office. He turns 33 in May, and he has 45 in shoes. Ragnar has a vivid imagination. The more he thinks, the younger he wants to be. He thinks it would be good if he were ten years or maybe only seven. Then he would be out playing now. Us ...

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Lucie (1979)

Norwegian: The late 19th century Christiania (Oslo) could offer a rich variety of entertainment. There were several variety theatres and brothels, and poor women could earn money based on their looks. The beautiful variety actress Lucie (Inger Lise Rypdal) ...

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A Summer of Love (1979)

David, a middle-aged researcher, lives happily with his wife Ingrid and their kids. By a coincident he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Eva. Their relationship will only last a few months. ...

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A Walk in the Sun (1978)

Tore Andersson is a depressed 43 year old sport journalist living in Stockholm. His girlfriend has left him so he decides to take a vacation in Cyprus. ...

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The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that. ...

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Confessions of a Fool (1976)

About August Strindberg's marriage to Siri von Essen. She was married when she met him, but abandoned her husband, became Strindberg's mistress and later his wife. ...

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Svea hund på Göta Lejon (1976)

Svea hund, complete title Svea Hund på Göta Lejon (Svea Dog at Göta Lejon), was a Swedish variety show produced by AB Svenska Ord. It was written by Hans Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson, commonly known as Hasseåtage and directed by Tage. The show premià ...

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Face to Face (1976)

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the country for a seminar and her daughter at camp, Jenny moves in with her grandparents, expecting a relaxing f ...

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Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975)

Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who have committed crimes should be locked up. One day their own house is burgled by Harald. He is sentenced to prison. Acting in accor ...

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Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)

A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business. ...

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Dunderklumpen! (1974)

Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends. ...

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The glass in the ear (1974)

Glaset i örat is a revue by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. It was recorded at Berns in Stockholm 1973 and on tour during the spring of 1974. ...

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Gustav III (1974)

Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's. It's about the real life assassination on swedish king Gustav III who was killed by a lieutenant Jacob Johan Anckarström who acted on behalf of a group con ...

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The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972)

The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits th ...

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Trummor i natten (1972)

After the first world war Andreas returns to Berlin to find it in chaos after the fall of the empire. The main battle is between the Spartacists and the Freikorps and Andreas needs to find a place for himself in the conflict for the future of Germany. ...

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The Apple War (1971)

A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg fami ...

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Niklas and the Figure (1971)

Young Niklas and his friend the Figure are looking for the homeless dog for Niklas. ...

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Spader, Madame! (1970)

Political satire set in the 18th century to Franz Schubert's music. ...

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Duet for Cannibals (1969)

Arthur, a university professor, and former political activist, lives in France with Francesca. They decide to hire a young man in order to help the teacher organize his notes. The employee leaves his girlfriend Ingrid and moves in with the couple. ...

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Som natt och dag (1969)

Television hostess Susanne has an affair with Rikard, who is a doctor at a hospital. But after meeting the man who Rikard works for, Professor Erland Roos, she leaves Rikard and eventually marries the professor. Susanne's sister comes to Stockholm, despera ...

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Out of an Old Man's Head (1968)

After being admitted to a residential home starts the retired bricklayer Johan to dream back to his childhood - the safe upbringing with his parents, the first love, and how he with a broken heart ran away from home, and was forced to fend for himself. How ...

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I Love, You Love (1968)

Helena and Sten are a couple but the relationship is falling apart. ...

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The Box (1968)

A Swedish revue for a quartet of players. The name "LÃ¥dan" comes from the box on the stage from which the co-workers entered. ...

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Twelfth Night (1967)

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night ...

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Woman of Darkness (1966)

Sweden 1889. The young Per Nilsson has a very dominant mother, Anna MÃ¥nsdotter. His father died many years ago and he and his mother have for a long time been in a incestuous relationship. But Per marries Hanna for the sake of her money and Anna is mean a ...

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Tartuffe (1966)

The religious hypocrite Tartuffe parasites on a bourgeois family. He is looking for the daughter's hand and the family's property and is also trying to seduce the young wife. ...

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Skuggan av Mart (1966)

About the foolish and lost Gabriel who lives entirely in the shadow of his brother, the brave soldier Mart who died in the war and is continuously immortalized by the dominant mother. ...

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Gula Hund (1966)

Gula Hund (English title: Yellow Dog) is a Swedish variety show that was the second of "three dog-revues" (so called because they all have "dog" in their name). The first one being Gröna Hund (Green Dog) and the third and last one was Svea Hund. ...

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Docking the Boat (1965)

A group of party goers have trouble getting their boat ashore on a small island. The inhabitants of the island try to help, often with the help of an old sailor, and the results are absurd and hilarious. ...

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Villa med staket (1965)

Verner is a faithful staff manager. He seems to live a perfect family life, but the relationships are fragile. One morning, a man comes to the office. He is looking for a job, but his behavior is pretty strange. Verner makes fun of him. What he does not kn ...

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The Banquet Room (1965)

A young girl is a confidante to four men who regularly visit her in her apartment. ...

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Nattcafé (1965)

Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night ...

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Nilsson (1965)

A young man receives a farewell letter from his girlfriend. He walks around the home depressed and after a phone call with the woman, he is again seized by despair. ...

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The Marriage Wrestler (1964)

Stockholm 1912. Site for the Olympic Games. Love entanglements and eroticism at hotel Eros. ...

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Dance Around the Guldbaggen (1964)

Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party. ...

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Swedish Portraits (1964)

The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her. ...

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Konstgjorda Pompe (1963)

Summer revue from 1963 ...

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Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1962)

A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from S ...

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Just Once More (1962)

16 -year-old Mari has just been released from a juvenile detention school after one year of treatment. To prevent her from making contact with her old gang, she is sent to Skåne in southern Sweden, where she will work in a dairy shop. She doesn't like bei ...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s. ...

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Swing it, fröken (1956)

There is a new English teacher in school, Miss Lind. She moves in with the Nilssons, whose son Sigge prefers playing with his trumpet than to study German. Miss Lind convinces him how important his studies are. But Sanna, a girl in Sigge's class becomes je ...

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Movies Made By Gösta Ekman (22)

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer (2022)

A journey through Swedish queer film history. ...

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Den girige (2011)

Filmed stage production of Molière's comedic play The Miser about the dangers of greed. ...

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Asta Nilsson's companion (2005)

A very old lady has lost her way in a city and a distinguished gentleman decides to follow her home. ...

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Duo jag (1991)

Gösta Ekman and Kent Andersson play two men, living together for a long time. One a small, skinny and unknown poet - the other a large, famous and celebrated actor. ...

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The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca (1989)

Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm. However, Wall-Enberg talks him into doing a break-in at Las Palmas cathedral in Mallorca. Once persuaded, he can't resist the temptation a ...

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The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again (1986)

As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The c ...

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Peas & Whiskers (1986)

Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend? ...

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Dödspolare (1985)

A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on the couch showing no signs of life. ...

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Miss Fleggman's Mustache (1984)

A Swedish comedy classic. ...

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Beware of the Jönsson Gang (1981)

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, an ...

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The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that. ...

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Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975)

Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who have committed crimes should be locked up. One day their own house is burgled by Harald. He is sentenced to prison. Acting in accor ...

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88-öresrevyn (1971)

Dinner revue that features both satire and other sketches and music numbers. ...

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The Heist (1961)

Four young criminals are planning a heist against a racecourse and in order to obtain a seed capital they rob a gambling den. They celebrate the successful heist by throwing a party but it turns out to be a lot of disagreement within the group. ...

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Heaven and Pancakes (1959)

Sequel to Sjunde himlen (1956). Dr. ...

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The Magician (1958)

When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examine ...

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Brink of Life (1958)

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other. ...

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You Are My Adventure (1958)

Two journalists marry but the husband grows unhappy when he is left to take care of their child and she focuses on her career. ...

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Wild Strawberries (1957)

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of w ...

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The Halo Is Slipping (1957)

A secretary at a publishing company, Birgitta, writes a novel, based on her secret love of her boss. She sends it anonymously to her own company, who decides to publish it. The book becomes a success. Birgitta's husband's mistress get hold of the script an ...

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Seventh Heaven (1956)

"Seventh Heaven" - Famous radio personality Willy Lorens has a big success with the radio series "Seventh Heaven." The amount of fan mail and attention eventually becomes too much for Willy, who suffers a minor collapse. Taken to a hospital where he meets ...

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