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Per Oscarsson

Per Oscarsson

Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film Hunger, which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.

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Året var 1966 (2016)

1966 - when Bob Dylan visits Sweden and Prime Minister Erlander has a difficult time with questions about housing. A special evening at the opera is arranged with Harry Belafonte and Martin Luther King. Esrange is inaugurated and in China the cultural revo ...

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The Director Who Disappeared: The Story of The Ninja Mission (2013)

Documentary about Swedish director, Mats Helge Olsson, an illiterate Swedish director most noted in his home country for debuting with the first "Lingonberry Western", DEAD MAN'S TRAIL, landing himself in debtors prison after producing Per Oscarsson's fina ...

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The Quiet Game (2011)

Three women inherit a manor from a lady called Dolores whom none of them knows. The women are complete strangers to each other, so they meet up at the neglected mansion. Unexpectedly, the big house is occupied by a 40 year old man who had lived together wi ...

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander mu ...

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The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sw ...

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Young Andersen (2005)

A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that fundam ...

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The Bouncer (2003)

Based on a true story the film tells the story of Svend who fights to save his elderly parents' marriage even though it has made his life almost unbearable. When he meets Lizzie he discovers how big a part of his family's hatred and jealousy he himself is. ...

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Midsummer (2003)

It is the last day of school for Christian and his younger sister Sophie. They are heading to a party at his friend Trina. High school graduation is just around the corner and after the freedom and future. But behind the idyllic facade lurks tragedy and se ...

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White Water Fury (2000)

Four young men – Luke, Simon, Anders and John – are on the gang's annual outing. During the trip down the river the four meet sisters Marie and Susanne, who recently moved up to northern Sweden from Stockholm. They decide to camp and party together tha ...

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En lek på blodigt allvar (1999)

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Per Oscarsson - Bakom rubrikerna och replikerna (1998)

Documentary about the Swedish actor Per Oscarsson mostly consisting of long interviews with him in his home on a farm. ...

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Stormen (1998)

Set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to cause his usurping brother ...

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Little Big Sister (1998)

The second film of the trilogy, "It is forbidden for children". The family is pushed into depression and the heavy drinking mother Skrubsak does not help. ...

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Rika barn leka bäst (1997)

Six women get fired from a bank while the director gets a huge raise. ...

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Germans (1997)

A story about a German family during World War II with every family member having a different approach to Jews, raging from hatred to compassion. ...

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The Last Viking (1997)

The son of Viking Harald is left behind in his village with women and children, when his father joins a group of rebels. They are revolving against the king, but the king takes revenge by overtaking the village and tyrannizing the population. ...

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Christmas Oratorio (1996)

The 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a very unfortunate bicycle accident involving some cows. Sidner, his sister and his father Aron move to Sunne to work at a hotel. Aron tries hard to leave the sweet memories of his wife behind him but that isn't m ...

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Harry & Sonja (1996)

Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to Anna. One day he meets the cleaning lady Sonja. ...

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Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994)

Young Berra has a friend, Ulf. Ulf has a grandfather which he likes very much, he gives Ulf presents and takes him on fishing trips. Berra doesn't have a grandfather, but he wants one that's nice to him and who can teach him to whistle. Ulf knows where to ...

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Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (1994)

A story about a young boy, Otto, whose childhood is brought to an abrupt end when Frank, an older boy, suddenly enters his life. ...

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Dreaming of Rita (1993)

When Bob's wife dies, he's determined to find Sabine, a woman he loved 30 years before. Even though he's had little to do with his daughter Rita, he begs her to take him to Denmark to find this lost love. She agrees and unceremoniously drops her baby off a ...

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House of Angels (1992)

In a small village in Västergötland, everything is turned upside-down when the local loner dies and his cottage is inherited by his unknown relative Fanny. She rides into town on a big black motorcycle with her androgynous boyfriend Zack, wearing black l ...

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Fasadklättraren (1991)

Phillip, an 18 year old boy knows only one thing. How to climb... ...

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Bulan (1990)

"The Bump" - A factory worker get a sharp bump on his head after having collided with a lamppost. This incident causes him to leave his square daily life for spontaneous escapades and whims. ...

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Kurt Olsson - filmen om mitt liv som mej själv (1990)

Hur blev Kurt den han blev? Varför blev han aldrig vald till klassens ordningsman? När kom Arne in bilden? Och vad hände när detta radarpar gjorde lumpen? Och Gudrun, vem tycker hon mest om - egentligen? Svaren får du i filmen om Kurtan. Kurtan tycks ...

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1939 (1989)

When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She m ...

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Venus 90 (1988)

A film crew travels out in a future Europe to make a documentary about the birds and threats to the ecological contexts. The motto of the film has been downloaded from the Indian chief, Chief Seattle's famous words from 1855; "You can not sell the sky, and ...

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Storm (1988)

A gentleman, who likes to tell himself that he lives a life of quiet calm and resignation, gets a visit from his brother one day and mysterious things begin to happen. ...

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No Robbers in the Woods (1988)

A short movie based on a script written by children's author Astrid Lindgren. ...

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Ondskans år (1987)

Spring 1944 - shortage of fuel, refugees, antisemitism and Swedish home made nazism. Eleven year old Ragnar grows up in a home where the parents look forward to a Nazi power takeover in Sweden. At his grandmother, Ragnar meets other thoughts and opinions ...

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The Headsman and the Harlot (1986)

Sweden, beginning of the 18th Century. Executions are popular entertainment and brothels a given. Still the executioner and the whore are both despised and shunned. The executioner became executioner against his will and the whore, only 17 years old, was f ...

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Vilde, the Wild One (1986)

In a rural western town in 1890 a woman has a mute old daughter after relations with her step father, which in his need of money, wants to sell them off to a rich skin tradesman. While resisting this, the woman turns lame. ...

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Da Capo (1985)

Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biographical look at Finland's violinist Arto Arsi is not so much a narration of his childhood and early years, as an attempt to artistically show what was happenin ...

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Ronja the Robber's Daughter (1984)

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playi ...

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Vargen (1984)

The Wolf family reflects the crisis the country is in after suffering war and occupation. A resistance movement takes power after a foreign occupation of Sweden. They aim to regain the capital, Stockholm. ...

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Henrietta (1983)

Pettersson is a hard working director in the porn industry with two strippers and a naked gay in his shows. One day, after a little bridge accident, he meets Henrietta and falls in love. The film is based on a novel named "Henrietta skall du också glömma ...

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Story of Small and Large Rabbit (1982)

The story of Small and Large Rabbit. Made after a 1925 lithograph by Nils von Dardel. ...

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Who Pulled the Plug? (1981)

To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and th ...

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Montenegro (1981)

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the ...

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Hans Christian and the Geographic Society (1981)

Hans-Christian is a middle-aged priest who in the shadow of World War II decides to form a geographic association aiming at increased understanding between countries and people. ...

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The Sleep of Death (1980)

Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringin ...

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Sverige åt svenskarna (1980)

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single ...

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Tvingad att leva (1980)

A writer and his girlfriend are attacked by a homicidal madman. ...

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Outrage (1980)

Sweden in 1990. Eight years of ongoing Civil war. Three men are holding several people hostage in an apartment. ...

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Heja Sverige! (1979)

Heja Sverige! presents a lot of short sequences in the 'candid camera' style. ...

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Charlotte Löwensköld (1979)

1830 Värmland, Sweden. Master Karl Arthur Ekenstedt comes to aid the Minister at Crosss Church. He falls in love with Charlotte Löwensköld, housekeeper in the rectory. They get engaged. Charlotte is full of life, energetic and practical. Karl Arthur str ...

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Kristoffers hus (1979)

Kristoffer lives on the verge of poverty, just barely supporting himself on his photographic work and an allowance given him by his ex-wife to support their child. He is staying in his absentee mother's large old house, which she is preparing to sell. When ...

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Vad händer…? (1979)

Short film commissioned by the Swedish Association of Civil Engineers. ...

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Chez Nous (1978)

A stripper from Club Chez Nous is murdered. The killer contacts a newspaper to whitewash himself. Two journalists start to investigate the case and stumble on other crimes along the way. ...

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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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The Brothers Lionheart (1977)

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he's building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mounta ...

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The Assignment (1977)

A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate between the two extremist groups. ...

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Dagny (1977)

Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than she ran into August Strindberg. They had a brief affair but after a couple of weeks Dagny left him for Sta ...

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Terror of Frankenstein (1977)

Victor Frankenstein's search for the secret of life leads to the creation of a monster that consumes his life and family. ...

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The Metamorphosis (1976)

A Swedish adaptation of the Franz Kafka novella. Gregor Samsa, wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous beetle. ...

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A Stranger Came by Train (1974)

An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in the manner of the later phenomenon of televangelists. While indulging in behind-the-scene shenanigans including rape and murder, the gangster (pl ...

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Dream City (1973)

A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading. ...

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Inferno (1973)

August Strindberg in Paris divorced from his wife, children and friends. In the company of Parisian artists and writers, including Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch, but often he feel they ridicule and persecute him. Isolated Strindberg venture successfully in ...

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The Blockhouse (1973)

A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food, but not enough candles. The slow dying of the li ...

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Ebon Lundin (1973)

Ebon Lundin is the anonymous but odd living man, who becomes a Christ-like, misunderstood figure who suffer much scorn and derision of the cruel reality. ...

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Endless Night (1972)

Shiftless dreamer Michael Rogers fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a wealthy, young girl who just came of age. They hire a famous architect to build their dream home amidst a series of suspicious incidents. The spouse has dark intent ...

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The New Land (1972)

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California. ...

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Secrets (1971)

A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover. ...

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The Night Visitor (1971)

An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others. ...

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The Last Valley (1971)

People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley. ...

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Love Is War (1970)

In this film, Norwegian writer, director, cameraman and musician Ragnar Lasse has fashioned an intricate, exquisitely photographed and multilayered examination of the lives, problems and relationships of a father and this two children, a boy and a girl. Th ...

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Miss and Mrs Sweden (1969)

To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist. ...

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Honeycomb (1969)

Teresa and Peter settle down in their new home after the wedding. Things are going well until her childhood furniture arrives, sending Teresa into horrible flashbacks of turmoil from memories of her youth. ...

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Between Us (1969)

A man lives with his family in a small community. He is seen as a deviant, abnormal person by society. ...

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An-Magritt (1969)

In Norway in the 1600s, An-Magritt is born as the result of a rape. ...

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Waltz of Sex (1968)

When a vagrant family arrives to the village Vindinge one hot summer in the 1920's, the parish is spiced up with sex and alcohol. Based on a novel by Swedish Academy member Artur Lundkvist. ...

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Doctor Glas (1968)

Doctor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. ...

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A Dandy in Aspic (1968)

Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually discovers hi ...

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Who Saw Him Die? (1968)

Sören Mårtensson is a middle school teacher. His classroom occupied by half-grown children. His work is tormenting him and at night he is haunted by nightmares. ...

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Twelfth Night (1967)

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night ...

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Here Is Your Life (1966)

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future. ...

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Noon Wine (1966)

A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-lon ...

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Patrasket (1966)

A poor Jewish family, called the Riffraff by the author, puts the great Joe Meng at the heart of high-flying plans and imaginative flair. ...

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Hunger (1966)

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he cur ...

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The D.T.'s (1966)

An eccentric, offbeat man performing pranks and peculiarities becomes a major concern for the Stockholm authorities. He mingles with bizarre slum characters and dreams of his ideal girl. ...

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Doktor Knock (1966)

Doctor Knock takes over a medical clinic in a small town and provides a medical revival. ...

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My Sister My Love (1966)

Sweden, 1782. Jacob, a young noble, somewhat wild and vehement, returns from his studies in France. After his absence, he returns home happy, but is even happier of meeting his beloved sister Charlotte again. However, she has been promised to the Baron Als ...

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Bödeln (1965)

"The Hangman" - The events take place in two periods of time. In the Middle Ages a group of men sit and discuss the evil at the tavern. With the hangman close by. 1930s: a dance hall where many people gathered. A jazz orchestra of colored musicians enterta ...

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Är du inte riktigt klok? (1964)

Lawyer Hans is having an affair with his secretary Anni and is trying to get his wife to meet another husband. When his wife falls in love with another man, Hans instead becomes jealous and realizes his true love for Ellen. ...

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Adam och Eva (1963)

Eva discovers a contest of an altarpiece. Her husband Adam makes a simple sketch. Adam wins the competition. The success makes Adam famous. ...

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Det är hos mig han har varit (1963)

"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li. ...

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The Doll (1962)

A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life... ...

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Ticket to Paradise (1962)

A young woman owns a garden center outside Stockholm. Her two employees, a Swede and an Italian, has private dreams and desires to meet. The Italian plan to take revenge on a fellow countryman. ...

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Ljuvlig är sommarnatten (1961)

Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects... ...

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Miss April (1958)

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play dee ...

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Kärlek på turné (1955)

"Love on Tour" - A traveling theatre company has arrived at an outdoor stage. They are ready for the rehearsal. But one of the actors is missing. ...

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Vildfåglar (1955)

"Wild birds" - A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le jour se lève'). Two worlds meet for a brief experience of happiness ended by a violent tragedy. In one world the unhappy prostitute (Ulla) finds a drunken young ...

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Karin Månsdotter (1954)

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the n ...

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Möte med livet (1953)

Gun and Robert are in love, but both are unfaithful during Robert's military service. For Gun, this results in her becoming pregnant and for Robert an infection of syphilis. ...

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We Three Debutantes (1953)

Three young poets are about to make their debuts. ...

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Barabbas (1953)

The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place. ...

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Defiance (1952)

A teacher is so hard on his students that he faces a warning by the school principal. In order to at least improve the strained relationship with his own son, he turns to a priest for advice. ...

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Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951)

A young theater cast transforms with enthusiasm an old freighter into a theater boat. ...

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Vi flyger på Rio (1949)

When the airline captain Curt Åhs comes home one day he discovers that his wife is unfaithful. Later he and the flight attendant Berit shares an adventure together during a flight to Rio De Janeiro. ...

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Son of the Sea (1949)

The priest Hagen comes to a small Norwegian village one stormy evening. He brings the tragic news to wife Sigrid Bakken. Her husband and oldest son has drowned during fishing. ...

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Gatan (1949)

Britt Malm gets hit by a car on a Stockholm street and is taken to hospital. She is badly injured and must undergo surgery. While the anesthetic takes effect she sees hallucinatory images. This turns into a flashback of what happened Britt before the accid ...

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Det vackraste på jorden (1947)

Bengt, a ship mechanic , and his wife Karin has been relocated to a modern apartment house in Stockholm. On the ground floor is a tobacconist, whose owner Frithiof is also the deputy landlord of the house. ...

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Ungdom i fara (1946)

A young man with a messy background stands trial for car theft. He gets away with a suspended sentence. With the help of a social worker, he gets on the right side of life — until a criminal friend shows up. ...

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Kristin Commands (1946)

Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a scholarship for Vilhelm so he can go back to his medical studies. ...

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The Serious Game (1945)

Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads he ...

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Flickor i hamn (1945)

Shipmate Henrik gets in contact with two women in Gothenburg — the sociable Lisbeth and the shy Astrid. ...

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Prince Gustaf (1944)

In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and falls in love with her, but it is an impossible love story due to the rules of society. ...

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Young Eagles (1944)

The spoiled Marianne has switched cocktail parties to flight lessons. ...

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Movies Made By Per Oscarsson (3)

Sverige åt svenskarna (1980)

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single ...

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Ebon Lundin (1973)

Ebon Lundin is the anonymous but odd living man, who becomes a Christ-like, misunderstood figure who suffer much scorn and derision of the cruel reality. ...

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Between Us (1969)

A man lives with his family in a small community. He is seen as a deviant, abnormal person by society. ...

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