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Tag Archives: Sweden
The Bookseller Gave Up Bathing AKA Bokhandlaren som slutade bada (1969) Jarl Kulle, Allan Edwall, Margaretha Krook
A sleepy village around 1910. Jacob, the owner of a book store in a small town is a member Read More »
Gone AKA Försvunnen (2011) Mattias Olsson, Henrik JP Åkesson, Sofia Ledarp, Kjell Bergqvist, Björn Kjellman
After a recent family tragedy, Malin leaves in her car and rented hanger to start a new life at a new location. Read More »
The Baby Carriage AKA Barnvagnen (1963) Bo Widerberg, Inger Taube, Thommy Berggren, Lars Passgård
Following his manifesto for a new Swedish cinema, director Widerberg started his career with this realist tale Read More »
Submarino (2010) Thomas Vinterberg, Gustav Fischer Kjærulff, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Mads Broe Andersen
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. Read More »
Europa (1991) Lars von Trier, Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier
An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. Read More »
About Endlessness AKA Om det oändliga (2019) Roy Andersson, Bengt Bergius, Anja Broms, Marie Burman
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. Read More »
Swan Lake: The Zone AKA Lebedyne ozero. Zona (1990) Yuri Ilyenko, Viktor Solovyov, Lyudmila Efimenko, Pylyp Ilyenko
This film tells what it was like to live in the USSR with brutal reality. Read More »
Girl with Hyacinths AKA Flicka och hyacinter (1950) Hasse Ekman, Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Birgit Tengroth
The young Dagmar Brink commits suicide. Her belongings are inherited by the resident caretaker in the house she lived in. Read More »
Sons of Norway AKA Sønner av Norge (2011) Jens Lien, Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høeg, Sonja Richter
It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party… One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj Read More »
Jeunesse perdue (1961) Akramzadeh, Anna Longlands, Saadoun Al-Ubaydi
Two Swedish girls fall in love with a Persian man in London. Read More »
Darkness in Tallinn AKA Tallinn pimeduses (1993) Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Monika Mäger
In August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank Read More »
Hagbard and Signe AKA Den røde kappe (1967) Gabriel Axel, Oleg Vidov, Gitte Hænning, Eva Dahlbeck
The story, based on an ancient legend, concerns Hagbard (Oleg Vidov), the son of a slain Norse king. Read More »
The Count Of The Old Town AKA Munkbrogreven (1935) Edvin Adolphson, Valdemar Dalquist, Julia Cæsar, Sigurd Wallén
This comedy romp takes place in and around Stockholm’s Old Town, which is inhabited by various dubious characters doing dubious things Read More »
Kiss Me AKA Kyss mig (2011) Alexandra-Therese Keining, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson
MIA (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and FRIDA (Liv Mjönes), both in their thirties Read More »