Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet Read More »
Tag Archives: Sweden
The Banquet AKA Banketten (1948) Hasse Ekman, Ernst Eklund, Elsa Carlsson, Sture Lagerwall
Jacob Cotten is a rich banker, quickly approaching his 60th birthday. Read More »
Flickering Lights AKA Blinkende lygter (2000) Anders Thomas Jensen, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner Read More »
Sofie (1992) Liv Ullmann, Karen-Lise Mynster, Erland Josephson, Ghita Nørby
From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29 Read More »
Face to Face AKA Ansikte mot ansikte (1976) Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Aino Taube
With her husband Eric at a medical congress in Chicago Read More »
The Bomber AKA Sprängaren (2001) Colin Nutley, Helena Bergström, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson
The Victoria stadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage Read More »
Hallo Baby (1976) Johan Bergenstråhle, Marie-Louise Ekman, Malin Gjörup, Anders Ek
About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. Read More »
If I Could Marry the Minister AKA Tänk, om jag gifter mig med prästen (1941) Ivar Johansson, Viveca Lindfors, Georg Rydeberg, Arnold Sjöstrand
Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. Read More »
Il capitano (1991) Jan Troell, Antti Reini, Maria Heiskanen, Berto Marklund
Triple murders are rare enough in Sweden that they qualify as headline-grabbing national news for prolonged periods of time. Read More »
Mirage AKA Hägringen (1959) Peter Weiss, Staffan Lamm, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Birger Åsander
A young man comes to Stockholm City and experiences several bizarre situations. Read More »
The Simple-Minded Murderer AKA Den enfaldige mördaren (1982) Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson
In the 1930s, the feeble-minded Sven’s mother dies and he is hired as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund’s farm. Read More »
Möten i skymningen (1957) Alf Kjellin, Eva Dahlbeck, Åke Grönberg, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
Olle moves to Stockholm to start a new job as a printer. He rents a room by his colleague-to-be, Victor. Read More »
While the City Sleeps AKA Medan staden sover (1950) Lars-Eric Kjellgren, Sven-Eric Gamble, Inga Landgré, Adolf Jahr
Jompa is unemployed – and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents Read More »
The Flight of the Eagle AKA Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (1982) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz
Based on the novel by Per Olaf Sundman, Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd (Flight of the Eagle) Read More »
Drowning Ghost AKA Strandvaskaren (2004) Mikael Håfström, Rebecka Hemse, Jesper Salén, Jenny Ulving
Hundred years ago, three students at the Hellestads Boarding School were brutally slaughtered Read More »