The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. Read More »
Tag Archives: Sweden
Amorosa (1986) Mai Zetterling, Stina Ekblad
About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940) during the period Read More »
The War Is Over / La guerre est finie (1966) Alain Resnais, Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold
Diego is one of the chiefs of the spanish Communist Party. He is travelling back to Paris Read More »
The Girl (1987) Arne Mattsson, Franco Nero, Bernice Stegers, Clare Powney
Pat Carlsson is a 14-year-old Swedish schoolgirl who though very young is very streetwise Read More »
The Last Sentence / Dom över död man man (2012) Jan Troell, Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Ulla Skoog
Torgny Segerstedt was one of the leading journalists in Sweden in the 20th century. Read More »
A Handful of Time / En håndfull tid (1989) Martin Asphaug, Espen Skjønberg, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen, Camilla Strøm Henriksen
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain Read More »
Dead Man’s Trail / I död mans spår (1975) Mats Helge Olsson, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Isabella Kaliff, Solveig Andersson
The gold digger Tom is being chased by a gang of bandits and heads to Carson City. Read More »
Die Beauty / Du Sköna (2010) Stina Bergman, Herta Jankert, Anna Bellika, Sofia Berg-Böhm
Atmospheric low-budget indie that leans towards the absurd about people living in a small village by a river and the dysfunctional relationships between them. Read More »
Discord / Hans engelska fru (1927) Gustaf Molander, Lil Dagover, Gösta Ekman, Karin Swanström
Two English gentlemen of the upper class, Ivor Willington and Lionel Jessop, play a card game Read More »
The Commune / Kollektivet (2016) Thomas Vinterberg, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares
Erik, a lecturer in architecture, inherits his father’s large old house in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen. Read More »