Olof is the restless son of a wealthy farmer. He meets Annikki and brings her to the evening dance. Read More »
Tag Archives: Sweden
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Ingmar Bergman, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Comedy, Romance
It’s late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman’s two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Read More »
Hamsun (1996) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Biography, Drama, War
Knut Hamsun is Norway’s most famous and respected writer. Ever since he was young he’s despised the English because of the starvation that they caused Norway through WWI. Read More »
Winter Light (1963) Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Drama
On a chilly winter Sunday, the pastor of a tiny African American church (Tomas Ericsson) performs support for a very small congregation; however he’s dealing with a cold and a serious crisis of faith. Read More »
The Last Gasp (1995) Ingmar Bergman, Ingvar Kjellson, Björn Granath, Anna von Rosen, Drama, Documentary
A fictional meeting at the headquarter of the Swedish Film Industry between the former director Georg af Klercker and the business man behind SF (Svensk film): Director Charles Magnusson. Read More »
Secrets of Women (1952) Ingmar Bergman, Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Comedy, Drama
Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Read More »
Faro Document (1970) Ingmar Bergman, Per Broman, Richard Ostman, Documentary
Fårö Document is Ingmar Bergman’s first documentary. Having recently built a house on the island in the Baltic he was taken by the people who lived there Read More »
The Parsons Widow (1920) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Hildur Carlberg, Einar Röd, Greta Almroth, Comedy, Drama, Horror
A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. Read More »
Du levande / You, the Living (2007) Roy Andersson, Elisabeth Helander, Jörgen Nohall, Jan Wikbladh, Comedy, Drama, Music
A series of scenes that focus specially on a single idea, emotion or act us. Read More »
Underbara älskade / Suddenly (2006) Johan Brisinger, Michael Nyqvist, Anastasios Soulis, Moa Gammel, Drama
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.
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