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The Trap (1975) Peter Watkins, Karl Lennart Sandquist, Bo Melander, Anita Kronevi

Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. Read More »
A Frozen Dream (1997) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Rolf Lassgård

Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée (1897) which Troell had dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982). Read More »
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen

Part history lesson followed by re-enactments with actors, this film takes depicts the history of witchcraft Read More »
The Devil’s Eye (1960) Ingmar Bergman, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Järrel

The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar’s daughter. Read More »
You’re Lying! (1969) Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Stig Engström, Sif Ruud

The film is a portrayal of the Swedish Prison Service, told by an inmate Lasse and art teacher Björn, who will do anything to help him. Read More »
It Rains on Our Love (1946) Ingmar Bergman, Barbro Kollberg, Birger Malmsten, Gösta Cederlund

Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Read More »
A Woman’s Face (1938) Gustaf Molander, Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson

When she was a child, Anna Holm burned her face. This destroyed her looks, and she has become a mean and bitter woman. Read More »
Summer with Monika (1953) Ingmar Bergman, Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen

Harry Lund is a nineteen-year-old man who meets Monika, a romantic, reckless and rebellious seventeen-year-old, and they fall in love. Read More »
The Moon God (1988) Jonas Cornell, Tomas Laustiola, Agneta Ekmanner, Per Myrberg

A serial killer who slaughters campers is on the loose in Sweden. Read More »