Stig, a visiting soloist to a small Swedish orchestra, marries fellow musician Martha Read More »
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Körkarlen / The Phantom Carriage (1921) Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg
It’s New Year’s Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner Read More »
Mannen på taket / Man on the Roof (1976) Bo Widerberg, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg
Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. Read More »
Jack (1977) Jan Halldoff, Göran Stangertz, Kjell Bergqvist, Örjan Ramberg
Jack, a bohemian in Stockholm with writer and musician dreams and his wild life Read More »
A Summer Tale / Den bästa sommaren (2000) Ulf Malmros
The summer of ’58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil Read More »
Before the Storm / Före stormen (2000) Reza Parsa
A Middle Eastern taxi driver living in Sweden, alongside his daughter’s classmate, finds his life descending into chaos Read More »
A Handful of Love / En handfull kärlek (1974) Vilgot Sjöman
Set in 1909: A working-class girl is refused marriage by her politically committed boyfriend. Read More »
The Hunters / Jägarna (1996) Kjell Sundvall, Rolf Lassgård
A policeman from Stockholm comes up to Norrland in Sweden to join his brother, now that their parents are dead. Read More »
Mun mot mun / Mouth to Mouth (2005) Björn Runge, Peter Andersson, Marie Richardson, Sofia Westberg
The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home Read More »
Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968) Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh
An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman’s only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. Read More »