Bengt Lagerkvist

Movies

Påsk
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Drama about a family going through a crisis during the Easter weekend.
Han som fick leva om sitt liv
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The story of a man who has committed a crime but gets the chance to live his life again and avoid all of his past mistakes.
Genombrottet
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Satire showing what can happen when a charismatic but unknown person gets a chance to share their political views in a TV programme.
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
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Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows up dreaming about her future.
Bröllopsfesten
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A story about Frida, Jonas and their wedding in Småland.
Det är nu livet börjar
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A TV drama about an old man who doesn't want to retire.
Around the World in 80 Days
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The immortal story of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout.
Amala, Kamala
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About two girl-wolf, Amala and Kamala in 1930s India. They are captured by the British troops and placed in Military hospital, subjected to a harsh upbringing, in an attempt to make ordinary people out of them.
The lift that went down into hell
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A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.
Bödeln
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"The Hangman" - The events take place in two periods of time. In the Middle Ages a group of men sit and discuss the evil at the tavern. With the hangman close by. 1930s: a dance hall where many people gathered. A jazz orchestra of colored musicians entertain. When the musicians take a break to eat, they are denied this by a Nazi.
Prins hatt under jorden
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A young man,Erik, breaks into a photo store. But he is discovered by the night watchman and has to fly. During the flight he is picked up by cabaret singer Margot, who offers him protection. Erik, now wanted by the police, stays for a longer time with Margot and becomes her lover. Margot, however, is not alone in recruiting Erik: even the young Li is interested in him.
Guest of Reality
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A story about a boy named Anders, who lives in an ordinary Swedish family in an apartment at the train station. Through his childhood, he experiences life's glorious scents of beautiful flowers and green forest, close and warm relationships with his grandparents and joyful play with his siblings. He has a strong friendship with his father and a great love for his mother. Still he lives in fear of death. He is afraid of losing all of this that is so valuable to him. In his thoughts and fears, he often turns often God, just as his sister, mother and grandparents, and ask Him for help and protection.
Fröken Rosita
Director
Play by Federico Garcia Lorca. Swedish interpretation of Hjalmar Gullberg and Karin Alin.
Åke and His World
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A melancholic depiction of life in a small Swedish town, seen through the eyes of a six-year-old boy.
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
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A Swedish TV play about a workhouse in Småland, Sweden. Midsummer's Dream in the Workhouse is written by Pär Lagerkvist.