Sten Ardenstam

Sten Ardenstam

Birth : 1921-04-06, Helsinki, Finland

Death : 1993-04-13

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Sten Ardenstam

Movies

Augustitango
Karl-Öyvind
1939
When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry
Mr Appelgren
Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, locked room. When he is released, he has a new plan, but Rocky and Vanheden have decided to go straight. Together with Dynamite-Harry, Sickan plans to rob a cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.
Pappa är död
John
Jan-Olof has an unresolved relationship with his father, and during the days leading up to the funeral, he tries to find out who the father really was. The practical arrangements for a funeral are often of a tragicomic nature.
91:an och generalernas fnatt
When private 91 "Mandel" Karlsson is appointed General due to a computer error, he tricks a foreign military attaché into believing that the Swedish defense has a new weapon that turns male soldiers into women.
Around the World in 80 Days
The immortal story of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout.
Guttersnipes
Wendel
Poor painter helps a paralysed child.
47:an Löken Blåser På!
Malcolm Mynning
47:an Löken
Malcolm Mynning, major
47:an Löken and his friends get into mischief in the army.
The Sound of Näverlur
Stone Arden
An American astronaut is visiting Dalarna in Sweden. He spends all his money so he can't pay his hotel bill. He must try to escape. Disguised as a local.
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
Reception clerk
A German sociologist goes to Sweden to investigate whether the Swedish sin is myth or not. He stations himself in a student home for girls. His fiancée in Berlin fantasizes about the study, and to allay her worries she packs her bags and goes to find him, to convince him to come home.
Kameleonterna
Per-Gustav
Set in the world of the Swedish culture establishment, this is a psychotic thriller where morbid visions, depraved sexuality, and violence come together in perfect proportions.
A Dream About Freedom
Car driver
After a few years in prison Stickan comes out and trying to readjust to society. He is approached by his old prison buddy Janne who is full of ideas how to get over the money without having to work.
Eriksson
Farbror Sten - Ainas Nye Vän
Eriksson is a divorced engineer without intellectual interests. He lives alone in a friendly, rundown tenement where the neighbors' intimate relationships can be easily listened to through the walls.
Agent 0,5 och Kvarten fattaruväl
försäkringsbolagets man
Freddy klarar biffen
Snö-Figge, drug dealer
Farce with ghost hunting.
To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa
Ingrid's Father
Lisa is a Stockholm fashion designer who leaves the big city to rent a country home for the summer. The landlords have a beautiful 17-year-old daughter Ingrid, and at summer's end Lisa agrees to take Ingrid back to the city to give her a job as a model. When Lisa sets Ingrid up with a date, the teenage temptress wears out her date then bounces from bed to bed in her amorous pursuits of love and freedom. Ingrid invites Lisa over for dinner where they also end up in bed together in this erotic exploitation feature.
Henpecked
An engineer and an actor, two extremely similar men, change their identity with each other.
Roseanna
Night Porter
A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely suspect and together with a police woman they begin a cat and mouse game to catch him.
Adam in Sweden
Plice Officer
Rikard Adamsson, a young man dreaming of becoming a writer, lives a wild and dissolute bohemian life. A ferocious fighter with a heart of gold and a great taste for women. In the military service he gets in trouble, runs away, returns and is sentenced to prison. Inside he finishes his first novel. However, no publisher is interested.
Nightmare
Fashion-designer May Berg is driving alone one evening, when she almost run over a man lying in the street. She gets out of the car to see. Suddenly the man attacks her, trying to strangle her. The assassination attempt fails, but it is followed soon by new, mysterious attempts to kill her. She is driven more and more into a constant fear of her life. Her husband trivialize the whole thing and even the police is skeptical of her claims that she is stalked by someone trying to kill her.
Pang i bygget
The Civil engineer
Merchant Valentin Skog runs the small town's grocery shop and folk park with little revenue but a lot of heart. But the no-good profiteers brothers Grym has their eyes on his business, and will use any means. The dirtier the better! But they haven't counted on "The Doll"- a fresh breeze from the big city - or rather storm wind - who blows life in the struggle against the crooks.
The Banquet Room
slaktaren Olle
A young girl is a confidante to four men who regularly visit her in her apartment.
Are You Crazy?
Lawyer Hans is having an affair with his secretary Anni and is trying to get his wife to meet another husband. When his wife falls in love with another man, Hans instead becomes jealous and realizes his true love for Ellen.
Dreamboy
Hotellportier
Ante Nordlund is on his way to Stockholm and gets a ride with a diplomat in his car. He leaves Ante at the entrance of Grand Hôtel where he gets treated like a millionaire.
Wild West Story
Swedish cowboys in the Wild West. Defending their town Small Lands Hills and their mining claims against bandits of all sorts.
Lyckodrömmen
Drunk
The Karlsson family moves from a small village to a suburb outside Stockholm. The change from a country life to the big city is not easy.
A Zero Too Much
A newspaper misprints Pontus Blom's (Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt) yearly income as being much more than it is; this leads to various comical situations of exceeding hilarity.
The Heist
Bartender in Täby
Four young criminals are planning a heist against a racecourse and in order to obtain a seed capital they rob a gambling den. They celebrate the successful heist by throwing a party but it turns out to be a lot of disagreement within the group.
Svenska Floyd
The world-famous Swedish boxer Flosse travels to Italy to fight for the world boxing title. In Rome he meets the nightclub singer Lollo.
Do You Believe in Angels?
Bookstore clerk
Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
On a Bench in a Park
Policeman
Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet a man he hates, theater manager Stig Brender. In Brender's office they get into a fight...
Musik ombord
Drunk
Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent wants her to return and she finally agrees to take part in a charity concert
Flottans överman
Manolo's thugs
Fabian Bom has been sent by the Export Association to promote Swedish export to Spain. He travels with the navy's cruiser to Barcelona, but his jealous fiancée Gullan has followed him in secret to keep an eye on him. In Barcelona the usually strict and virtuous Bom is surrounded by the local women and has a ball. He meets the young and zestful Linnea from Sweden. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Night Light
Lundström
Sixteen year old Maria arrives in Stockholm. She is going to stay with her aunt. Already at the Central station events occur that change her route.
Guest at One's Own Home
Guest at Eva's birthday party
Eva Dahl, a doctor's wife, starts an affair with a younger man.
The Seventh Seal
Knight (uncredited)
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
Charlie Strap, Froggy Ball and Their Friends
Plåt-Niklas
Song of the Scarlet Flower
Villager
Olof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver and his reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide.
The Staffan Stolle Story
Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country only to return under a false name, looking for true love.
Den Hårda Leken
Guest at Café
Conny Persson is an up-and-coming boxer. He wins the Junior Championships and is able to write a contract with boxing manager Andy Ekström. He falls in love with Margit. She doesn't like that he is boxing, but together they open a flower shop. When Conny still won't give up boxing, Margit tells him that he has to chose between her and the boxing.
Den Hårda Leken
Guest at café (uncredited)
Conny Persson is an up-and-coming boxer. He wins the Junior Championships and is able to write a contract with boxing manager Andy Ekström. He falls in love with Margit. She doesn't like that he is boxing, but together they open a flower shop. When Conny still won't give up boxing, Margit tells him that he has to chose between her and the boxing.
Suss gott
The jack of all trades Pekka is having financial trouble and is being hunted by a debt collector.
Farligt löfte
Criminal Insp. Egger
A woman is murdered and a little girl is the only one who can reveal the perpetrator.
I rök och dans
Plain-clothes policeman
Episodic, musical comedy. Povel Ramel company Knäppupp's first film where Martin Ljung plays 16 different roles.