Bengt Forslund

'Filmstaden', a film studio in Stockholm where directors Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Ingmar Bergman among others worked - as well as many prominent actors - was built 1919-1920. This documentary tells its rich history featuring many of the people involved.

Portrait of director Mauritz Stiller, with scenes from some of his best known movies.

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.

Documentary of the Swedish actor/director Victor Sjöström and his work - from Terje Vigen (1917) to Smultronstället (1957) Director Ingmar Bergman is interviewed about his memories of and experiences of Sjöström.

Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.

Tore Andersson is a depressed 43 year old sport journalist living in Stockholm. His girlfriend has left him so he decides to take a vacation in Cyprus.

A drama unfolds during a few spring days in a small Swedish town in the 1950s. Guy study hard at school, but wins no appreciation from his father. His brother Helge returns from his job at sea. They hang out at Hempas bar.

Robert works at a warehouse and as a cinema usher and lives in a strained marriage. Every monday, he visits his ill father at the hospital. There he meets the orderly Fanny.

This co-production between Norway and Sweden is the first film that Anja Breien has made since Wives. She has adapted a novel by Hjalmar Soderberg. who also wrote 'Gertrud' from which Carl Dreyer's last film was made, and Doctor Glas' (made into a film by Mai Zetterhng) Games of Love and Loneliness, concerns the manners and mores of Scandinavian society between the years 1897 and 1912. A young journalist, Arvid, falls in love with a girl but won't commit himself to marrying her. She marries an older and richer man and he's pushed into marrying the girl he's been sleeping with. He meets his first love again, and she leaves her husband to have an affair with him, but he still cannot bring himself to leave his wife. Although Anja Breien has changed the character of the girl to make her less of a femme fatale and more of an emancipated woman, the film's central concern is the young man who cannot make up his mind what to do with his life.

This co-production between Norway and Sweden is the first film that Anja Breien has made since Wives. She has adapted a novel by Hjalmar Soderberg. who also wrote 'Gertrud' from which Carl Dreyer's last film was made, and Doctor Glas' (made into a film by Mai Zetterhng) Games of Love and Loneliness, concerns the manners and mores of Scandinavian society between the years 1897 and 1912. A young journalist, Arvid, falls in love with a girl but won't commit himself to marrying her. She marries an older and richer man and he's pushed into marrying the girl he's been sleeping with. He meets his first love again, and she leaves her husband to have an affair with him, but he still cannot bring himself to leave his wife. Although Anja Breien has changed the character of the girl to make her less of a femme fatale and more of an emancipated woman, the film's central concern is the young man who cannot make up his mind what to do with his life.

Documentary which follows Bo Widerberg during the making of 'Man on the Roof', 'The Butt' and a failed theater production.

Two villains escape from jail in London. They are planning an attack on Agaton Sax. Inspector Lispington and Sax are chasing the two bad guys, but the hunt is hampered by the villains have lookalikes.

A Swedish adaptation of the Franz Kafka novella. Gregor Samsa, wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous beetle.

Sofia has lived in the small town Falköping during her childhood. Since she left her hometown she has become an famous international actress. Now she longs to return to the playgrounds of her childhood, and meet old friends

A day in the life of Monika, an ordinary, modern (ca.1975) Swedish woman. Her surroundings are a lot sleeker than her daily existence, though; she's unemployed, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the midst of what ought to be the good life.

An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in the manner of the later phenomenon of televangelists. While indulging in behind-the-scene shenanigans including rape and murder, the gangster (played by American Clu Gulagher) preaches to large audiences, using mass hypnotism and show-biz razzmatazz to get his message across. The film also features a brief performance by Per Oscarsson, following his highly publicized "retirement" from screen acting.

Set against the backdrop of the 1909 general strike, Hjördis is employed as a housemaid in a wealthy Stockholm family.

Steve works as a locksmith and one day he meets Lotta in his work. After helping her get back into her apartment they decide to see each other again. Though they are dating Steve still goes out with other girls, and in situations like this a big city quickly becomes a small town.

After losing his son in a traffic accident and his wife to mental illness, Harry moves to a gloomy Stockholm suburb. A local youth gang is harassing the neighborhood and Harry comes up with the idea of hiring the gang to kill the bureaucrats who are responsible for the construction of the suburb. The film is a fierce critique of the political project of building suburbs designed only for workers to sleep in and also wants to have a say in the debate over nature vs nurture.

Jan and Gertrud have a sexual relationship, even though they are half siblings. Jan is an air traffic controller, while Gertrude is writing a dissertation on ferns. Jan falls in love with another woman, Jenny.

19세기 척박한 현실에서 벗어나 좀 더 잘 살아보고자 하는 욕망 하나로 스웨덴에서 미지의 땅 아메리카로 이주한 정착민들의 신 대륙 도전기를 다룬 대하 드라마.

19세기 척박한 현실에서 벗어나 좀 더 잘 살아보고자 하는 욕망 하나로 스웨덴에서 미지의 땅 아메리카로 이주한 정착민들의 신 대륙 도전기를 다룬 대하 드라마.

19세기 아메리카로 건너간 스웨덴 농민들의 신대륙 개척사를 그린 서사 드라마. 스웨덴 현대 작가 빌헬름 모베르그의 4부로 된 장편 소설을 영화화한 작품. 19세기 중엽, 스웨덴에서 미국으로 건너간 농민 일가의 싸움을 2부작으로 그렸고 제1부에 해당하는 이민자들에서는 가난한 소작인 닐슨 일가의 미네소타까지의 멀고 긴 여정을 다루고 있다. 또 제2부 "Nybyggarna(미국 제목 The New Land)"도 그 해에 아카데미 외국어 영화상에 노미네이트되어 화제를 모았다.

19세기 아메리카로 건너간 스웨덴 농민들의 신대륙 개척사를 그린 서사 드라마. 스웨덴 현대 작가 빌헬름 모베르그의 4부로 된 장편 소설을 영화화한 작품. 19세기 중엽, 스웨덴에서 미국으로 건너간 농민 일가의 싸움을 2부작으로 그렸고 제1부에 해당하는 이민자들에서는 가난한 소작인 닐슨 일가의 미네소타까지의 멀고 긴 여정을 다루고 있다. 또 제2부 "Nybyggarna(미국 제목 The New Land)"도 그 해에 아카데미 외국어 영화상에 노미네이트되어 화제를 모았다.

Somewhere in the archipelago outside Sandhamn lives the barber Assar Gustafsson and his 17-year old daughter Anna-Bella...

Somewhere in the archipelago outside Sandhamn lives the barber Assar Gustafsson and his 17-year old daughter Anna-Bella...

Somewhere in the archipelago outside Sandhamn lives the barber Assar Gustafsson and his 17-year old daughter Anna-Bella...

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.

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.

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.

A newly graduated doctor finds trauma too heavy in everyday work of the hospital. He is constantly facing new demands which ultimately threatens to overpower him. He is about to give up his career.idoren

스웨덴 남부 말뫼의 학교 선생님, 마틴손은 제자들과 대화가 통하지 않는다. 젠느와 벤트는 끊임 없이 말썽을 부리고 마틴손은 학생들을 통솔함에 있어서 강경 수단에 기대는 자신을 발견한다. 아내는 마틴손을 경멸하고 그의 어려움을 이해하지 못한다. 동료 교사 앤 마리 만이 그를 이해하는데...

스웨덴 남부 말뫼의 학교 선생님, 마틴손은 제자들과 대화가 통하지 않는다. 젠느와 벤트는 끊임 없이 말썽을 부리고 마틴손은 학생들을 통솔함에 있어서 강경 수단에 기대는 자신을 발견한다. 아내는 마틴손을 경멸하고 그의 어려움을 이해하지 못한다. 동료 교사 앤 마리 만이 그를 이해하는데...

A lovestory with one of the biggest pop stars from that time.

A lovestory with one of the biggest pop stars from that time.

Two impressionable teenage girls fall in with a beatnik crowd that is content to avoid work and have fun. The group lives for today while committing petty crimes and revels in being outside social convention until their adventures take a murderous turn. A young divorcee with a baby feels that life has passed her by as her friends enjoy a carefree time. Another couple with a young child is headed for divorce when their idyllic bubble is burst and they are overwhelmed by reality.

주인공의 직업전반을 따라가며 노동의 과정을 열심히도 보여주는데 이 부분이 영화의 절반은 차지하는 것 같다. 특별한 의도나 효과를 노리고 있는 건 아니라서 다 들어내도 영화의 인상에 영향을 미치지는 않을 것 같아 보임. 우직하고 순박한 얀 트로엘의 리얼리즘.

주인공의 직업전반을 따라가며 노동의 과정을 열심히도 보여주는데 이 부분이 영화의 절반은 차지하는 것 같다. 특별한 의도나 효과를 노리고 있는 건 아니라서 다 들어내도 영화의 인상에 영향을 미치지는 않을 것 같아 보임. 우직하고 순박한 얀 트로엘의 리얼리즘.

Consists of a series of crazy-stressed sketches, in a loosely coherent framework. The story is a bizarre variation on the tale of the three suitors and the king's daughter.

A jazz bassist who surveys a beautiful girl at a gig decides to try to get her home. But the devil is getting into the game too.

It's the mid 1930s and brakeman Kvist had enough of working on the train, jumps off and starts to walk on the train tracks in the middle of nowhere in Lapland, Northern Sweden, hoping to find new work and adventures. Based on the novella by famous Swedish author Eyvind Johnson.

A young man receives a farewell letter from his girlfriend. He walks around the home depressed and after a phone call with the woman, he is again seized by despair.