Jan-Olof Strandberg

A gripping portrait of the dramatic, extravagant and ego-centric actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård (1928-1998) who would always be at the center of everything. On the out side he was a hailed and confident diva. In his solitude he was plagued by insomnia, anxiety and a complicated relationship with his father. Includes Ernst-Hugo Järegårds last performance "Aktörens läte/ The sound of the actor" (1998) and "Abstract Poker" (1971).

Пожилой режиссер пишет сценарий, главная героиня которого — театральная актриса Марианна. Она замужем за дирижером Маркусом и у них есть девятилетняя дочь. Муж постоянно в разъездах, поэтому женщина часто остается одна. Однажды, во время очередного турне мужа, друг семьи — режиссер Дэвид — напрашивается в гости и остается на ночь. Неожиданно для самих героев между ними вспыхивает страсть, в пылу которой Марианна теряет голову настолько, что готова рискнуть своим браком. Роман Дэвида и Марианны закономерным образом приводит героиню к болезненному разрыву с мужем.

Magni is a farmer who is planning to marry Teresia who comes from a rich family. When his maid Lovisa finds out she gets furious, she has been working for him without pay for 12 years because of vague allusions to marriage, now she wants her pay! She calculates that her back pay is the same as the fortune Teresia would be bringing to the marriage.

When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.

Drama about a family going through a crisis during the Easter weekend.

A sick man asks his friend to help him dig a pit.

Профессорская семья живёт в уединённом живописном уголке Швеции. Александр — в прошлом актёр, писатель, его жена — молодая актриса, его дети — дочь и немой сын («Маленький человек»), испытывают муки и ужасы приближающегося конца света, в связи с началом атомной войны. У Александра день рождения. Но он может стать и общим днём смерти, так как уже запущены ядерные ракеты. Александр заключает пакт с Богом… Чем надо пожертвовать, чтобы спасти мир от надвигающейся катастрофы? Своим имуществом, своим образом жизни, а, может быть, своей жизнью? Что положит герой фильма на алтарь Всемогущего Творца, если последний, конечно, существует? «Фильм и делается специально таким образом, чтобы быть истолкованным по-разному», — писал о нём сам Тарковский.

An old woman with unusual complaint visits a district medical officer.

The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again.

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, and he's picked up by the mysterious banker Wall-Enberg Jr. instead. He wants Sickan to perform a burglary in Switzerland, in order to retrieve the famous Bedford Diamonds. Sickan does this but is fooled by Wall-Enberg and nearly gets caught. When he returns to Sweden and re-unites with his old gang members, he's set on revenge, both physically and psychologically...

A crime drama about a mysterious storehouse in the Hammarby harbor in Stockholm, based on a novel by Dan Tarchila.

The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.

This Swedish sex-comedy/drama explores the complications in the relationship of a couple who believe that if they make love to each other, they will die. They neck and are physically affectionate in public as well as in private, but have a big taboo against sexual consummation. Their situation drives them to distraction, and they unsuccessfully seek various extramarital outlets for their frustrations.

Somewhere sits two men, Vladimir and Estragon, waiting for a man named Godot. Internationally acclaimed Swedish TV dramatized version of the classic stage play.

The everyday life of a chimney sweeper.

In this somber drama, residents of a small island accuse a nobleman of killing a priest when the man of the cloth disappears. The two were seen arguing, and the nobleman is the main suspect. The priest is only away on a sabbatical trying to regain his faith, but the islanders continue to put pressure on the innocent noble.

Претенциозный критик Корнелиус пишет биографию известного виолончелиста. Он решает провести небольшое исследование его жизни, и приезжает погостить к музыканту в дом на несколько дней. У Корнелиуса никак не получается взять интервью, однако разговаривая со всеми женщинами, которые живут в доме прославленного музыканта, биографисту удается создать подлинную картину личной жизни виолончилиста. Тогда Корнелиус решается шантажировать звезду написанным материалом…

"Swedish Rocker's" - A group of Swedish hot-rod teenagers meet every night in a local café. Berra and Kritan are the bad guys, always messing things up for themselves and everyone else.

Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored by this he travels to Stockholm to try to get his poems published. On the train he meets a rich, sophisticated art patron who encourages him and grinds his literary and philosophical formation.

About the life of the student, Bo Dahlin. Bo's parents are divorced. Both have been unfaithful. Bo is engaged to Kerstin, but only has eyes for Anita. Anita is filled with self-disgust.

"Wild birds" - A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le jour se lève'). Two worlds meet for a brief experience of happiness ended by a violent tragedy. In one world the unhappy prostitute (Ulla) finds a drunken young man (Nisse) who had previously failed in many occupations. She takes him home. Her feelings are like those for a younger brother.

An apartment building with apartments for single women is the setting for Faustman's drama about a group of women struggling with life and love, in particular with Eva, mistress to a man whose wife Anna also lives in the building.

A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.

Baron Conrad Crusenhielm is hit in the head during a drunken brawl. Suffering from amnesia, he is mistaken for the lost sailor Karlsson and taken to the navy vessel Fylgia.