Barabbas (1953 Film)

	Barabbas (1953 Film) ''Barabbas'' is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg. It is based on the 1950 novel ''Barabbas'' by Pär Lagerkvist about the biblical character who was released instead of Jesus. The film was entered in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. It was one of the biggest Swedish productions of its time. In 1961 an American adaptation of the same novel was released, starring Anthony Quinn in the lead role. Cast * Ulf Palme as Barabbas * Georg Årlin as Lazarus * Hugo Björne as Leper at Death Valley * Eva Dahlbeck as The Mother * Sture Ericson as Father of hare-lipped * Sven-Eric Gamble as Christian in slave caves at Rome * Åke Grönberg as Armful watchman at Rome * Erik Hell as Man at Jerusalem * Anders Henrikson as Roman procurator on Cyprus * Barbro Hiort af Ornäs as Maria of Magdala * Jarl Kulle as Leper at Death Valley * Torsten Lilliecrona as Supervisor at copper mine on Cyprus * Peter Lindgren as Soldier which assaulted gang * Yvonne Lombard as Prostitute * Holge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alf Sjöberg Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish theatre director, theatre and film director. He won the Palme d'Or, Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment (1944 film), Torment'' ( sv, Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film ''Miss Julie (1951 film), Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's ''Miracle in Milan''). Despite his success with those films, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director, perhaps the greatest at Dramaten (alongside first Olof Molander and later Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre between 1930 and 1980; he staged there many remarkable and historic productions. Sjöberg was also a pioneer director of drama for early Swedish TV (his 1955 TV production of ''Hamlet'' is a national milestone). At the 3rd Guldbagge Awards Sjöberg won the award for Guldbagge Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åke Grönberg Karl Åke Edvard Grönberg (26 March 1914 – 15 September 1969) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in nearly 100 films. Grönberg was a versatile stage personality of his day, performing as a singer, variety artist, actor, in musical shows and in dramatic productions. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died of a heart attack in 1969. Selected filmography * ''65, 66 and I'' (1936) - Castle guard (uncredited) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Åhörare i studentmössa (uncredited) * ''Klart till drabbning'' (1937) - Waiter (uncredited) * ''Comrades in Uniform'' (1938) - Bonzo (uncredited) * '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938) - Chucker-out (uncredited) * ''Med folket för fosterlandet'' (1938) - Printing clerk (uncredited) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) - Ensign musician (uncredited) * ''Only One Night'' (1939) - Young Man (uncredited) * ''Adolf i eld och lågor'' (1939) - Photographer (uncredited) * ''Hennes lilla majestät'' (1939) - Fighter (uncredited) * ''Melodin från Gamla Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gunnar Sjöberg Gunnar Sjöberg (25 March 1909 – 8 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Delegat från Sundsvall (uncredited) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Seaman * '' Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (1938) - Smuggler (uncredited) * ''A Woman's Face'' (1938) - Harald Berg * ''Variety Is the Spice of Life'' (1939) - Guest at the birthday party (uncredited) * ''Gläd dig i din ungdom'' (1939) - Helgo * '' Whalers'' (1939) - Tore, sailor (uncredited) * ''Emilie Högquist'' (1939) - Knut Almlöf * ''Stål'' (1940) - Lars Gouveng * ''June Night'' (1940) - Nils Asklund * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) - Lawyer (uncredited) * ''Gentlemannagangstern'' (1941) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''Landstormens lilla argbigga'' (1941) - Engineer * ''Första divisionen'' (1941) - Kapten Hansson * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) - Göran Bryhme, Pelle's father (uncredited) * ''Woman on Board'' (1941) - Blomqvist * '' Scanian Guerilla'' (1941) - Långe-Tuv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sif Ruud Sif Einarsdotter Ruud Fallde born Sif Einarsdotter Ruud (6 May 1916 – 15 August 2011), best known as Sif Ruud, was a Swedish film actress. Born in Stockholm to Einar Ruud and Inez Engström, she began her career in 1938, and appeared in 140 films. At the 15th Guldbagge Awards she won the award for Best Actress for her role in '' A Walk in the Sun''. Selected filmography * ''Nothing Is Forgotten'' (1942) * ''Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) * ''Johansson and Vestman'' (1946) * ''How to Love'' (1947) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (1947) * ''Dynamite'' (1947) * '' Port of Call'' (1948) * ''Girl from the Mountain Village'' (1948) * ''On These Shoulders'' (1948) * ''Lars Hård'' (1948) * ''Love Wins Out'' (1949) * ''Dangerous Spring'' (1949) * ''Father Bom'' (1949) * ''Thirst'' (1949) * ''Only a Mother'' (1949) * ''Playing Truant'' (1949) * ''The Street'' (1949) * ''Vagabond Blacksmiths'' (1949) * '' To Joy'' (1950) * ''Jack of Hearts'' (1950) * ''Two S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gösta Prüzelius Karl Gösta Prüzelius (11 August 1922 – 15 May 2000) was a Swedish actor. His first film part was in the 1945 film Flickorna i Småland. He played in films as diverse as ''Summer with Monika'', '' Space Invasion of Lapland'', ''Fanny and Alexander'', and Ingmar Bergman's film version of ''The Magic Flute'' (1975). He also provided the Swedish voice for Bagheera in Disney's ''The Jungle Book'' (1967), and played the policeman Klöverhage in a number of the Åsa-Nisse films. Gösta Prüzelius worked at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1964 and for more than 30 years. On television, Gösta Prüzelius starred in the long-running soap opera ''Rederiet'', where he played the main character, shipping company owner Reidar Dahlén, from the series' start in 1992 until his death. Selected filmography * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) - Agronomist * ''Åsa-Hanna'' (1946) - Magnus Pettersson * ''Johansson and Vestman'' (1946) - Lieutenant (uncredited) * ''It Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Per Oscarsson Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film ''Hunger'', which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Early life Oscarsson was born, along with his twin brother Björn, on 28 January 1927 on Kungsholmen, Stockholm, to parents Einar Oscarsson, an engineer, and Therèse, née Küppers. The twins had two elder siblings. Their mother, who was German, died of cancer in 1933.Per Oscarsson - Bakom rubrikerna och replikerna ("Per Oscarsson - Behind headlines and lines") TV-interview with Agneta Bolme Börjefors from 1998. Career Oscarsson was best known for his role as Pontus, a starving writer, in the social realism drama ''Hunger'', based on the Knut Hamsun novel by the same name, a role for which he won the 1966 Bodil, the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the 1966 Cannes Film Festival best actor awards. His most recent film role was as Holger Palmgren, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stig Olin Stig Olin, né ''Högberg'' (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer. He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin. He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck. Career Acting Olin had a successful acting career, appearing in lead roles in a number of early Ingmar Bergman films, including ''Torment''/''Frenzy'' ( sv, Hets) (1944; Bergman's script debut), ''Crisis'' (1946), '' Kvinna utan ansikte (Woman Without a Face)'' (1947; script by Bergman), '' Port of Call'' (1948), ''Eva'' (1948; script by Bergman), ''Prison'' (1949), '' To Joy'' (1950), ''Summer Interlude'' (1951) and ''Divorced'' (1951; script by Bergman). Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the Sickan Carlsson film ''Klasskamrater'' (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film ''Rasmus, Pontus och Toker'' (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in '' Jim och piraterna Blom'' (1987), d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Holger Löwenadler Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include '' Lacombe Lucien'' (1974). Selected filmography * ''International Match'' (1932) - District Judge * ''Love and Dynamite'' (1933) - Axel * ''Karl Fredrik regerar'' (1934) - Striking man (uncredited) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) - Charley * '' The Women Around Larsson'' (1934) - Detective * ''Ocean Breakers'' (1935) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''Skärgårdsflirt'' (1935) - Vasander * ''The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) - Hoodlum's leader (uncredited) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) - Hotel guet wearing pyjama * '' The Lady Becomes a Maid'' (1936) - Johan * ''En flicka kommer till sta'n'' (1937) - Anton B. Carlstrand * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Socialdemokratisk talare * ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937) - Krohn (uncredited) * ''Du gamla du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yvonne Lombard Yvonne Lombard (born 28 May 1929) is a Swedish actress. Born in Stockholm, Lombard studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") there, where she trained between 1948 and 1951 with the likes of Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin. She has performed in several films, television series and in the theatre. Perhaps she is best known for her collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman in '' A Lesson in Love''. She was married to author Lennart Hellsing from 1953 until his death in November 2015. Selected filmography * ''Jack of Hearts'' (1950) * ''Stronger Than the Law'' (1951) * ''Encounter with Life'' (1952) * '' Say It with Flowers'' (1952) * ''Bom the Flyer'' (1952) * ''Barabbas'' ( 1953) * '' A Lesson in Love'' (1954) * ''The Staffan Stolle Story'' (1956) * ''The Halo Is Slipping'' (1957) * '' The Koster Waltz'' (1958) * ''More Than a Match for the Navy'' (1958) * ''Summer and Sinners'' (1960) * '' Äppelkriget'' (1971) * '' Bang!'' (1977) * ''Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Peter Lindgren (actor) Peter Edvin Lindgren (13 December 1915 – 30 May 1981) was a Swedish actor. His many roles include the part of Lena's father in ''I Am Curious (Yellow)'' (1967) and ''I Am Curious (Blue)'' (1968). He won the award for best actor at the 16th Guldbagge Awards for his role in ''I Am Maria''. He was the father of actress Monica Nielsen. Selected filmography * ''Med folket för fosterlandet'' (1938) - Striker (uncredited) * ''Du gamla du fria!'' (1938) - Lundström (uncredited) * ''Frun tillhanda'' (1939) - Young Man (uncredited) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) - Student (uncredited) * ''Snapphanar'' (1941) - Guerilla soldier (uncredited) * ''Meeting in the Night'' (1946) - Filarn * ''Evening at the Djurgarden'' (1946) - Nicke * ''Iris and the Lieutenant'' (1946) - Svante (engineer) * '' A Ship Bound for India'' (1947) - Foreign sailor (uncredited) * ''Det kom en gäst...'' (1947) - Pastorn * '' Bill Bergson, Master Detective'' (1947) - Tjommen * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Torsten Lilliecrona Torsten Lilliecrona (4 January 1921 – 15 October 1999) was a Swedish actor. He is mostly famous for his role as Melker Melkersson in the highly successful TV show '' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (Life on Seacrow Island) for which Astrid Lindgren wrote the script. He starred in over 100 productions in film and television before his death in 1999Torsten Lilliecrona at the Swedish Film Institute (Swedish) as well as in radio shows and theater productions, but eventually became identified with the character Melker Melkerson. Selected filmography ''Rid i natt!'' (1942) - Anders Månsson (uncredited) '' The Heavenly Play '' (1942) - Peasant (unc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jarl Kulle Jarl Lage Kulle (28 February 1927 – 3 October 1997) was a Swedish film and stage actor and director, and father of Maria Kulle. Kulle was born in the village of Truedstorp, outside Ekeby, Bjuv, Ekeby, Sweden, and was the son of the merchant Nils Kulle and Mia Bergendahl. Kulle was one of the leading Swedish stage actors of his generation and often appeared in TV productions, at the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm as well as in a number of films, several of these directed by Ingmar Bergman. Taking on many star parts of the classical and modern repertory, appearing in contemporary TV drama and musicals and armed with remarkable gifts for both comedy, romantic drama and slightly declamatory but controlled pathos, he was one of Sweden's most loved modern actors. In 1965 he won the award for Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor for his role in ''Swedish Wedding Night'' at the 2nd Guldbagge Awards. He won his second Guldbagge Best Actor award for ''Fanny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

Selected filmography