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Bert-Åke Varg
Bert-Åke Varg (né Lundström, 27 April 1932 – 31 December 2022) was a Swedish actor and singer."Bert Åke-Varg" , bibliographical entry in '''' Life and career Varg was born in Eva Redvall"'Man ska ha kul i livet'" , '' Sydsvenskan'', 25 April 2007 and received his theatrica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hörnefors
Hörnefors () is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... with 2,542 inhabitants in 2010. References Populated places in Umeå Municipality {{Västerbotten-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitta Andersson
Ulla Birgitta Helena Andersson (born ''Andersson''; 20 April 1933) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Career Andersson made her breakthrough by acting in various variety shows with Povel Ramel and Karl Gerhard. She was part of the group around Hasse & Tage, acting in revues such as '' Gula Hund'', ''Docking the Boat'' (Att Angöra en Brygga), ''Spader, Madame!'', ''The Apple War'' (Äppelkriget), '' Ägget är löst'', ''The Adventures of Picasso'' (Picassos Äventyr) and '' Häxan Surtant''. In 1967, she portrayed ''Teskedsgumman'' (Mrs. Pepperpot) in the Swedish advent calendar with the same name. The programme became very popular and has been re-run on Swedish television. Later, she also portrayed two other characters on children's shows: Hedvig in ''Från A till Ö - En Resa Orden runt'' (From A to Ö - A Trip Around the Words) from 1974 and the small troll Daisy in '' Trolltider'' (Trolltimes) from 1979. Andersson played Doris in the ''Jönssonligan'' movies, and she provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aristocats
''The Aristocats'' is a 1970 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. The 20th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe, and revolves around a family of aristocratic cats, and how an alley cat acquaintance helps them after a butler has kidnapped them to gain his mistress's fortune which was intended to go to them. The film features the voices of Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Hermione Baddeley, Dean Clark, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, and Roddy Maude-Roxby. In 1962, ''The Aristocats'' project began as an original script for a two-part live-action episode for ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', developed by writers Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe and producer Harry Tytle. Following two years of re-writes, Walt Disney suggested the project would be more suitable for an animated film, and placed the project in turnaround as ''The Jungle Book'' (1967) adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moomin
The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finns, Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish language, Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. The family live in their house in Moominvalley and have had many adventures with their various friends. In all, #List of books, nine books were released in the series, together with five picture books and a Moomin comic strips, comic strip being released between 1945 and 1993. The Moomins have since been the basis for #TV series and films, numerous television series, films and even two theme parks: one called Moomin World in Naantali, Finland, and another Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hannō, Saitama, Japan. Etymology In a letter to Paul Ariste, an Estonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix And Cleopatra (film)
''Asterix and Cleopatra'' (french: Astérix et Cléopâtre) is a 1968 Belgian–French animated comedy film; it is the second Asterix adventure to be made into a feature film. Overseen by ''Asterix'' creators Goscinny and Uderzo (who had no involvement in the production of the first film, ''Asterix the Gaul''), the film is noticeably more well-produced than its predecessor, featuring far more detailed animation and a more polished soundtrack. ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' is practically a musical, featuring three individual song sequences and a more varied score than the earlier film. Elements of satire and surreal humour (such as Cleopatra's singing lion and the engraving of Santa Claus on the pyramid wall) are prominent throughout. Plot After a heated argument with Julius Caesar over his lack of faith in the Egyptian people, Queen Cleopatra enters into a bet claiming that she can have a magnificent palace constructed for him in Alexandria within three months. She gives this eno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åsa-Nisse
Åsa-Nisse is a Swedish literary character created by Stig Cederholm. The character first appeared in the weekly magazine Tidsfördrif in 1944, and later in a series of 20 films, produced between 1949 and 1969. In 1960 it also became a comic series, which is still produced and published periodically in its own magazine. A new Åsa-Nisse film was released in 2011. Concept The character Åsa-Nisse, literally ''Nils on the Ridge'' or ''Ridge-Nisse'', is a somewhat elderly man living with his wife ''Eulalia'' on a farm in the countryside village of Knohult in Småland. To the dismay of his wife, Åsa-Nisse never really seems to produce an honest days work, and instead his activities seem to focus on various antics where he is accompanied by his friend and side-kick ''Klabbarparn''. One of their favourite activities is poaching, while managing to stay one step ahead of the law, personified by the local policeman. Other characters include ''Knohultarn'' and ''Sjökvist'', the local m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix The Gaul (film)
''Asterix the Gaul'' ( French: ''Astérix le Gaulois'') is a 1967 Belgian/ French animated film, the first in a franchise, based on the comic book of the same name, which was the first book in the highly popular comic series ''Asterix'' by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The film closely follows the book's plot. The film was originally planned to be aired on French television, but instead it was released as a theatrical feature film. It was produced by Dargaud, publisher of the ''Asterix'' comics, without the involvement of Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. Goscinny and Uderzo were not satisfied with the film, and managed to block the release of the planned sequel, '' Asterix and the Golden Sickle'' (likewise made without their involvement). Afterwards, they ensured that they would be consulted for all subsequent cartoon adaptations, starting with ''Asterix and Cleopatra'', The film was animated by Belvision and Halas and Batchelor. Plot After a brief introduction to the pri ... [...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] |
Rederiet
''Rederiet'' (''High Seas'' or ''The Shipping Company'') was a (318 episodes) Swedish soap opera that aired on Sveriges Television between August 1992 and April 2002. The cast featured many popular and renowned Swedish actors. The 45-minute episodes were broadcast weekly on Thursday nights on the public-service channel SVT1 and normally had between one and two million viewers. For ten years, ''Rederiet'' was the number-one rated show on Swedish television, along with the rival TV4 show '' Tre Kronor''. The competition for viewers can be compared to that between ''Dynasty'' and ''Dallas''. ''Rederiet'' also gained popularity in Finland on Yle TV2, and the show was a hit in Norway too on TV2. The first season of the show was also sold to Egypt. The later seasons of the series were produced in collaboration with YLE, which led most notably to Finnish actor Åke Lindman appearing in the series. Rapper Ken Ring also appeared as an extra in the show in 1996. On April Fools' Day 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscarsteatern
Oscarsteatern (English: Oscar Theatre), also known simply as Oscars, is one of Stockholm's private theatres and is the best-known musical theatre in Sweden. It is located at Kungsgatan 63 in central Stockholm. History The theater was designed in Art Nouveau by architect Axel Anderberg (1860–1937) and was inaugurated on December 6, 1906. It was named after King Oscar II. The salon accommodated 1175 seats and was decorated with white stucco and gilded ornaments. Between 1971-1974, the theater was closed for renovation and at the same time the salon was restored. The opening production was ''Frihetsbröderna (Les brigands)'' by Jacques Offenbach, on 6 December the same year. The theatre has during the years been seen as the foremost stage for musical productions and operettas in Sweden. The theatre has 905 seats and for many years in the early 20th century was part of theatre empire of Albert Ranft (1858-1938). Over the years it has boasted some great musical produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of The Opera (1986 Musical)
''The Phantom of the Opera'' is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe. Based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, it tells the story of a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, masked musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House. The musical opened in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in New York in 1988, in a production directed by Harold Prince and starring English classical soprano Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webber's then-wife) as Christine Daaé, and Michael Crawford as the Phantom. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, with Crawford winning the Olivier and Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. A film adaptation, directed by Joel Schumacher, was released in 2004. ''Phantom'' is currently the longest running show in Broadway history, and celebrated its 10,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Wahlberg
Gideon Wahlberg (18 June 1890 – 3 May 1948) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, film director and theater manager. Wahlberg directed six films including '' South of the Highway'' (1936). Wahlberg was the theater manager of the Arbisteatern in Norrköping from 1918-1931 and 1933–1934. Biography Wahlberg was the son of a tailor and grew up with several siblings in Östermalm in Stockholm. He made his stage debut as a 15-year-old and was director of the Arbisteatern in Norrköping 1918-1931 and 1933-1934. He wrote about 25 comedies, several of them were filmed or became TV series the most famous is '' Söderkåkar''. Between 1924 and 1947, nineteen of his plays were performed at Tantolunden's open-air theater, where he was director together with Thyra Janse-Juberg from 1933 to 1948. Wahlberg also wrote lyrics and melodies for Ernst Rolf's revues. Gideon Wahlberg was married twice, the first time to the actress Aida Leipziger, the stepdaughter of the revue writer Harald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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