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Gunnar Björnstrand
Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman. Biography Björnstrand was born Knut Gunnar Johanson in Stockholm as son of actor Oscar Johanson and Ella Mauléon. After his education at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, he made several appearances in theatre, film and radio. Björnstrand's first collaboration with Ingmar Bergman was the 1941 theatre production of August Strindberg's '' The Ghost Sonata''. His first major film role was in Hampe Faustman's ''Natt i hamn'' in 1943. After signing a contract with Svensk Filmindustri, he was offered mainly parts in comedies, including Bergman's '' Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955). In 1957, however, he appeared in two dramatic roles for Bergman, in '' The Seventh Seal'' and '' Wild Strawberries'' and, notably, '' Winter Light'' (1962). He regularly starred in other films by Bergman until 1968, when his work for the director b ...
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Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ...
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19th Guldbagge Awards
The 19th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1982 and 1983, and took place on 31 October 1983. ''Fanny and Alexander'' directed by Ingmar Bergman was presented with the award for Best Film. Awards * Best Film: ''Fanny and Alexander'' by Ingmar Bergman * Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for ''Fanny and Alexander'' * Best Actor: Jarl Kulle for ''Fanny and Alexander'' * Best Actress: ** Malin Ek for '' Mamma'' ** Kim Anderzon for '' Second Dance'' * The Ingmar Bergman Award: Gunnar Björnstrand References External linksOfficial websiteGuldbaggen on FacebookGuldbaggen on Twitter
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A Real Man (film)
''A Real Man'' (Swedish: ''Karl för sin hatt'') is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Adolf Jahr, Birgit Tengroth and Sigurd Wallén. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 1941 Venice Film Festival but did not win. Cast * Adolf Jahr as Ola Hansson * Birgit Tengroth as Gun Bergström * Sigurd Wallén as Algot Bergström * Gull Natorp as Mrs. Betty Bergström * Emil Fjellström as Uncle Stor-Ola Hansson * Stig Järrel as Jimmy * Vera Valdor as Tilda * Gösta Cederlund as Head of the Department * Anna-Greta Adolphson as Dinner Guest * Ann-Margret Bergendahl as Gun's Friend * Margareta Bergfeldt a s Ulla * Betty Bjurström as Bergström's Maid * Gunnar Björnstrand as Clerk * Gösta Bodin as Clerk * Ingrid Borthen as Ann Marie * John Botvid as Recording Clerk *Gudrun Brost as Monica * ...
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June Night
''June Night'' () is a 1940 Swedish language drama film directed by Per Lindberg.Charlotte Chandler ''Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography'' 71 141653914X - 2007 -"... more films in Germany ended, Ingrid started the last Swedish film she had agreed to do, June Night. The theme of the film, sexual harassment, was well ahead of its time. Juninatten (June Night, 1940) Kerstin Nordbäck (Ingrid Bergman) leads ..." It stars Ingrid Bergman and Marianne Löfgren. Plot summary A woman, involved with a sailor, is shot by him after trying to leave him. She survives, but as a result of this incident the press portray her as a tramp. To escape the press, she moves from her small home town to the big city of Stockholm, where the press eventually catch up with her. Cast * Ingrid Bergman ... Kerstin Nordbäck - aka Sara Nordanå * Marianne Löfgren... Åsa * Lill-Tollie Zellman ... Jane Jacobs * Marianne Aminoff ... Nickan Dahlin * Olof Widgren ... Stefan von Bremen * ...
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Heroes In Yellow And Blue
''Heroes in Yellow and Blue'' (Swedish: ''Hjältar i gult och blått'') is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Thor Modéen, Elof Ahrle and Tollie Zellman.Qvist & Von Bagh p.69 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. Cast * Thor Modéen as Thor Emanuelsson * Elof Ahrle as Loffe Holm * Tollie Zellman as Fru Delmer * Barbro Kollberg as Louise, hennes dotter * Emy Hagman as Ulrika, hembiträde * Sigge Fürst as 'Dr.' Christian Ronzander * Arne Lindblad as Amanuens Lundvall * Gösta Cederlund as Översten * John Botvid as Gustafsson * Tord Bernheim as Drunk Conscript * Gunnar Björnstrand as Sgt. Kristian * Ernst Brunman as Non-Commissioned Officer * Gustaf Färingborg as Card Player * Åke Grönberg as Soldier * Olle Hilding as Courtroom Clerk * Torsten Hillberg as Captain * Ivar Kåge as Judge * Hilmer Peters as Rulle * Bellan Roos as ...
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The Two Of Us (1939 Film)
''The Two of Us'' (Swedish: ''Vi två'') is a 1939 Swedish drama film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sture Lagerwall, Signe Hasso and Stig Järrel.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It was followed by a sequel '' The Three of Us'' in 1940. Synopsis Architect Sture Ahrengren becomes entangled with the wife of his employer, despite having a supportive wife of his own. Cast * Sture Lagerwall as Sture Ahrengren * Signe Hasso as Kristina - hans hustru * Stig Järrel as Baltsar Ekberg * Ilse-Nore Tromm as Helena - hans hustru * Gösta Cederlund as Professor Hagstam * Carl Barcklind as Doktor Frodde * Torsten Hillberg as Konsul Odelgren * Gunnar Björnstrand as Doctor * Gunnar Olsson as Bogren * Lili Ziedner as Miss Edqvist, Hagstam's Secretary * Stig Johanson as Construction Worker * Karl Erik Flens Karl Erik Flens (19 March 1913 – 17 October ...
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The People Of Bergslagen
''The People of Bergslagen'' (Swedish: ''Bergslagsfolk'') is a 1937 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Olsson (actor), Gunnar Olsson and starring Karin Ekelund, Sten Lindgren and Arnold Sjöstrand.Qvist & Von Bagh p.55 It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of Europafilm, Europa Film in Stockholm. Cast * Karin Ekelund as Karin Löwenskiöld * Sten Lindgren as Bertil Åkerman * Arnold Sjöstrand as Rudolf Lunding * Hugo Björne as Captain Håkan Löwenskiöld * Gerda Björne as Anne-Marie Löwenskiöld * Hjalmar Peters as Persson * Hartwig Fock as Larsson - Mine-captain * Frithiof Bjärne as Farmhand * Ingrid Luterkort as Persson's Maid * Gunnar Björnstrand as Birthday guest * Lillie Björnstrand as Birthday guest * Alma Bodén as Johanna * Helga Brofeldt as Farmer's wife * John Ericsson (actor), John Ericsson as Farmer * Erik Forslund as Meeting participator * Knut Frankman as Secretary at meeting * Sven-Eric Gamble as Boy at merchant's shop * Wictor Hagman as ...
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Fired (1934 Film)
''Fired'' (Swedish: ''Uppsagd'') is a 1934 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Sture Lagerwall, Anne-Marie Brunius and Mathias Taube.Qvist & Von Bagh p.92 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Synopsis An office clerk loses his job when his company acquires a new machine that can do his work much faster than he can. Cast * Sture Lagerwall as Björn Kraft * Anne-Marie Brunius as Maud Hage * Mathias Taube as Hage * Georg Rydeberg as Bugge * Eva Turitz as Eva * Anna Olin as Mrs. Lundbom * Nils Lundell as Anders Gottfrid Karlsson * Thor Modéen as The supervisor * Margit Andelius as Secretary * Wiktor Andersson as Hen-pecked husband * Gunnar Björnstrand as Kirre Skoglund * Tor Borong as Office Director * Eivor Engelbrektsson as Maid Elin * Knut Frankman as Svensson * Olle Hilding Olle Hilding (born Hilding Olof Johansson; 19 July 1898 – 9 Nove ...
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International Match
''International Match'' (Swedish: ''Landskamp'') is a 1932 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Skoglund and starring Georg Blomstedt, Fritiof Billquist and Olof Sandborg. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Future star Ingrid Bergman made her screen debut in the film as an extra, appearing as a girl waiting in a queue.Qvist & Von Bagh p.51 Synopsis Erik, the son of a farmer, gets engaged to Brita a shop assistant. At his engagement party he ends up getting drunk. When a policeman is then stabbed with his knife, he is suspect but eventually cleared of any crime. However his father is so ashamed that he sells his farm and moves the family to Stockholm. There both Erik and his father struggle to find work, but eventually the son's athletic prowess allows him to get a job in a department store. His relationship with Brita becomes more distant, while his father himself ...
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His Life's Match
''His Life's Match'' (Swedish: ''Hans livs match'') is a 1932 Swedish comedy film directed by Per-Axel Branner and starring Georg Blomstedt, Björn Berglund and Sigurd Wallén.Qvist & von Bagh p.150 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Arne Åkermark. Cast References Bibliography * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. External links * 1932 films Swedish comedy films 1932 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Per-Axel Branner Swedish black-and-white films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub ...
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Ship Ahoy! (film)
''Ship Ahoy!'' (Swedish: ''Skepp ohoj!'') is a 1931 Swedish comedy film co-written and directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Weyler Hildebrand and Brita Appelgren.Qvist & Von Bagh p.55 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Gothenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Plot Cast * Fridolf Rhudin as Fridolf Svensson * Weyler Hildebrand as Julius Göransson * Brita Appelgren as Mary * Edvin Adolphson as Alvarado de Gotho * Georg Blomstedt as Lövgren, Karlshamn's chief of police * Erik Bergman as Captain on 'Ingeborg' * Wilhelm Högstedt as Captain on 'Fritiof' * Yngve Nyqvist as Detective * Nils Ekstam as Detective * Carl Andersson as Man * Helge Andersson as Man * Anna-Lisa Berg as Girl selling chocolate * Gunnar Björnstrand as Young man * Rulle Bohman as Rulle, sailor * Berns De Reaux as Black man * Bertil Ehrenmark as Sailor on 'Ingeborg' * Göran Eklund as Sailor on 'I ...
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The False Millionaire
''The False Millionaire'' (Swedish: ''Falska millionären'') is a 1931 French-Swedish comedy film directed by Paul Merzbach and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Zarah Leander and Annalisa Ericson.Wallengren p.53 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde and Arne Åkermark. A separate French-language version ''Mon coeur et ses millions'' was also produced. Cast * Fridolf Rhudin as Fridolf F. Johnson * Zarah Leander as Marguerite Lebon * Ingert Bjuggren as Baroness Brita Gyllenblad * Håkan Westergren as Fridolf F. Johnson * Erik Berglund asPolice officer * Annalisa Ericson as Anna-Lisa * Weyler Hildebrand as Weyler * Olav Riégo as Dacapo * Sture Lagerwall as Reporter * Knut Lambert as Baron Gyllenblad * Emma Meissner as Baroness Gyllenblad * Gösta Lycke as Maitre d' * Helge Andersson as Steward * Gunnar Björnstrand as Member of the choir * Tor Borong as Cons ...
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