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Music In Darkness
''Music in Darkness'' ( sv, Musik i mörker), known in the United States as ''Night Is My Future'', is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay was written by Bergman and Dagmar Edqvist, whose novel, ''Music In Darkness,'' is the basis of the film. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was deeply passionate about music and once said, Bergman on Music "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or ears—I would keep my ears. I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me." Plot Talented pianist Bengt Vyldeke loses his sight after being accidentally shot during a military exercise. Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness and develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl employed as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents. Cast * Mai Zetterling as Ingrid * Birger Malmsten as Bengt Vyldeke * Rune Andrà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul." Some of his most acclaimed work includes ''The Seventh Seal'' (1957), ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'' (1957), ''The Virgin Spring'' (1960), ''Through a Glass Darkly (film), Through a Glass Darkly'' (1961), ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966), and ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. His theatrical career continued in parallel and included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Gyllenhammar
Marianne Gyllenhammar (1924–2013) was a Swedish film and stage actress.Steene p.172 She was married to the actor Rolf Botvid. Selected filmography * '' Tonight or Never'' (1941) * ''There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * '' Young Blood'' (1943) * '' I Killed'' (1943) * ''Som du vill ha mej'' (1943) * '' The Green Lift'' (1944) * '' Stopp! Tänk på något annat'' (1944) * ''Turn of the Century'' (1944) * '' The Happy Tailor'' (1945) * '' The Balloon'' (1946) * ''How to Love'' (1947) * ''Song of Stockholm'' (1947) * ''Poor Little Sven'' (1947) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) * ''Loffe as a Millionaire ''Loffe as a Millionaire'' (Swedish: ''Loffe som miljonär'') is a 1948 Swedish comedy film directed by Gösta Bernhard and starring Elof Ahrle, Sture Lagerwall and Irene Söderblom.Goble p.842 It was shot at the Imagoateljéerna Studios in the St ...'' (1948) * '' My Sister and I'' (1950) * '' Stupid Bom'' (1953) References Bibliography * Paietta, Ann C. ''Teachers in the Movies: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Films
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'' holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices. * Laurence Olivier's ''Hamlet'' becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1948 United States unless stated # *''3 Godfathers'', starring John Wayne A *''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello *''Act of Violence'', starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh *''Adventures of Don Juan'', starring Errol Flynn *''Albuquerque'', starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton *''The Amazing Mr. X'', starring T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Winnerstrand
Carl Olof Magnus Winnerstrand (26 August 1875 – 16 July 1956) was a Swedish actor. Biography Born in a bourgeois home in Stockholm, Winnerstrand was a son of the well-known Stockholm goldsmith and jeweller C.A. Winnerstrand, and started out in his father's footsteps, learning the trade. His parents opposed his acting dreams and, being loyal to a promise to his father, he took over the family business when his father died in 1899, and worked a couple of years as goldsmith. However, his longing for the stage increased and he was encouraged by great Swedish actor Emil Hillberg in pursuing in acting, after he had witnessed Winnerstrand's striking talent and by offering a place in his theatre company. Now, this time with the blessing of his mother, he sold the family company and joined Hillberg's theatre troupe. Olof Winnerstrand made his professional debut in 1901 at Helsingborg City Theatre and then toured with the Hillberg Company in 1901-02 and then with the famous Selande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima Wifstrand
Naima Wifstrand (; 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films. Biography Born Siri Naima Matilda Wifstrand in Stockholm in 1890, she was raised by her mother in Fleminggatan. Wifstrand never trained acting but learned the art thoroughly when she in 1905 joined the Anna Lundberg Theatre Company, a well reputed and respected theatre company in Sweden at the time. She travelled with them for a number of years, appearing in small parts and in extra parts. This eventually led her to small parts at theatres in Helsinki and around Stockholm. But at this time Wifstrand did not have her mind set on acting, instead she sought to be a singer. And it was as a grand operetta singer she became famous and enjoyed a much successful star career for 30 years in Sweden (her speaking parts as an actress came long after; when she after singin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold Svensson
Reinhold Svensson (December 20, 1919 in Husum – November 23, 1968 in Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz pianist, Hammond organist and composer. Svensson recorded as a solo artist in 1941-1942, then joined the ensemble of violinist Hasse Kahn. In 1948, Putte Wickman took leadership of the group, and Svensson worked with it until 1960 as a performer, arranger, and composer. Svensson appeared at the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949, worked with Arne Domnerus's orchestra, and played with Charlie Norman in 1950-1951 as a duo under the names ''Ralph & Bert Berg'' and the ''Olson Brothers''. He also recorded with his own ensembles (including under the name Ragtime Reinhold); Domnerus, Jack Noren, Simon Brehm, and Thore Jederby were sidemen of his in the late 1940s and early 1950s. References *"Reinhold Svensson". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibi Skoglund
Bibi is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with this name As a nickname or stage name * Bibi Andersson (1935-2019), Swedish actress * Bibi (artist) (born 1964), French visual artist Fabrice Cahoreau * Bibi Baskin (born 1952), Irish former television and radio presenter * Bibi Besch (1940–1996), Austrian-American actress * Bibi Bourelly (born 1994), German singer and songwriter * Bibi (futsal player), Portuguese futsal player Emanuel LuÃs Marques Walter de Magalhães (born 1980) * Bibi Lindström (1904–1984), Swedish art director * Bibi Osterwald (1918–2002), American actress * Bibi (singer) (born 1998), South Korean singer * Bibi Torriani (1911–1988), Swiss hockey player and luger * Bibi Zhou (born 1985), Chinese singer * Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949), 9th prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and 2009-2021 * Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian professional tennis player * Stefano Battistelli (born 1970), Italian former swimmer As a given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Skarstedt
Georg Skarstedt (31 January 1900 – 8 December 1976) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more 120 films between 1920 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''The People of Norrland'' (1930) * ''A Night of Love by the Öresund'' (1931) * ''International Match'' (1932) * '' Lucky Devils'' (1932) * ''Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * ''Ocean Breakers'' (1935) * ''Conflict'' (1937) * ''The Andersson Family'' (1937) * ''Adolf Strongarm'' (1937) * ''Storm Over the Skerries'' (1938) * '' Kiss Her!'' (1940) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) * ''Captured by a Voice'' (1943) * ''Blizzard'' (1944) * ''Motherhood'' (1945) * '' Black Roses (1945 film), Black Roses'' (1945) * ''The Rose of Tistelön'' (1945) * ''Harald the Stalwart'' (1946) * '' The Poetry of Ã…dalen'' (1947) * ''Maria'' (1947) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (1947) * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1947) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) *''Sin'' (1948) * ''Robinson in Roslagen'' (1948) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segol Mann
Segol Mann (19 July 1918 – 23 November 1992) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1943 and 1984. Filmography * TvÃ¥ solkiga blondiner (1984) * Nattens lekar (1978) * The Stone Face (1972) * Magnetisören (1972) * The Lie (1970) * Eva - den utstötta (1969) * Bandet (1964) * Misantropen (1963) * Handen pÃ¥ hjärtat (1962) * Briggen Tre Liljor (1961) * Stöten (1961) * SÃ¥ngen om den eldröda blomman (1956) * Krut och kärlek (1956) * Wild Birds (1955) * Seger i mörker (1954) * Vägen till Klockrike (1953) * Barabbas (1953) * ''Defiance'' (1952) * This Can't Happen Here (1950) * Prison (1949) * Banketten (1948) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (1947) * ''The Journey Away'' (1945) * Gagmannen (1945) * ''The Rose of Tistelön'' (1945) * '' Man's Woman'' (1945) * Dens osyniga muren (1944) * Night in the Harbor (1943) * ''There's a Fire Burning ''There's a Fire Burning'' (Swedish: ''Det brinner en eld'') is a 1943 Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt Logardt
Bengt Logardt (9 October 1914 – 25 September 1994) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1941 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''How to Tame a Real Man'' (1941) * ''Take Care of Ulla'' (1942) * ''Captured by a Voice'' (1943) * '' Incorrigible'' (1946) * ''Song of Stockholm'' (1947) * ''Life in the Finnish Woods'' (1947) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) * '' The Devil and the Smalander'' (1949) * '' Kvinnan bakom allt'' (1951) * ''Count Svensson'' (1951) * '' Stronger Than the Law'' (1951) * '' A Night in the Archipelago'' (1953) * '' Unmarried Mothers'' (1953) * '' A Night at Glimmingehus'' (1954) * '' Laughing in the Sunshine'' (1956) * ''My Passionate Longing ''My Passionate Longing'' (Swedish: ''Het är min längtan'') is a 1956 Swedish drama film directed by Bengt Logardt and starring Margit Carlqvist, Alf Kjellin and Karl-Arne Holmsten.Qvist & Von Bagh p.97 It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios ...'' (1956) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Lindblad
Arne Lindblad (30 January 1887 – 19 December 1964) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1934 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * ''Unfriendly Relations'' (1936) * '' The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * '' Hotel Paradise'' (1937) * ''Career'' (1938) * '' Adolf Saves the Day'' (1938) * ''Mot nya tider'' (1939) * ''Life Begins Today'' (1939) * ''We at Solglantan'' (1939) * ''The Two of Us'' (1939) * ''Kiss Her!'' (1940) * ''Hanna in Society'' (1940) * ''Her Melody'' (1940) * ''Heroes in Yellow and Blue'' (1940) * '' The Three of Us'' (1940) * '' The Crazy Family'' (1940) * ''Sunny Sunberg'' (1941) * ''The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) * ''Lasse-Maja'' (1941) * ''The Poor Millionaire'' (1941) * ''Sun Over Klara'' (1942) * ''Adventurer'' (1942) * ''A Girl for Me'' (1943) * ''In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * ''Johansson and Vestman'' (1946) * '' The Balloon'' (1946) * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Lindberg
Sven Lindberg (20 November 1918 Р25 December 2006) was a Swedish film actor and director. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for the film ''Spring of Joy''. Selected filmography * '' Gentleman with a Briefcase'' (1943) * '' We Need Each Other'' (1944) * '' Black Roses'' (1945) * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1945) * ''One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer'' (1947) * ''Banketten'' (1948) * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) * '' A Swedish Tiger'' (1948) * '' Flickan fr̴n tredje raden'' (1949) * '' When Love Came to the Village'' (1950) * '' Teacher's First Born'' (1950) * ''Two Stories Up'' (1950) * '' The Quartet That Split Up'' (1950) * ''The Kiss on the Cruise'' (1950) * '' Knockout at the Breakfast Club'' (1950) * '' My Friend Oscar'' (1951) * '' The Nuthouse'' (1951) * '' Resan till dej'' (1953) * '' Speed Fever'' (1953) * ''Hidden in the Fog'' (1953) * ''The Girl from Backafall'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
