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Raggare!
''Raggare!'' (in the UK released as ''Blackjackets'') is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 13 November 1959, directed by Olle Hellbom. Plot A gang of car driving youngsters (raggare) hang out in a café outside Stockholm. The coolest among the youngsters, Roffe, kidnaps his girlfriend when discovering that she hangs out with guys from another gang. Cast *Christina Schollin – Beatrice ”Bibban” Larsson * Bill Magnusson – Roffe * Hans Wahlgren – Lasse * Svenerik Perzon – Lankan *Sven Almgren – Svenne * Lasse Starck – Svennes kompis * Anita Wall – Annemarie * Britta Brunius – fru Larsson *Inga Botorp – Ninae *Eva Engström – Eva *Sven Holmberg Sven Holmberg (9 February 1918 – 1 April 2003) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1949 and 1988. Selected filmography * ''Love Wins Out'' (1949) * ''Knockout at the Breakfast Club'' (1950) ... – herr Larsson * Tommy Johnson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raggare
Raggare is a subculture found mostly in Sweden and parts of Norway and Finland, and to a lesser extent in Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Raggare are related to the American greaser and rockabilly subcultures and are known for their love of hot rod cars and 1950s American pop culture. Loosely translated into English, the term is roughly equivalent to the American "greaser", English "rocker", and Australian " Bodgie" and "Widgie" culture; all share a common passion for mid-20th-century American cars, rockabilly-based music and related fashion (blue-collar in origin, consisting of the likes of white T-shirts, loose fitting denim trousers with rolled cuffs, and canvas top sneakers such as Keds or Converse Chucks, or low-topped boots of an industrial nature). While the raggare movement has its roots in late 1950s youth counterculture, today it is associated mainly with middle-aged men who enjoy meeting and showing off their retro American cars. However, the subculture retai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Hellbom
Nils Olof "Olle" Hellbom (8 October 1925 – 5 June 1982) was a Swedish film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is most famous for directing films based on novels by Astrid Lindgren. His 1960 film ''Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1978 at the 14th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Director for his film '' The Brothers Lionheart''. He died of stomach cancer. Filmography Director * 1957 - '' Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt'' * 1959 - '' Raggare!'' * 1960 - ''Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn'' (TV movie) * 1964 - '' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (TV series) * 1964 - '' Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses'' * 1965 - '' Tjorven och Skrållan'' * 1966 - ''Tjorven och Mysak'' * 1967 - '' Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane'' * 1969 - ''Pippi Longstocking (1969 TV series)'' (TV series) * 1970 - '' Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven'' * 1970 - '' På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump'' * 1971 - '' Emil i Lönneberga'' * 1972 - '' Nya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Wahlgren
Hans Carl Gustav Wahlgren (born 26 June 1937) is a Swedish actor. Career Wahlgren grew up in Smedslätten, and debuted in a film in 1945 in Ragnar Falcks shortfilm ''Indianer och blekansikten''. His breakthrough came in the film ''Raggare'' in 1959. During eleven seasons he performed in the revue Hagges Revue in Gothenburg. In the revue he made imitations of famous people like Jan Malmsjö, Jarl Kulle, Carl XVI Gustaf and Claes af Geijerstam. Wahlgren has also performed in several farces and comedies in Stockholm prive theaters, and plays like ''Oh! Calcutta!'' and ''Pippi Longstocking'' at Folkan. '' Charleys Tant'' and '' Spanska flugan'' at Vasateatern. During the summer of 2001 he along with Eva Rydberg performed in the comedy ''Kärlek och lavemang'' at Fredriksdalsteatern in Helsingborg. He has also done plenty of voice acting in several films such as Charlie and the chocolate factory and Nanny PcPhee, he provides the voice of Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönssons in the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Serner
John Gunnar Håkan Serner (1 September 1933 in Malmö – 25 October 1984 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. Family He was nephew to Frank Heller, and stepfather to Malin Gjörup. Awards In 1977 Serner received the award for Best Actor at the 13th Guldbagge Awards for his roles in the films ''The Man on the Roof'' (1976) and '' Bang!'' (1977). Death Serner committed suicide by hanging himself on 25 October 1984, aged 51. Partial filmography *1953: ''Marianne'' - Marianne's Class Mate *1953: '' Speed Fever'' - Gunnar Norén *1955: ''Violence'' - Officer (uncredited) *1958: '' The Goat in the Garden'' - Smörgåsnissen på Horn (1958) (uncredited) *1958: ''The Great Amateur'' - Actor (uncredited) *1958: ''Playing on the Rainbow'' - The chairman of the film studio (uncredited) *1958: ''The Jazz Boy'' - Telegrambudet *1959: ''Raggare!'' - Sven-Erik *1959: '' Fridolfs farliga ålder'' *1964: '' Dear John'' - Erwin *1965: ''Calle P.'' - Criminal *1966: '' The People of Hemsö'' (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Nordemar
Olof Harry "Olle" Nordemar (25 July 1914 – 18 February 1999) was a Swedish film director, film editor, film producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Nordemar is best known as the producer behind Olle Hellbom's films based on novels by Astrid Lindgren. Nordemar edited and produced the Norwegian-Swedish documentary ''Kon-Tiki'' (1950) which received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1951 at the 24th Academy Awards. Career Nordemar was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was brother to film editor and director Eric Nordemar. Nordemar was active in the film industry from 1932. After completing school education, Nordemar conducted laboratory practice in the film industry from 1931 to 1935. He was employed by the Army, Navy and Air Film (''Armé-, Marin- och Flygfilm'') to do work as photographer and editor from 1935 to 1940. Nordemar became chief photographer at the Sandrew Group in 1940 and was chief photographer at AB Europa Film from 1945. He was cinematographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Wall
Kerstin ''Anita'' Wall (born 11 July 1940), is a Swedish stage and film actress. She began acting at eleven years of age at Vår teater, a children's theatre, playing Pippi Longstocking and other roles. From 1958 to 1959 she was employed by Riksteatern and toured with it, before joining the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, where she was one of the last group of students from 1962 to 1965 before its change of name to Statens Scenskola, together with Lars Amble, Börje Ahlstedt, Evabritt Strandberg, Per Ragnar, and others. Since 1965, Wall has appeared in a wide range of productions at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, including ''Pinocchio'' in 1966, ''The Misanthrope'' in 1970, ''Miss Margarida's Way'' in 1976 (also on TV in 1985), ''Demons'' in 1977, ''Richard III'' in 1980 and ''The Servant of Two Masters'' in 1982. She played the title role in August Strindberg's drama ''Kristina'' in 1985. Wall made her film debut in 1959 in ''Raggare!''. At times she has been on leave from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Botorp
''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica – ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' – as ''Inga niopo''). The seeds are covered with sweet white powder. The pulp covering the seeds is lightly fibrous and sweet, and rich in minerals; it is edible in the raw state. The tree's name originates from the Tupi word ''in-gá'' meaning "soaked", due to the fruit powder consistency. The tree usually blooms twice a year. Within the ''Inga'' genus there are around 300 species, most of them native and growing in the Amazon forest region although some species are also found in Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Swedish-language Films
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Swedish Drama Films
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1959 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Pawlo
Toivo Pawlo (25 December 1917 – 14 June 1979) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1978. At the 12th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for his role in the film ''Hello Baby''. Selected filmography * '' Young Blood'' (1943) * '' The Girl and the Devil'' (1944) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1945) * '' Number 17'' (1949) * ''Count Svensson'' (1951) * '' Blue Sky'' (1955) * ''When the Mills are Running'' (1956) * ''Rabies'' (1958) * '' The Magician'' (1958) * ''A Lion in Town'' (1959) * '' The Die Is Cast'' (1960) * ''Hide and Seek'' (1963) * '' Made in Sweden'' (1969) * '' Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton'' (1975) * ''Hello Baby ''Hello Baby'' () is a South Korean reality show where celebrities experience parenthood by raising children ages 5 and under. The main purpose is to see whether or not the celebrities make "good" parents. The show aired for seven seasons, and ...'' (1976) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
