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Rasmus, Pontus Och Toker
''Rasmus, Pontus och Toker'' is a 1956 Swedish film directed by Stig Olin and written by Astrid Lindgren. Plot Rasmus' sister Britta and her classmate Joachim are in love. Britta finds an album in which Joachim lists his ex-girlfriends (Magareta, Yvonne, Ulla & Brit) along with a photo. She explains that she would find it terrible if her photo was put into Joachim's album. At the afternoon, Britta, Joachim, Rasmus and Pontus want to attend the show of the sword swallower Alfredo. Rasmus and Pontus don't have enough money to pay for the show. Therefore, they ask Alfredo to let them in for half of the price. Alfredo rejects rudely. Rasmus and Pontus secretly sneak into the show, are discovered by Alfredo and thrown out. A while later, Ernst visits Alfredo. Ernst has just been released from prison. The antique dealer Paul has told Ernst where he can find the country's largest silver collection: It is at the house of Joachim's family. Ernst wants to steal it along with Alfredo. Whe ... [...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] |
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] |
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (''Children of Noisy Village'' in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels '' Mio, My Son'', ''Ronia the Robber's Daughter'', and '' The Brothers Lionheart''. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt Hallberg
Bengt Hallberg (13 September 1932 Р2 July 2013) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger.John Fordha"Bengt Hallberg obituary" theguardian.com, 7 August 2013 Born in Gothenburg, he studied classical piano from an early age, and wrote his first jazz arrangement at the age of 13. At the age of 15 he recorded his first record as a member of a group led by bassist Thore Jederby"Bengt Hallberg" All About Jazz, 3 July 2013 and in 1949 he recorded with the Swedish alto saxophonist Arne Domn̩rus for the first time, and the two musicians continued to play together for several decades. During the 1950s, Hallberg played with leading visiting American players, including the tenor saxophonist |
Stig Järrel
Stig Järrel (8February 19101July 1998) was a Swedish actor, film director and revue artist. Järrel was one of the most popular actors in Sweden during his career, and also one of the most productive, participating in a total of 131 films. He also performed as an actor at various Swedish theatres and was a frequent guest on radio and television. Biography Stig Järrel was born Stig Ohlson in Malmberget in northern Sweden in 1910. In 1929, he was admitted as a drama student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's Royal Dramatic Training Academy in Stockholm, and worked later for actor Gösta Ekman. He made his debut in a 1936 film with actor Edvard Persson called ''Larsson i det andra giftet''. Järrel was notably productive with an average participation of six films per year (often appearing in large supporting roles or leading ones), making a total of 131 film roles during his career. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the cruel Latin teacher 'Caligula' in the Alf Sjöberg f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elof Ahrle
Elof Ahrle (21 January 1900 – 3 June 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 80 films between 1920 and 1960. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1950. He was married to actress Birgit Rosengren (1912-2011). Selected filmography * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1921) * ''The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) * ''65, 66 and I'' (1936) * ''Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * ''Comrades in Uniform'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * '' Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939) * '' Alle man på post'' (1940) * ''Heroes in Yellow and Blue'' (1940) * ''Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) * '' Tre glada tokar'' (1942) * ''Mister Collins' Adventure'' (1943) * ''Live Dangerously'' (1944) * '' Blåjackor'' (1945) * ''Motherhood'' (1945) * '' Onsdagsväninnan'' (1946) * '' Pengar – en tragikomisk saga'' (1946) * ''Song of Stockholm'' (1947) * ''Soldier's Reminder'' (1947) * ''Maria' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bergson And The White Rose Rescue (1953 Film)
''Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue'' (original Swedish title: ''Mästerdetektiven och Rasmus'') is a 1953 Swedish film. It is based on the novel with the same name, written by Astrid Lindgren. About the film The film had premiere at the cinema Olympia in Stockholm on 16 November 1953. The film was recorded at Bogesund (Vaxholm), Sala and in studio in Stockholm. There are differences between the book and this film: *"Vita Rosen" (Kalle, Anders and Eva-Lotta) see the kidnapping after "waring" to "Röda Rosen" but here they see it from a hut where they slept. *In the book, Nicke is not arrested, and "Röda Rosen" (Sixten, Benka and Jonte) don't make birds by the document papers. *When the kidnappers are escaping with the floatplane, Kalle cuts one of the plane's floats, but here he instead uses a rope tying the plane on a boat where policeman Björk sits and then the plane can't go upwards. Selected cast * Lars-Erik Lundberg as Kalle Blomkvist * Inger Axö as Eva-Lotta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luffaren Och Rasmus
''Luffaren och Rasmus'' (''Rasmus and the Vagabond'') is a 1955 Swedish film directed by Rolf Husberg and written by Astrid Lindgren. Plot Rasmus lives in an orphanage. He wants to be adopted by loving parents. But soon he realizes that only girls are adopted. So one day he decides to escape from the orphanage to find the parents on his own. Shortly after his escape, he meets the tramp Oskar. He joins Oskar on his trip around the country. Oskar earns money by playing the accordion and singing for other people. One day Oskar and Rasmus are singing in front of a house where a robbery is taking place. The old woman who lives alone in the house is forced to pretend that everything is normal. Oscar and Rasmus realize that something strange is going on. Rasmus sees someone hiding behind the curtain. He also believes the old woman is terribly scared and asks Oscar to find out why. The two observe how some criminals are stealing a valuable necklace. After the robbery, the old woman is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Children's Films
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1950s Swedish-language Films
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1956 Films
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Films Based On Works By Astrid Lindgren
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
