The Serious Game (film)
''The Serious Game'' (Swedish: ''Den allvarsamma leken'') is a 1945 Swedish period drama film directed by Rune Carlsten and starring Viveca Lindfors, John Ekman and Olof Widgren. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. Is is based on the 1912 novel of the same title by Hjalmar Söderberg.Goble p.947 Synopsis At the turn of the twentieth century, Arvid and Lydia are in love. However, his poor financial circumstances lead her to marry a wealthy, older man instead. Cast * Viveca Lindfors as Lydia Stille * John Ekman as Anders Stille, hennes far * Olof Widgren as Arvid Stjärnblom * Åke Claesson as Roslin * Eva Dahlbeck as Dagmar Randel * Gösta Cederlund as Redaktör Markel * Josua Bengtson as Grosshandlar Randel * Hjördis Petterson as Hans hustru * Hugo Björne as Chefredaktör Doncker * Gunnar Sjöberg as Baron Freutiger * Ulf Palme as Ture Törne * Renée Björling as Ester Roslin * Carl D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rune Carlsten
Rune Carlsten (1890–1970) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Carlsten studied at Stockholm University 1908–1910, was involved with Einar Fröberg's theater company 1910–1912, at the Swedish Theater in Stockholm 1912–1913, at the Swedish Theater in Helsinki 1913–1914, at the Intimate Theater 1914–1921, at Filmindustri AB Skandia 1918– 1921, at Djurgårdsteatern 1917–1921 and 1924–1925, at Lorensbergsteatern in Gothenburg 1921–1924, at Bonnierfilm 1924, at AB Alb. Ranft's Theater 1925–1926, at the Oscar Theater 1926–1932, at Paramount in Paris 1929–1932, at Finlandia Film (House of Silence) in Helsinki 1933, at Jarfilm in Oslo 1932, at the Comedy Theater 1932–1933, at Ufa in Berlin 1933 and at Rosenbergsatelier in Vienna 1938. As early as 1919, he made a brilliant role as Carlsson in the first film adaptation of the people of Hemsö. In 1933 he was engaged at Dramaten where he worked as both an actor and director. Here he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eva Dahlbeck
Eva Elisabet Dahlbeck (8 March 1920 – 8 February 2008) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Brink of Life'' (1958). Dahlbeck retired from acting in 1970 and became an author. Biography Eva Dahlbeck was born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs near Stockholm. She attended the prestigious Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1941 to 1944, and acted on the Theatre's stage from 1944 to 1964. She made her film debut in the role of Botilla in ''Ride Tonight!'' (''Rid i natt!'', 1942). Among her roles in Swedish films were the shrewd celebrity reporter Vivi in ''Love Goes Up and Down'' (''Kärlek och störtlopp'', 1946), the working-class mother Rya-Rya in the drama ''Only a Mother'' (''Bara en mor'', 1949); Mrs. Larsson, the warmhearted mother of seven in the popular children's film ''Kastrullresan'' (1950), and the young primary school teacher in Gustaf Molander's ''Trots'' (1952), a fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Per Oscarsson
Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film ''Hunger'', which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Early life Oscarsson was born, along with his twin brother Björn, on 28 January 1927 on Kungsholmen, Stockholm, to parents Einar Oscarsson, an engineer, and Therèse, née Küppers. The twins had two elder siblings. Their mother, who was German, died of cancer in 1933.Per Oscarsson - Bakom rubrikerna och replikerna ("Per Oscarsson - Behind headlines and lines") TV-interview with Agneta Bolme Börjefors from 1998. Career Oscarsson was best known for his role as Pontus, a starving writer, in the social realism drama ''Hunger'', based on the Knut Hamsun novel by the same name, a role for which he won the 1966 Bodil, the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the 1966 Cannes Film Festival best actor awards. His most recent film role was as Holger Palmgren, the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten (23 December 1920 – 15 February 1991) was a Swedish actor. He had many roles in Ingmar Bergman's films. Selected filmography * ''South of the Highway'' (1936) – Student (uncredited) * ' (1940) – Staff Member (uncredited) * ''General von Döbeln'' (1942) – Lieutenant at Svea Livgarde (uncredited) * ''Ombyte av tåg'' (1943) – Young Man at the Café (uncredited) * ''Life and Death'' (1943) – Telephone Operator (uncredited) * ''Count Only the Happy Moments'' (1944) – Helge Wikström * ''Torment'' (1944) – Kreutz – Student (uncredited) * '' We Need Each Other'' (1944) – Guest at Café * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) – Kaj Lidner (uncredited) * ''It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) – David * ''When the Meadows Blossom'' (1946) – Gunnar Hellman * ''A Ship to India'' (1947) – Johannes Blom * '' Crime in the Sun'' (1947) – Harry * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) – Bengt Vyldeke * ''Banketten'' (1948) – Rex * ''Eva'' (1948) – Bo * ''Dangerous Sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruth Weijden
Ruth Weijden (born Ruth Augusta Gustafsson; 20 July 1889 – 27 June 1956) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Kwiatkowski p.45 Selected filmography * '' The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924) * ''Sin'' (1928) * ''Artificial Svensson'' (1929) * '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * ''What Do Men Know?'' (1933) * '' Fridolf in the Lion's Den'' (1933) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * ''Eva Goes Aboard'' (1934) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * ''The People of Småland'' (1935) * '' The Family Secret'' (1936) * ''Youth of Today'' (1936) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * ''Storm Over the Skerries'' (1938) *''Lucky Young Lady'' (1941) * ''A Girl for Me'' (1943) * ''Count Only the Happy Moments'' (1944) * '' Black Roses'' (1945) * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) * ''How to Love'' (1947) * ''I Love You Karlsson ''I Love You Karlsson'' (Swedish: ''Jag älskar dig, Karlsson!'') is a 1947 Swedish comedy film directed by Lau L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sven Lindberg
Sven Lindberg (20 November 1918 – 25 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 från 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]   |
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Gösta Holmström
Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Gösta may refer to: People * Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete *Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier * Gösta Andersson (wrestler) (1917–1975), Swedish wrestler *Gösta Bagge (1882–1951), Swedish professor of economics and conservative politician *Gösta Bengtsson (1897–1984), Swedish sailor *Gösta Bernhard (1910–1986), Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter * Gösta Bladin (1894–1972), Swedish track and field athlete *Gösta Bohman (1911–1997), Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party *Gösta Brodin (1908–1979), Swedish sailor * Gösta Carlsson (1906–1992), Swedish road racing cyclist *Gösta Cederlund (1888–1980), Swedish actor and film director *Gösta Danielsson (1912–1978), Swedish chess master *Gösta Ehrensvärd (1885–1973), Swedish vice admiral *Gösta Ekman d.y. (junior), (1939–2017) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carl Deurell
Carl Deurell (1868–1962) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Fromell p.177 Selected filmography * '' Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström'' (1923) * '' The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924) * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * ''A Night of Love by the Öresund'' (1931) * '' The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1932) * '' Lucky Devils'' (1932) * ''People of Hälsingland'' (1933) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * '' The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * ''Conflict'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1939) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * '' Life Goes On'' (1941) * ''The Fight Continues'' (1941) * ''Bright Prospects'' (1941) * '' Sun Over Klara'' (1942) * ''A Girl for Me'' (1943) * ''She Thought It Was Him'' (1943) * '' Little Napoleon'' (1943) * ''Katrina'' (1943) * ''The Emp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Renée Björling
Renée Björling (10 July 1898 – 4 March 1975) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Lovö, Sweden and died in Täby. Partial filmography * ''Tre indvendige Jomfruer'' (1914) - Daughter * ''The Downy Girl'' (1919) - Anne-Marie Ehinger * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1920) - Dortka * ''Carolina Rediviva'' (1920) - Carola * ''Vallfarten till Kevlaar'' (1921) - Gretchen * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) - Alice Brenner * ''Fröken Fob'' (1923) - Fob * ''Norrtullsligan'' (1923) - Eva * ''Halta Lena och Vindögda Per'' (1924) - Magda *'' Charles XII's Courier'' (1924) - Anna Björnhufvud * '' Life in the Country'' (1924) - Frida von Rambow * ''Två konungar'' (1925) - Ann-Charlotte von Stapelmohr * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1926) - Kitty Werden * '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928) - Margareta Brahe * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) - Astrid Beck * ''Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' (1933) - Astrid, Beck's daughter * ''The Fight Continues'' (1941) - Betty Berg * ''Släkten är bäst'' (1944) - Ebba Ekb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ulf Palme
Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö. Partial filmography * '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne * ''Möte i natten'' (1946) - Sune * ''Sunshine Follows Rain'' (1946) - Mats, deras son * '' Soldier's Reminder'' (1947) - Jerker * '' Crime in the Sun'' (1947) - Rickard * ''On These Shoulders'' (1948) - Kjell Loväng * ''Prison'' (1949) - Man in Birgitta's Dream (uncredited) * '' Realm of Man'' (1949) - Kjell Arvid Loväng * ''Only a Mother'' (1949) - Hammar * '' Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) - Anders Wikner - Author * ''While the City Sleeps'' (1950) - Kalle Lund * '' This Can't Happen Here'' (1950) - Atkä Natas * ''Miss Julie'' (1951) - Jean * ''In the Arms of the Sea'' (1951) - Bo Winner * ''Barabbas'' (1953) - Barabbas * ''Our Father and the Gypsy'' (1954) - David Vallander * ''Karin Månsdotter'' (1954) - Göran Persson * ''Ung man söke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gunnar Sjöberg
Gunnar Sjöberg (25 March 1909 – 8 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Delegat från Sundsvall (uncredited) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Seaman * '' Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (1938) - Smuggler (uncredited) * ''A Woman's Face'' (1938) - Harald Berg * ''Variety Is the Spice of Life'' (1939) - Guest at the birthday party (uncredited) * ''Gläd dig i din ungdom'' (1939) - Helgo * '' Whalers'' (1939) - Tore, sailor (uncredited) * ''Emilie Högquist'' (1939) - Knut Almlöf * ''Stål'' (1940) - Lars Gouveng * ''June Night'' (1940) - Nils Asklund * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) - Lawyer (uncredited) * ''Gentlemannagangstern'' (1941) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''Landstormens lilla argbigga'' (1941) - Engineer * ''Första divisionen'' (1941) - Kapten Hansson * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) - Göran Bryhme, Pelle's father (uncredited) * ''Woman on Board'' (1941) - Blomqvist * '' Scanian Guerilla'' (1941) - Långe-Tuv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hugo Björne
Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor. Biography Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalmar Selander until 1911 when he moved to the theater company of Einar Fröberg where he worked until 1914. Björne was involved at Svenska Teatern in Stockholm (1914–1925), at Vasateatern (1925–1926), at Oscarsteatern (1926–1932) and later at Vasateatern under the direction of Gösta Ekman (1932–1936). After 1946, he became committed to the Dramaten. He made his film acting debut in 1913, starring in silent movies. Later, Björne would be better known as a supporting actor. He was quite productive, participating in more than 130 films where he often portrayed rather anonymous characters such as judges, professors and doctors. Personal life Hugo Björne was married to actress Gerda Lidholm (1891–1979) . He died a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |