Per Lindberg (5 March 1890 – 7 February 1944) was a Swedish theatre and film director.

Biography

Lindberg was born in

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as the son of the actress Augusta Lindberg and the actor, theater director and manager

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. His sister was the writer

Stina Bergman Stina Bergman (29 April 1888 – 3 July 1976) was a Swedish writer, translator and screenwriter. Bergman was the daughter of actor August Lindberg and actress Augusta Lindberg, and sister of director Per Lindberg. She was married to author H ...

. Already as a schoolboy, Lindberg accompanied his father on a theater trip to

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. In 1909, he became a student at Stockholm University. During 1911-1912, Lindberg interrupted his studies to accompany his father on his tour through

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. Lindberg made his stage debut when in Chicago on January 21, 1912. In 1918, Lindberg became the first director at in

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and from 1919–23, he was theater director. Lindberg was the first director at the Comedy Theatre (''Komediteatern'') and Concert Theater (''Konserthusteatern'') in Stockholm 1925-1927, at the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

1927–1928, and was then theater director at Sveriges Radiotjänst 1929–1931. As a film director, Lindberg was heavily influenced by Austrian director

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and

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of the 1920s. He is best known for directing '' June Nights'' (1940) with

Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary ''Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is often ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Anna-Clara and Her Brothers ''Anna-Clara and Her Brothers'' (Swedish: ''Anna-Clara och hennes bröder'') is a 1923 Swedish silent drama film directed by Per Lindberg and starring Ann Britt Ohlson, Carl Browallius, Hilda Borgström and Linnéa Hillberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.57 ...

'' (1923) * ''

June Night ''June Night'' ( sv, Juninatten) 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 l ...

'' (1940) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * '' In Paradise'' (1941)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindberg, Per 1890 births 1944 deaths Artists from Stockholm Swedish film directors Swedish theatre directors