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Torsten Bergström
Torsten Lars Herman Jamte Bergström (10 December 1896 – 26 May 1948) was a Swedish people, Swedish film director and theater and film actor. Bergström was born in Ås, Krokom, Jämtland County and attended the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1917 to 1919. He made his film debut in 1919 in director Rune Carlsten's ''Ett farligt frieri'' (English language: ''A Dangerous Courtship'') and appeared in over 25 films during his career. Torsten Bergström was the father of director Håkan Bergström. (in Swedish language, Swedish) He died in Stockholm, Sweden in 1948, aged 51. Selected filmography * ''Synnöve Solbakken (1919 film), Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * ''The Pale Count'' (1937) * ''A ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ship Bound For India
''A Ship Bound for India'' () is a 1947 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally released as ''A Ship to India'' in the United Kingdom and ''Frustration'' in the United States. The screenplay was written by Bergman, based on the play by Martin Söderhjelm. The film is about the relationships within a family, a subject with which Bergman often dealt in later films, and uses other common devices of Bergman such as the hard father figure. Birger Malmsten, who plays the lead character Johannes, went on to feature in several later Bergman films. The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, which was known at the time as the Grand Prix. Plot Johannes is a sailor who returns home after seven years of travel and finds Sally, the girl he once loved, and many memories resurface in him. Realizing that he still loves her, he declares it to her but Sally rejects him. Johannes walks wandering on the beach and thinks back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Male Silent Film Actors
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1948 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Italy and of New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ' Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 – In the United States: ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel ('' Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the '' Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery, last November, of a type of electromagnetic radiation, later known as X-rays. * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 16 – Devonport High School for Boys is founded in Plymouth (England). * January 17 – Anglo-Ashanti wars#Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896), Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British British Army, redcoats enter the Ashanti people, Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Hård
''Lars Hård'' is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring George Fant, Adolf Jahr and Eva Dahlbeck.Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.152 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. Cast * George Fant as Lars Johan Hård * Adolf Jahr as Lars' Father * Elsa Widborg as Lars' Mother * Eva Dahlbeck as Inga * Ulla Smidje as Maj * Nine-Christine Jönsson as Eva * Rut Holm as Coachman's Wife * Torsten Bergström as The Coachman * Hugo Björne as Sundvall - Chimney Sweep * Carl Ström as Friendly Prison Guard * Hampe Faustman as Prison Reverend * Tord Bernheim as Guard at Penal Labour Prison * Sif Ruud as Child Welfare Officer * Ann Mari Uddenberg as Marta * Artur Rolén as Andersson * Gustaf Lövås as Prisoner * Axel Högel as Older Prisoner * Josua Bengtson as Åhs - Prisoner * Arne Källerud as Oskar * David Erikson as Prisoner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin (1948 Film)
''Sin'' (Swedish: ''Synd'') is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Arnold Sjöstrand and starring Birgit Tengroth, Sture Lagerwall and Gunnar Sjöberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.58 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Nordemar. It is unrelated to the 1928 silent film of the same title directed by Gustaf Molander. Synopsis Fredrik Hermansson seduces Anna and swindles her out of her savings in order to pursue his ambitions. He even goes so far as forging the signature of her wealthy aunt. Cast * Birgit Tengroth as Anna * Sture Lagerwall as Fredrik Hermansson * Gunnar Sjöberg as Martin Alm * Stig Järrel as Brust * Hilda Borgström as Mrs. Alm * Anne-Margrethe Björlin as Edith Björk * Anna-Stina Wåglund as Stina * Gustav Hedberg as A Man * Georg Skarstedt as Hotel porter * Torsten Bergström as Priest * Aurore Palmgren as Hilda, Anna's aunt * Stig Johanson as Fredrik's friend * Gunnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neglected By His Wife
''Neglected by His Wife'' (Swedish: ''Försummad av sin fru'' or ''Gift med Klara Klok'') is a 1947 Swedish comedy film directed by Gösta Folke and starring Irma Christenson, Karl-Arne Holmsten and Agneta Prytz.Krawc p.383 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bibi Lindström. Synopsis Two newlywed journalists barely have time to see each other due to their work, leading to the husband feeling neglected by his wife. He cooks dinner for her three evenings in a row, only for her to not turn up. He then writes asking for advice to the lonely hearts column she writes for the newspaper. Cast * Irma Christenson as Siska Hedberg * Karl-Arne Holmsten as Pelle Hedberg * Agneta Prytz as Tove Larsson * Lars Kåge as Torsten Söderlund * Carl Hagman as Löfgren * Åke Claesson as Chief Editor * Harry Ahlin as Olsson * Barbro Flodquist as Journalist * Georg Skarstedt as Linde * Torsten Bergström as W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldier's Reminder
''Soldier's Reminder'' (Swedish: ''Krigsmans erinran'') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring Elof Ahrle, Birgit Tengroth and Gunnar Björnstrand.Qvist & Von Bagh p.74 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Cast * Elof Ahrle as Jocke Svensson * Birgit Tengroth as Sickan * Gunnar Björnstrand as Sgt. Löfgren * Harriett Philipson as Eva * Bengt Eklund as Vaterson * Sven-Eric Gamble as Svenne * Naemi Briese as Margit Andersson * Ulf Palme as Jerker * Artur Rolén as Manager * Josua Bengtson as Lundin * Åke Fridell as Åkesson * David Erikson as Persson * Lillie Wästfeldt as Mrs. Persson * Rune Stylander as Policeman * Ivar Kåge as Vicar * Torsten Bergström Torsten Lars Herman Jamte Bergström (10 December 1896 – 26 May 1948) was a Swedish people, Swedish film director and theater and film actor. Bergström was born in Ås, Krokom, Jämtland County and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life In The Finnish Woods
''Life in the Finnish Woods'' (Swedish: ''Livet i Finnskogarna'') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Carl Jularbo, Naima Wifstrand and Barbro Ribbing.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Bollnäs in Eastern Sweden. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It takes its title from a 1913 waltz of the same title by Jularbo, whose signature tune it became. Synopsis It is set in 1906 when Forest Finns settlers who set up their home in the plains of Sweden over the previous centuries still face the hostility from local Swedes. Cast * Carl Jularbo as Self * Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Sigrid Malm * Barbro Ribbing as Ingeborg Malm * Bengt Logardt as Gunnar Malm * Kenne Fant as Heikki Purje * Mirjami Kuosmanen as Aino * Sigbrit Molin as Ellen Bjurselius * John Elfström as Simon Bäcklin * Eric Laurent as Johan Lång * Henning Ohlsson as Kol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
