
Directing
Håkan Alexandersson
Born 1940-04-21 · Mariestad, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Håkan Alexandersson was a multi artist and a man of many talents. He was considered one of the more remarkable and the most wayward visionaries in the Swedish film. Among other things, he worked as a film director, screen writer, author, producer, actor, photographer, artist and musician. He studied at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, in the late 1950's. Håkan Alexandersson and Carl Johan De Geer met at Konstfack and the two produced a large number of films together. "Tårtan / The Cake" (1973) eventually became a cult hit among children and adults. At first it was viewed as mildly odd and incomprehensible. Lasse Sarri, CEO at the Swedish Television company, called the production crazy and absurd, but changed his mind after being informed by a hired plumber, that "Tårtan" was the best he had ever seen on TV. Håkan Alexandersson directed 40 feature films, shorts and television productions from 1959 to 2004. He suffered from cancer during his last ten years and died March 1, 2004 in Stockholm.
Acting credits
8.0A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace the working class, escalates and the group split up.
Du gamla, du fria
1972
A film about male friendship that cracks. And a settlement with the 1900s patriarchal genius myth. Håkan Alexandersson (1940-2004) was an artist rebel in 60s.
I Remember Håkan Alexandersson
2006
A satirical showdown with the optimism surrounding the atomic war that were expressed in the Swedish national brochure "Om kriget kommer/ If the war comes."
Tills elden släcks
1960
4.9Truckdriver and bachelor Charlie meets homeless and seven months pregnant Pia. They both dream of finding someone to share their lives with. Charlie then faces a dilemma whether to take part in a demonstration in favor of Cuba, and in addition with his employer's truck.
Blushing Charlie
1970
8.0A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth is that he is a total failure. He is counting on that his compatriots have saved big money working in Sweden. Money he intend to spend on making a film.
Hasan the Rose
1980
Behind the camera
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tårtan
1973
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tårtan
1973
4.8A hardboiled story that takes place in a far future when most things are over. What’s left is greed, cruelty, sexuality, fire and a tad of poetry.
Never Travel on a One Way Ticket
1987
9.0The bohemian filmmaker and composer Manfred is plagued by an event in the past. At the age of sixteen, his father died. When Manfred was coming from Karlsruhe with his father's grave urn, to spread ashes over the ocean, the tram collided.
Spårvagn till havet
1987
9.0The bohemian filmmaker and composer Manfred is plagued by an event in the past. At the age of sixteen, his father died. When Manfred was coming from Karlsruhe with his father's grave urn, to spread ashes over the ocean, the tram collided.
Spårvagn till havet
1987
About Bror Hammar, a 35-year-old man who, due to insomnia, reads a huge amount of crime fiction. His life becomes one with what he reads.
Hammar
1992
9.0Lisa is a little girl looked after by Dr. Flower, since he believes that the Mona Lisa's mother, who runs a laundry, is not a good and orderly mother.
The Laundry
1985
9.0Lisa is a little girl looked after by Dr. Flower, since he believes that the Mona Lisa's mother, who runs a laundry, is not a good and orderly mother.
The Laundry
1985
9.0Lisa is a little girl looked after by Dr. Flower, since he believes that the Mona Lisa's mother, who runs a laundry, is not a good and orderly mother.
The Laundry
1985
In 2056, a scientist will receive the risky task of resuming the excavations of the Meyeratelies in 2056.
The Perforated Epoch
1985
In 2056, a scientist will receive the risky task of resuming the excavations of the Meyeratelies in 2056.
The Perforated Epoch
1985
In 2056, a scientist will receive the risky task of resuming the excavations of the Meyeratelies in 2056.
The Perforated Epoch
1985
10.0Schoolmaster Hoffmann on his way far down in the basement to the Janitors office to get coal for his chilly classroom, hears no warning signals. Gorm, the janitor, manipulates the gullible Hoffmann into signing a contract with a dark context.
School Master - an Inch from Black
2005
An artist tries to get some money for food of the social wellfare but is denied, with the recommendation to start eating porridge instead. He claims that is exactly what he is doing at the moment.
Grötmyndigheten
2003
An artist tries to get some money for food of the social wellfare but is denied, with the recommendation to start eating porridge instead. He claims that is exactly what he is doing at the moment.
Grötmyndigheten
2003
Calle, a real-life character living in Stockholm's Old Town, finds himself - to his astonishment - in the midlle of the play "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark".
Calle Schewens vals
1990
Calle, a real-life character living in Stockholm's Old Town, finds himself - to his astonishment - in the midlle of the play "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark".
Calle Schewens vals
1990
10.0A crime is defined as an act which follows by a punishment, according to applicable law. Therefore it can not be a crime unless you are punished. But then it will not be the perfect crime either. Just perfect.
Evert
2001
10.0A crime is defined as an act which follows by a punishment, according to applicable law. Therefore it can not be a crime unless you are punished. But then it will not be the perfect crime either. Just perfect.
Evert
2001
A satirical showdown with the optimism surrounding the atomic war that were expressed in the Swedish national brochure "Om kriget kommer/ If the war comes."
Tills elden släcks
1960
5.7David, a middle-aged researcher, lives happily with his wife Ingrid and their kids. By a coincident he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Eva. Their relationship will only last a few months.
A Summer of Love
1979
The film, which is about the Stockholm gasworks staying mostly at work on the so-called. chamber furnaces, where the gas is extracted from coal. It depicts both the process and some of the workers, who talk about how it is to work in the heat and dirt on the chamber ceiling. The extraction process as depicted in the film is abandoned since 1972
A Gas Film
1971
A letter to the editor performed as a film. It lacks statistical basis. No adults, experts or others have been consulted. However, a group of children are asked about one thing: What would it be like if they were to decide?
Den ljuva tiden
1980
7.0The neurotic director Max Karlsson tries to do a film of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". He finds all actors for his melodrama - except Lotte, the wonderful girl who is an object of two mens love. He auditions a number of girls. But when he finds the right one nothing goes the way he had figured.
Werther
1990