Kenne Fant

Acting

Kenne Fant

Born 1923-01-01 · Strängnäs, Södermanlands län, Sweden

Carl-Henrik "Kenne" Fant (1 January 1923 – 29 May 2016) was a Swedish actor, director, and writer. He was born in Strängnäs. His older brother George was also an actor. Fant studied at Dramatens elevskola from 1945–1949, and was at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1949 - 1950. He was hired as director of the Nordic Tone Film 1952 -1962, and became production manager of Swedish Film Industry (SF) in 1962. He was appointed CEO of SF from 1963. In 1980 he resigned to become a freelance writer. His 1962 film Adventures of Nils Holgersson was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1991, he published a biography of Alfred Nobel that included many references to the extensive collection of Nobel's letters. Fant was appointed in 2005 an honorary doctorate in History and Philosophy of Science at Uppsala University. (Wikipedia)

Acting credits

Bergman: A Year in a Life poster
7.4

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.

Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018

Dance Around the Guldbaggen poster
NR

Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party.

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

1964

När syrenerna blomma poster
7.0

The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for him is a girl, Lotta, who promises to marry him one day. When he's 20 he moves to Stockholm and joins the Royal guards at the Royal palace. Quite by accident he meets Lotta again and start an affair with her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

När syrenerna blomma

1952

Prison poster
7.1

A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.

Prison

1949

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8.0

Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.

Vingslag i natten

1953

No artwork available
7.0

Biographical account of Kalle Jularbo, a famous Swedish accordion-player.

Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo

1952

Dance, My Doll poster
4.3

In a small town called Skrabbarp in Southern Sweden lives the school teacher Sebastian Pettersson, an amateur detective and one of the most diligent correspondents of the Stockholm police.

Dance, My Doll

1953

Svenske ryttaren poster
10.0

Agneta Gyllencrona is in love with Henrik Lettnoff, a refugee from the Baltic. They have to leave together when her mother, the Countess, wants to tear them apart.

Svenske ryttaren

1949

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7.0

The farmers Zackris Månsson and the Kerstorps-farmer lives on each side of the river. The two villages has always been enemies. The Kerstorps-farmer dies after a beating caused by Zachris. The son Olle takes over the farm and becomes a good farmer. He has a reputation of a fancying women, but the only women he has eyes for is Zachris daughter.

Ådalens poesi

1947

No artwork available
NR

The story of Anders Andersson becoming the film and theatre producer Anders Sandrew (1885-1957) building a modern empire of cinemas and theaters in Stockholm.

Pappa Sandrew

1964

Ungdom i fara poster
10.0

A young man with a messy background stands trial for car theft. He gets away with a suspended sentence. With the help of a social worker, he gets on the right side of life — until a criminal friend shows up.

Ungdom i fara

1946

Livet i finnskogarna poster
4.0

In a rural parish in 1906, young Heikki, one of the Finnish immigrants, lives a wild and free life in the deep forest. After poaching, his furs are confiscated and Heikki vows to have his revenge by seducing the young women of the parish, one by one.

Livet i finnskogarna

1947

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NR

A missionary film by photographer Sven Nykvist.

The Land Below the Equator

1950

The Woman Who Disappeared poster
10.0

In England, a famous jewel collection is stolen. The police suspect that the jewels have been smuggled to Sweden, and in Stockholm, the young insurance detective Peter Holmer is commissioned to trace the stolen jewels. The tracks first lead Peter to a certain ballet master Lando, but when he comes to Lando's flat, he finds him murdered. Before the police were summoned, Peter saw a young lady smearing from the floor. He tries to catch her, but when he gets down the street she disappears in a taxi..

The Woman Who Disappeared

1949

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9.0

The young girl Lisbet lives on the farm Tolfmansgården together with her mother, her older brother Jerker and their grandparents.

All jordens fröjd

1953

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7.0

A politically motivated dramatic short film from Social Democrats ahead of the 1952 elections.

Towards the Future

1952

The People from Simlång Valley poster
10.0

Class struggle and love trouble in the woods between Halland and Småland.

The People from Simlång Valley

1947

Flickan från Backafall poster
4.0

Set on the island of Ven in the 1920s, Ellen is engaged with Per the sailor and waits for him while he is away at sea. She works as a maid in a rich family where Robert, the black sheep of the family, tries to seduce her. This leads to a rumour she has been unfaithful to Per. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Flickan från Backafall

1953

Brist poster
NR

A short about a conductor and his small-change cash.

Brist

1953

No artwork available
7.0

Bengt, a ship mechanic , and his wife Karin has been relocated to a modern apartment house in Stockholm. On the ground floor is a tobacconist, whose owner Frithiof is also the deputy landlord of the house.

Det vackraste på jorden

1947

No artwork available
6.5

Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.

Vart hjärta har sin saga

1948

Poker poster
7.0

Sven Bergström is charged with murder, alternatively a man slaughter, on an infamous professional poker player called "The Rover". The trial is in progress. In retrospect, we witness Svens life until the time of the crime.

Poker

1951

Behind the camera

The Minister of Uddarbo poster
8.0

A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl.

The Minister of Uddarbo

1957

The Minister of Uddarbo poster
8.0

A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl.

The Minister of Uddarbo

1957

No artwork available
8.0

Lena and her husband Sven argues in a summer cabin by the sea. She runs away, leaving Sven with his friend Pelle. A travelling projectionist turns up in the evening and shows them some films of how a relationship can look like from different perspectives.

Den kära leken

1959

Meeting of Humans poster
NR

A flute playing. A couple enters a floor with large round spots of light, similar to the large round skylights available at Filmhuset in Stockholm, Sweden. She has a short golden dress. He has a long black cape. Both are wearing masks. More instruments make up the music and now a blazing flame dances instead and we see the woman's face, in extreme close-up. The man caressing her gently. A match burns and fades out. More close-ups of the young woman. Two matches meet and flares up. Later we see the man and the woman again, it is outdoors, the city's water. They look tired and bored, as if the low born during the dance now have relentlessly extinguished. Premiered as a short prelude to Ingmar Bergman's "Persona".

Meeting of Humans

1967

No artwork available
8.0

Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.

Vingslag i natten

1953

Wonderful Adventures of Nils poster
6.1

A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

1962

Wonderful Adventures of Nils poster
6.1

A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

1962

The Wedding Day poster
7.0

Anders and Sylvia are set to be married, but Sylvia says 'no' and runs away at the altar.

The Wedding Day

1960

Young Summer poster
8.0

Helge Lysvik is a farmers son. He dreams of a future as a musician.

Young Summer

1954

Monismanien 1995 poster
10.0

In a fictional future totalitarian society ruled as a one-party state. A teacher commits the crime to teach their students to think independently and is therefore being stalked. The fictional Monismania also appeared in Astrid Lindgren's saga about the witch Pomperipossa in the Monismanian 1976.

Monismanien 1995

1975

Monismanien 1995 poster
10.0

In a fictional future totalitarian society ruled as a one-party state. A teacher commits the crime to teach their students to think independently and is therefore being stalked. The fictional Monismania also appeared in Astrid Lindgren's saga about the witch Pomperipossa in the Monismanian 1976.

Monismanien 1995

1975

Tarp's Elin poster
9.0

Elin Tarp is an unmarried mother with three children who lives a hard life in the countryside.

Tarp's Elin

1956

Så tuktas kärleken poster
7.0

Per is in love with Kerstin. They are high school classmates. In the distance they see teacher Eva Hallström, ph. d. and the headmaster's wife, return home to her home. She is currently a major topic of conversation because she has just published an acclaimed collection of love poems. Everyone is curious about who the young lover of the poems might be.

Så tuktas kärleken

1955

Brist poster
NR

A short about a conductor and his small-change cash.

Brist

1953

Skuggan poster
7.0

"The Shadow" - Erik Vender is a librarian and married to Vivianne. Vivianne was previously married to a well-known lawyer who died when their daughter was very small. One evening, Vivianne asks Erik to read a novel draft "Skuggan/The Shadow". The content strongly touches Erik. Vivianne reveals that it is her ex-husband that wrote the script.

Skuggan

1953

Skuggan poster
7.0

"The Shadow" - Erik Vender is a librarian and married to Vivianne. Vivianne was previously married to a well-known lawyer who died when their daughter was very small. One evening, Vivianne asks Erik to read a novel draft "Skuggan/The Shadow". The content strongly touches Erik. Vivianne reveals that it is her ex-husband that wrote the script.

Skuggan

1953