
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
7.4The 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
NRFilmed 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
7.0The 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
7.1A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.
Prison
1949
Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.
Vingslag i natten
1953
Biographical account of Kalle Jularbo, a famous Swedish accordion-player.
Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo
1952
4.3In 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
10.0Agneta 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
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
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
10.0A 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
4.0In 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
A missionary film by photographer Sven Nykvist.
The Land Below the Equator
1950
10.0In 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
The young girl Lisbet lives on the farm Tolfmansgården together with her mother, her older brother Jerker and their grandparents.
All jordens fröjd
1953
A politically motivated dramatic short film from Social Democrats ahead of the 1952 elections.
Towards the Future
1952
10.0Class struggle and love trouble in the woods between Halland and Småland.
The People from Simlång Valley
1947
4.0Set 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
NRA short about a conductor and his small-change cash.
Brist
1953
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
Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.
Vart hjärta har sin saga
1948
7.0Sven 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
8.0A 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
8.0A 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
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
NRA 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
Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.
Vingslag i natten
1953
6.1A 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
6.1A 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
7.0Anders and Sylvia are set to be married, but Sylvia says 'no' and runs away at the altar.
The Wedding Day
1960
8.0Helge Lysvik is a farmers son. He dreams of a future as a musician.
Young Summer
1954
10.0In 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
10.0In 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
9.0Elin Tarp is an unmarried mother with three children who lives a hard life in the countryside.
Tarp's Elin
1956
7.0Per 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
NRA short about a conductor and his small-change cash.
Brist
1953
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
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