Göran Gentele

Directing

Göran Gentele

Born 1917-09-29 · Stockholm, Stockholms lan, Sweden

Göran Gentele (29 September 1917 – 18 July 1972) was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager. He was director of the Royal Swedish Opera from 1963 to 1972 and briefly the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1972.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Miss April poster
7.3

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.

Miss April

1958

Miss April poster
7.3

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.

Miss April

1958

Miss and Mrs Sweden poster
6.3

To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.

Miss and Mrs Sweden

1969

The People of Värmland poster
6.5

Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemies. Erik's father wants him to marry a rich girl instead and when Anna hears about this, she falls ill and even starts to show signs of insanity. Will the two have each other or will everything go wrong?

The People of Värmland

1957

The People of Värmland poster
6.5

Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemies. Erik's father wants him to marry a rich girl instead and when Anna hears about this, she falls ill and even starts to show signs of insanity. Will the two have each other or will everything go wrong?

The People of Värmland

1957

No artwork available
NR

A film team is in the process of making a film adaptation of Viktor Rydberg's "Tomten", but starts making a film about porridge instead.

Hot on the Porridge

1951

Crime in the Sun poster
5.0

Harry, returning home after six years in an asylum, has vivid recollections of a party many years ago with six of his friends. The party ended with one of them, Raoul, disappearing. A gardener is digging in Harry's garden when a skeleton and a watch with the name "Raoul" is found. Harry invites his friends to a dinner to solve the mystery of Raoul's disappearance.

Crime in the Sun

1947

Crime in the Sun poster
5.0

Harry, returning home after six years in an asylum, has vivid recollections of a party many years ago with six of his friends. The party ended with one of them, Raoul, disappearing. A gardener is digging in Harry's garden when a skeleton and a watch with the name "Raoul" is found. Harry invites his friends to a dinner to solve the mystery of Raoul's disappearance.

Crime in the Sun

1947

Three Wishes poster
8.0

Oskar and Mona meet when they come to the Academy of Music to see if they have been accepted, he as a piano student, she a singing student. They become a couple and married but soon there are the frictions. Mona gets hundred crowns from her father, because he thinks she has become so charmless. For it, she buys a perfume called Three Wishes.

Three Wishes

1960

Three Wishes poster
8.0

Oskar and Mona meet when they come to the Academy of Music to see if they have been accepted, he as a piano student, she a singing student. They become a couple and married but soon there are the frictions. Mona gets hundred crowns from her father, because he thinks she has become so charmless. For it, she buys a perfume called Three Wishes.

Three Wishes

1960

Till the Doors of Hell poster
6.5

Professor Barring is awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. According to Barring the scientist's sole duty is to seek the truth, even if this leads to the "gates of hell".

Till the Doors of Hell

1948

Till the Doors of Hell poster
6.5

Professor Barring is awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. According to Barring the scientist's sole duty is to seek the truth, even if this leads to the "gates of hell".

Till the Doors of Hell

1948

Sängkammartjuven poster
5.5

Rich socialite must deny persistent rumours that she has an affair with a poor author.

Sängkammartjuven

1959

Sängkammartjuven poster
5.5

Rich socialite must deny persistent rumours that she has an affair with a poor author.

Sängkammartjuven

1959

Leva på 'Hoppet' poster
9.0

A young theater cast transforms with enthusiasm an old freighter into a theater boat.

Leva på 'Hoppet'

1951

Leva på 'Hoppet' poster
9.0

A young theater cast transforms with enthusiasm an old freighter into a theater boat.

Leva på 'Hoppet'

1951

The Balloon poster
7.5

Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.

The Balloon

1946

No artwork available
8.0

In Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt's office, accountant Larsson is having a bad day. The director, Fackman, asks him about a room for Director Enoksson, one of the company's most important clients. Larsson has to admit that he forgot to book a room, and a little later he has to tell him that there isn't a single room available in the whole city. Fackman then decides to put Enoksson up at his place.

Hjälpsamma herrn

1954

En vacker dag poster
4.5

Stellan Engman is Swedens most unpopular person. He is the meteorologist presenting the disappointing weather outlook in TV. One day he picks up a hitchhiker who claims she can predict the weather.

En vacker dag

1963

En vacker dag poster
4.5

Stellan Engman is Swedens most unpopular person. He is the meteorologist presenting the disappointing weather outlook in TV. One day he picks up a hitchhiker who claims she can predict the weather.

En vacker dag

1963

Maskeradbalen poster
9.0

Göran Gentele's production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera premiered on television on New Year's Day 1965. Gentele's version is an adaptation in which some of the roles have changed names and locations. The opera is sung in Swedish, and the translation was done by Erik Lindegren.

Maskeradbalen

1965