Ruth Weijden

Acting

Ruth Weijden

Born — Died

1889-07-20 — 1956-06-27

Place of birth

Stockholm, Stockholms lan, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Artificial Svensson poster
9.3

When silly inventor Svensson gets mistaken for Swedish/American aviator Smith, he is accidentally enlisted in the military and drawn into unexpected romantic affairs.

Artificial Svensson

1929

The Brothers poster
NR

Brothers Paul and Georg Williams' latest invention is of great military importance, and a foreign nation enlist it's most deadly spy, Mylady, to get information about it.

The Brothers

1914

Sin poster
6.1

A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in his play. Passion and conflict occurs.

Sin

1928

A Little Flirt poster
5.0

Orphan Didi is raised by her aunts and in love with her ward, the surgeon Dr. Gunnar Green. He is more interested in the stars of the theatre so Didi decides to fight for him.

A Little Flirt

1934

The Priest Who Knocked Out poster
5.4

The boxing promoter Charlie returns from America to Sweden and needs to find a professional Swedish boxer for an upcoming fight. By chance Charlie watches Björn Harring fight off some hoodlums. Charlie sees great potential in Björn and wants to promote him for an upcoming fight, the problem is though that Björn is studying theology and is soon to become a priest. This might not look too good in a prejudiced society of the 40s with a boxing priest, but Charlie is determent to find a way.

The Priest Who Knocked Out

1943

Ingeborg Holm poster
6.7

After Ingeborg Holm's husband becomes sick and dies, the family's small grocery store fails, Ingeborg becomes bankrupt, and she is forced to move to the workhouse. Her three children go to foster homes. Ingeborg simply must see them again.

Ingeborg Holm

1913

Film credits

1940s · 18 titles

The Priest Who Knocked Out poster
5.4

The boxing promoter Charlie returns from America to Sweden and needs to find a professional Swedish boxer for an upcoming fight. By chance Charlie watches Björn Harring fight off some hoodlums. Charlie sees great potential in Björn and wants to promote him for an upcoming fight, the problem is though that Björn is studying theology and is soon to become a priest. This might not look too good in a prejudiced society of the 40s with a boxing priest, but Charlie is determent to find a way.

The Priest Who Knocked Out

1943

No artwork available
9.0

The office worker Eva is told that she has inherited a massive amount of money in the United States.

Ung dam med tur

1941

Kajan går till sjöss poster
6.0

Kajan, a young boy, spends the summer with his friends working on a barge, earning extra money in the ports with their song and dance number. A young countess runs away from home and joins Kajan and his friends.

Kajan går till sjöss

1943

Count Only the Happy Moments poster
5.3

The old Victor Branzell has a grandson, Alf, who is in love with a clerk in a glove shop, Lilian Lind. But Lilian with her simple background doesn't get accepted in the circles where Alf belongs, and they have now reached the conclusion that they can't have a future together. Marriage is impossible. Victor summons Lilian and Alf and starts telling them his life story.

Count Only the Happy Moments

1944

The Serious Game poster
3.7

Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.

The Serious Game

1945

A Singing Girl poster
6.5

A girl (Alice Babs) from the country moves to Stockholm to become a singer.

A Singing Girl

1942

I Love You Karlsson poster
6.0

A comedy about the young Marie who works in a daycare. However, the house where her work is located has been sold and the new owner does not want the daycare to remain, because he is only interested in dogs. Eventually, Marie manages to get the host to think better and, with some tricks, even get him to like children.

I Love You Karlsson

1947

Uppåt igen poster
10.0

The unemployed Loffe meets his old friend Wilhelm and gets some money. A year later it's time for Loffe to help Wilhelm.

Uppåt igen

1941

Kungsgatan poster
6.0

Young woman Marta dreams of a better future and leaves her parent's cabbage patch and move to Stockholm. Waiting tables doesn't pay nearly enough and she soon finds herself working the streets. Her teenage sweetheart Adrian also moves to Stockholm to search for her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Kungsgatan

1943

En sjöman i frack poster
7.5

First mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde.

En sjöman i frack

1942

New Order at Sjogarda poster
5.4

Major Grasser lives on his estate with his twin daughters Britta and Stina. Stina is studying at the university and Britta wants to work with farming. The major wants to put Britta in a school of commerce and hires a tutor to prepare her for higher education. This she dislikes and things doesn't gets better when her father thinking of selling the estate.

New Order at Sjogarda

1944

No artwork available
7.0

The story about Klas Ekengren, the mayor of a small Swedish town, and his mother Alma.

En flicka för mej

1943

Skogen är vår arvedel poster
9.0

The farmer Per Jonsson doesn't think too well about the factory in the neighborhood, since he thinks that it destroys the fishing and makes the young people leave the countryside. When the workers at the factory go on strike, they ask him to sell milk to them and let them work in his forest. But Jonsson is stubborn and refuses to give them any help at all. At least until he is in an accident and also need help.

Skogen är vår arvedel

1944

Everybody at His Station poster
7.0

Swedish comedy from 1940. Kurre Karlsson, a simple man of the people, will be called up for military training given by an anti-aircraft units at sea. He does not like the military and will do anything to get away. One day he steals a wallet and in it finds his paper suggesting that a spy is on the move who think stealing trade secrets about the weapons factory in Granefors.

Everybody at His Station

1940

How to Love poster
3.3

Tells a story about a man named Anthony who loses his wife, to an illness and finds it hard to move on. Although Anthony is now single, he struggles with how to build a new relationship with Tiffany. Anthony is uneasy to love again and pushes her away. He finds a letter from his deceased wife, saying that if something happens, to love and marry again. He is ready to let go, let God and move on.

How to Love

1947

Hin och smålänningen poster
7.0

Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes Satan himself - with cloven hoofs and a big mean grin.

Hin och smålänningen

1949

Each to His Own Way poster
7.0

A drama about a doctor and his wife. She used to be an actress, but became a housewife when she married. When she resumes her acting career the marriage crashes.

Each to His Own Way

1948

Gentleman att hyra poster
5.7

Two friends, a rich landowner and a flight lieutenant, compete for the love of the same woman, singer Claire Wanner.

Gentleman att hyra

1940

1930s · 16 titles

A Little Flirt poster
5.0

Orphan Didi is raised by her aunts and in love with her ward, the surgeon Dr. Gunnar Green. He is more interested in the stars of the theatre so Didi decides to fight for him.

A Little Flirt

1934

His Life's Match poster
9.0

Gunnar Gawell is mason on a building but also a very good football player. He gets a chance to play for the the national team against Denmark. Gunnar is offered a bribe if he allows the Danish team to win the match.

His Life's Match

1932

Work! poster
NR

A young unemployed man, Bergmark, gets a job at a labor camp in the country, where he reconnects with the Social Democratic farmer Persson's daughter Barbro. They fall in love with each other. Through Persson's reasoning with his neighbor Ringdahl, he becomes a convinced social democrat, not least since he heard a political program speech by Per Albin Hansson.

Work!

1934

Han, hon och pengarna poster
8.0

Young Göran Hilding gamble and loses money he does not have. He'll have to pledge his 50 shares in a publishing company.

Han, hon och pengarna

1936

Milly, Maria och jag poster
5.8

A young medical student falls in love with her professor. To pay for her studies, she works extra nights and performs as a popular singer at a dance restaurant. But she is fired because of an unpleasant guest and takes a job as a maid. The professor appears in the family and a carousel of lies takes off.

Milly, Maria och jag

1938

No artwork available
10.0

Campaign film for the Swedish Folkpartiet (People's Party) in 1936.

Our Building of Home and Community

1936

En melodi om våren poster
10.0

The artist Richard Stolpe paints a portrait of the beautiful blonde Gurli that leads to complications.

En melodi om våren

1933

No artwork available
9.0

The story about Axel Bergström who's the manager at a light bulb factory, where many women work.

Flickor på fabrik

1935

Storm över skären poster
9.0

The vessel pilot Alfred and fisherman Sven are both in love with Sonja, the most beautiful girl on the island they live on. Sven and Alfred become quarrel when Alfred one evening finds Sven with Sonja. The fight ends when Sven leaves the island. He freaked out completely when he hit Alfred with a bottle over the head. Now rumor has that Sonja is pregnant.

Storm över skären

1938

The Girls' Alfred poster
7.0

The orphan Alfred lives with two ladies in an idyllic cottage near a private golf course.

The Girls' Alfred

1935

The Marriage Game poster
8.0

The sculptress Tora Diidiken is married to the sculptor Gunnar Grahn and they both compete in a contest to design a statue for the public square in Hicksville.

The Marriage Game

1935

Smålänningar poster
10.0

Gustav lives in Värnamo. He constructs a new boat engine, but needs time to complete it. The work has been financed by factory director "Hatt-Johan" Johansson who would like to sell the invention. Gustav's father returns from the United States and everyone thinks he's become a millionaire.

Smålänningar

1935

Beneath Red Banners poster
7.0

The labor movement's emerging in Sweden. Welfare evolving. A young couple rents a modern apartment.

Beneath Red Banners

1931

Klart till drabbning poster
6.0

Two marines go AWOL and save a girl from drowning, they then sneak her aboard the ship.

Klart till drabbning

1937

No artwork available
8.0

The wholesaler Blomberg is a regular customer of "Parfumerie Marie Danielsson". He often buys perfume for his many girlfriends. Blomberg's driver Bengt Lundgren is in love with the shop assistant Eva Bergström. Bengt deceives his boss by telling him that his car has broken, then he can go out with Eva.

Hon eller ingen

1934

No artwork available
8.0

The comic misadventures of two young boys and an anti-militaristic grocer who are recruited under protest for naval training.

Kustens glada kavaljerer

1938

1920s · 6 titles