Acting

Knut Frankman

Born — Died

1878-12-22 — 1951-07-30

Place of birth

Stockholm, Stockholms lan, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Mot nya tider poster
8.0

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.

Mot nya tider

1939

Only a Mother poster
6.8

A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.

Only a Mother

1949

The Kingdom of Rye poster
7.5

Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple whose love affair is fraught with Hardy-esque complications and an unhappily married wife of the landowner.

The Kingdom of Rye

1929

Fransson the Terrible poster
9.0

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.

Fransson the Terrible

1941

Man's Way with Women poster
8.0

Olof Koskela, the only son is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a floater. His reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide. When he meets the proud Kyllikki, he enters into a bet to defeat the mighty rapids standing on a log.

Man's Way with Women

1934

Samvetsömma Adolf poster
10.0

Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur.

Samvetsömma Adolf

1936

Film credits

1940s · 10 titles

Only a Mother poster
6.8

A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.

Only a Mother

1949

Fransson the Terrible poster
9.0

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.

Fransson the Terrible

1941

Hemsöborna poster
6.0

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Hemsöborna

1944

His Grace's Will poster
5.7

His grace, the Lord Chamberlain and Colonel Baron Roger Bernhusen de Sars of Rogershus, Klockeberga and Björkenäs, will celebrate his 70th birthday. He decides to write his will and publish it on the birthday.

His Grace's Will

1940

Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket poster
9.0

Erik, a poor inventor meets the clerk Lillemor and fall in love. Erik's becomes invention is ready for the market. He contacts a director who might be interested. Erik is attracted almost immediately by the director's wife.

Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket

1949

Aktören poster
6.0

The actor Philip has an accident on the way to his own wedding and the shock makes him lose his voice.

Aktören

1943

Åh, en sån' advokat poster
4.5

Driver Elof "Loffe" Karlsson ends his employment with the director Bergfeldt, who is divorcing wife Karin. He takes the place of a lawyer Nyberg, provides Mrs. Bergfeldt a restaurant. This is where the young and cute waitress Greta and Loffe become acquainted. Greta Bergman is involved in a large inheritance case, and as a lawyer Nyberg agreed to take care for her. But Nyberg is a swindler who himself wants to access the money.

Åh, en sån' advokat

1940

On These Shoulders poster
9.0

Kjell Loväng returns to his parent's farm after a few years of work in Stockholm. He discovers that his father Arvid neglects the farm and spends too much time drinking and meeting other women. Kjell has to prove to his father his ability to manage the farm.

On These Shoulders

1948

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

Den blomstertid... poster
5.0

On an island in the Stockholm archipelago lives a man named Albin who has fallen in love with the new school teacher named Eva. Because of the Winter War the island is isolated and smuggling is rampant, the leader of this operation is named Fritjof and he is also interested in Eva.

Den blomstertid...

1940

1930s · 25 titles

Mot nya tider poster
8.0

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.

Mot nya tider

1939

Man's Way with Women poster
8.0

Olof Koskela, the only son is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a floater. His reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide. When he meets the proud Kyllikki, he enters into a bet to defeat the mighty rapids standing on a log.

Man's Way with Women

1934

Samvetsömma Adolf poster
10.0

Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur.

Samvetsömma Adolf

1936

The Great John Ericsson poster
7.0

In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.

The Great John Ericsson

1937

Släkten är värst poster
7.5

A bachelor in Stockholm must invent a family to be able to get financial support from his aunt Anna. Everything is going well until she arrives on an unexpected visit.

Släkten är värst

1936

The Count of the Old Town poster
5.2

A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.

The Count of the Old Town

1935

Pettersson & Bendel poster
7.0

The two conmen Bendel and Pettersson starts doing business together. Bendel got the brains and Pettersson the charm.

Pettersson & Bendel

1933

Kungen kommer poster
5.0

A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the audience notices the similarity in appearance between the leading actor Leonard Pettersson and the king Charles XV. With Pettersson dressed as the king and the other actors as the royal suite, they all go to Herrsunda castle where the officer is trying to make an impression on his fiance.

Kungen kommer

1936

No artwork available
8.0

A mining engineer comes to the quiet village of Nimansberg in Bergslagen and tries to persuade the farmers to invest in mining.

Bergslagsfolk

1937

No artwork available
8.0

The Björn family is a little odd family.

The Family That Was a Carousel

1936

Odygdens belöning poster
10.0

Bicycle factory director Wallensjö regularly fires his bookkeeper Gunnar, who has taken a liking to Wallensjös daughter Maj, and uses a baby left on hos brother's doorstep to trick Wallensjö into believing they've become parents.

Odygdens belöning

1937

Hälsingar poster
8.0

Jonas goes with a tremendous speed with his horse over a country road in Hälsingland. Because of this speed Birgit Ljusnar, who is along the road picking blueberries, falls. Jonas stops and helps her up. He gives Birgit two Swedish crowns for the pain and the suffering. Furthermore, he promises her a job on the farm.

Hälsingar

1933

The Girls from the Old Town poster
7.0

About two girls sharing an apartment in the Old Town of Stockholm.

The Girls from the Old Town

1934

Alla tiders Karlsson poster
7.0

Åke is employed as a singer in a revue tour and his uncle Karlsson becomes the tour bus driver.

Alla tiders Karlsson

1936

No artwork available
10.0

A school kitchen teacher works on a farm under a fake name.

Fröken blir piga

1936

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

Familjen Andersson poster
9.0

A happy-go-lucky husband has a wife bitten with social aspirations and this leads to several social mishaps.

Familjen Andersson

1937

Uppsagd poster
9.0

Björn Kraft is an office clerk and one day his boss installs a new accounting machine that can do three mans job. A couple of days later Björn gets the termination letter.

Uppsagd

1934

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

Sjöcharmörer poster
7.0

A bus company wants to acquire traffic rights on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. The steam boats will be replaced by buses, but Captain Johansson and his daughter Eva are at the forefront of the protests.

Sjöcharmörer

1939

Ocean Breakers poster
8.0

Daniel has reluctantly followed his father into the priesthood. After graduating, he comes to a parish in Hälsingland. During one stormy night, Daniel and Karin, a resident of Hälsingland and old friend, are both overcome with emotion and sleep together. Filled with regret over breaking his vows, he runs out into the dark night and is struck by lightning. He loses his memory and is taken to a distant hospital to recover. Meanwhile Karin gets pregnant and has a child. Eventually Daniel comes back and when he meets Karin his memory returns.

Ocean Breakers

1935

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

No artwork available
7.0

The little town Västerköping needs a new police man - but the only applicant is the small and tiny Fridolf. He gets the job but has to work with the big and strong police inspector Göransson. The town is visited by a crook who has specialized in stealing from local councils. Can this unusual pair stop him?

Hemliga Svensson

1933

Vingar kring fyren poster
6.3

Just before the young Anna is getting married to the lighthouse keeper Holmstrand, she meets the Norwegian sailor John. He falls in love with her, but leaves her when he is told she is engaged.

Vingar kring fyren

1938

Simon i Backabo poster
10.0

Simon lives a quiet life on his farm until one day he discovers he is the heir of a great fortune.

Simon i Backabo

1934

1920s · 3 titles