Directing
Claes Fellbom
Born — Died
1943-01-29 — 2024-04-19
Place of birth
Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Claes Fellbom (29 January 1943 – 19 April 2024) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and composer, and a librettist and opera stage director. He was the founder and managing director of the company Folkoperan, which he led for 36 years. In 1989, he started his international career and after that he had at least one premiere per year. He also wrote libretti to nine operas, including Marie Antoinette, Zarah and JEPPE, as well as penning several books. Fellbom collaborated with composer Sven-David Sandström on Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy (2001), and made a notorious film of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, with Folkoperan in 1987, which was performed topless. He also wrote the libretti for Daniel Bör…
Known for
8.0Carmilla falls for her stepfather and seduces him. When he is killed in a car accident, she decides to take revenge against the driver, but this only leads to a deeper tragedy.
Carmilla
1968
8.0"Wanna Come To a Party?" - Four young people, two men, two women, make a party in an empty floor at Karlaplan in Stockholm.
Ska' ru' me' på fest?
1966
10.0Gangster chick Zara steals jewels together with the criminal Slim, who hides the loot in the hearse 'Hulda', which lazy trash man Sven has been assigned to drive to a priest in Paris. A wild hunt for the diamonds starts. The journey goes through Europe, where the hunted Sven is accompanied by a kind scout and a skinny dipping female Salvationist.
The Wild Hunt for the Hearse
1969
NRSpain 1820. It's meal time at the cigar factory. Carmen spends her break in the square. Close by is Don José cleaning his weapons.
Carmen
1983
5.5Ronny and Bertil break into a armory depot. During a test firing of the stolen goods Ronny accidentally kills Bertil. The Police begins a chase of Ronny, who is now on the run with his girlfriend Len.
The Shot
1969
9.0Brothers Rolly and Ricky hunt boat thieves and smugglers in the Stockholm archipelago.
Agent 0,5 och Kvarten fattaruväl
1968
Behind the camera
8.0Carmilla falls for her stepfather and seduces him. When he is killed in a car accident, she decides to take revenge against the driver, but this only leads to a deeper tragedy.
Carmilla
1968
8.0Carmilla falls for her stepfather and seduces him. When he is killed in a car accident, she decides to take revenge against the driver, but this only leads to a deeper tragedy.
Carmilla
1968
8.0"Wanna Come To a Party?" - Four young people, two men, two women, make a party in an empty floor at Karlaplan in Stockholm.
Ska' ru' me' på fest?
1966
8.0"Wanna Come To a Party?" - Four young people, two men, two women, make a party in an empty floor at Karlaplan in Stockholm.
Ska' ru' me' på fest?
1966
10.0Gangster chick Zara steals jewels together with the criminal Slim, who hides the loot in the hearse 'Hulda', which lazy trash man Sven has been assigned to drive to a priest in Paris. A wild hunt for the diamonds starts. The journey goes through Europe, where the hunted Sven is accompanied by a kind scout and a skinny dipping female Salvationist.
The Wild Hunt for the Hearse
1969
NRSpain 1820. It's meal time at the cigar factory. Carmen spends her break in the square. Close by is Don José cleaning his weapons.
Carmen
1983
5.5Ronny and Bertil break into a armory depot. During a test firing of the stolen goods Ronny accidentally kills Bertil. The Police begins a chase of Ronny, who is now on the run with his girlfriend Len.
The Shot
1969
9.0Brothers Rolly and Ricky hunt boat thieves and smugglers in the Stockholm archipelago.
Agent 0,5 och Kvarten fattaruväl
1968
8.0Film version of Verdi's opera from director Claes Fellbom.
Aida
1987