
Acting
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Born 1921-08-28 · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Acting credits
4.5A panel of real-life doctors discuss sexual hangups, misconceptions, personal prejudices and the ignorance of individuals when it comes to matters sexual. Using on-screen recreations, topics such as petting, contraceptives and sexual anxiety are addressed.
Language of Love
1969
A Swedish TV movie based on the play L'Hôtel du Libre échange from 1894.
Spökhotellet
1960
8.0Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.
Scenes from a Marriage
1974
9.0"The Theater-creaters" - About the actor Bruscon, who stops in the small village of Utzbach on tour and tries to successfully bring his play "Das Rad der Geschichte/The Wheel of History" on stage. His whole family - the wife, son and daughter - are involved as actors.
Teatermakaren
1991
7.5In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
Shame
1968
7.4A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.
The Passion of Anna
1969
6.7The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an interview with him. She finds out secret information about his next movie, and to stop her from revealing it, Jack Harris gets her alone with him on an isolated island in the archipelago. Romance blossoms... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Darling of Mine
1955
6.0Anna and Karl are a young couple in Stockholm, unable to find an apartment of their own. However, they play matchmakers to make their friends Fredrik and Ulla to get together, getting an apartment of their own that way. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Lita på mej, älskling!
1961
3.7A young, shy and inexperienced man travels back to Sweden, to spend the summer at his mother's house. He meets a number of women with whom he has sexual relations.
One Swedish Summer
1968
6.9Göte is a young teen who seems to be at odds with his family and may not know his own mind that well either. Discontented and rebellious, Göte joins up with two mean-spirited game poachers in spite of the fact that he loves animals and nature. This contradiction between his own feelings and his need to rebel reaches a climax when a forest ranger starts to track down the young men in ever-tightening circles.
The Boy in the Tree
1961
6.6The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
Barabbas
1953
6.6The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
Barabbas
1953
The story of Anders Svensson who travels to Copenhagen to prevent his sister-in-law Greta from being unfaithful.
Greve Svensson
1951
6.4Stig-Helmer takes another vacation with his norwegian friend Ole. This time it's time for a skiing vacation in the Alps. Of course, Stig-Helmer has never learnt downhill skiing, but he attends a ski school. And together they manage to charm two women also on vacation.
Snowroller
1985
5.3I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the competitor. Stig-Helmer has never played the game before, but his Norwegian friend Ole promises to help him.
The Accidental Golfer
1991
7.5This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood.
Brink of Life
1958
5.9A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with an American archaeologist, unaware of his emotional scars as a Holocaust survivor; consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.
The Touch
1971
5.9The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich boat people, their yachts and summer houses.
Swedes at Sea
1988
5.9As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.
Loving Couples
1964
6.1Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
All These Women
1964
5.7A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.
The Girl from the Third Row
1949
4.7A Victorian aristocrat buys a former madhouse and converts it into a "love nest" to woo and bed Alice, the lovely blonde Minister's daughter he meets in an art gallery.
A Man with a Maid
1975
5.3A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, a young honest woman gone wrong.
Imprisoned Women
1943
5.0Two 10 year old girls from Stockholm decide to run away from home. They travel to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to report a teacher who wants one girl to revert to study year 4.
Selma & Johanna - en roadmovie
1997