
Writing
Rune Lindström
Born 1916-04-28
Acting credits
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
6.5Sweden, 1782. Jacob, a young noble, somewhat wild and vehement, returns from his studies in France. After his absence, he returns home happy, but is even happier of meeting his beloved sister Charlotte again. However, she has been promised to the Baron Alsmeden, a man of great influence at court, and this fact will awake a feeling like jealousy in Jacob.
My Sister My Love
1966
3.7On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to kill king Gustav III, which his father hates. Second, to take his half-sister Annarella to Stockholm to find her a rich and noble husband.
Lockfågeln
1971
7.0Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later.
Ordet
1943
7.1Sweden 1889. The young Per Nilsson has a very dominant mother, Anna Månsdotter. His father died many years ago and he and his mother have for a long time been in a incestuous relationship. But Per marries Hanna for the sake of her money and Anna is mean and evil towards her, and Per refuses to have sex with her. She starts to suspect that something is going on between her husband and stepmother.
Woman of Darkness
1966
6.1Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in a remote Swedish village, meets Ina, who has been raised in forested isolation by her haggish mother and believes herself to be a witch. He falls in love with her and tries to convert her to civilization; but in the meantime, his female boss, Kristina, has fallen in love with him, while the villagers turn against him for consorting with someone they believe is cursed by the Devil.
The Blonde Witch
1956
5.5A man on the verge of marriage is haunted by traumatic memories from his childhood.
Night Games
1966
About a young witch's bitter fate, in the dungeon and on the bonfire. Based on records from witch trials in Dalarna, Sweden, in the 17th century.
Häxa
1973
7.0"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. Mats can not understand the divine justice and decides to go to paradise and ask God himself. It becomes a journey where he meets the prophets, king Solomon and finally God himself.
The Heavenly Play
1942
4.0Christer Berg dies in a car crash and is found with a teddy bear named "Bamse". His son, also named Christer finds out that Bamse belongs to his father's lover Barbro Persson. He tries to humiliate her, introducing her to his mother as his new fiancée. But he ends up falling in love with her, and she sees in him the memories of her dead lover. When she finds herself pregnant, they have to decide about their love affair.
Bamse
1968
NRThe story of future king Gustav's journey through Dalecarlia in the year 1520.
The Adventures of Gustav Vasa in Dalecarlia
1972
7.0When a vagrant family arrives to the village Vindinge one hot summer in the 1920's, the parish is spiced up with sex and alcohol. Based on a novel by Swedish Academy member Artur Lundkvist.
Waltz of Sex
1968
5.5A comedy about the young notary Thore, who mistakenly opens a private letter to his boss, lawyer Larsson. The letter says that a certain Eva Larsson will inherit a piece of land in Guatemala, containing large oil deposits. A baby photo of Eva has been included for identification, and when Thore is fired for his mistake he happens to bring the photo with him.
En sån strålande dag
1967
9.0Together with his wife Carin and their little son Lasse, Helge Tellberg is in the position of leaving Sweden to become a missionary in Rhodesia.
Jag är med eder...
1948
A politically motivated dramatic short film from Social Democrats ahead of the 1952 elections.
Towards the Future
1952
About a man who takes advantage of his friends and one day comes across an extraordinary painting.
Slottstappning
1964
Behind the camera
7.0Olof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver and his reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide.
Song of the Scarlet Flower
1956
7.0Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later.
Ordet
1943
8.0A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl.
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957
4.5The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who quickly wins the heart of Anna Eva.
Hemsöborna
1955
8.0Doctor Karin Lange arrives at a hospital to begin work but faces opposition from the head of surgery who believes women are not suited to the medical profession.
Kvinna i vitt
1949
About a young witch's bitter fate, in the dungeon and on the bonfire. Based on records from witch trials in Dalarna, Sweden, in the 17th century.
Häxa
1973
About a young witch's bitter fate, in the dungeon and on the bonfire. Based on records from witch trials in Dalarna, Sweden, in the 17th century.
Häxa
1973
7.2The poor farmer Jan is getting very old when he becomes father to the girl, Klara Gulla. First, he sees the child as a burden, but when he receives the newborn child in his arms he is overjoyed. He does everything in his power for her during her. But when she as an adult leaves home, Jan can not come over the loss of her.
The Emperor of Portugallia
1944
9.0Erik, 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
7.0"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. Mats can not understand the divine justice and decides to go to paradise and ask God himself. It becomes a journey where he meets the prophets, king Solomon and finally God himself.
The Heavenly Play
1942
10.0Charlie is an old circus artist who quit after an accident. When a circus comes to town, their lion is let loose.
Lejon på stan
1959
10.0Mona and Egil have grown up with a jumble of parents and stepparents. Now they have a total of three pairs of parents. Mona gets pregnant, and all her parents want her to get married. During the engagement party, the parents cheat on each other one by one, which leads to Mona escaping with her fiancé. They decide not to get married. The parents travel to Copenhagen to look for the escaped young people.
I moralens navn
1954
8.0A new young priest begins his duty on a small island. He assumes that the service should not be to demanding, so that he will be able to finish his doctoral thesis. But the life at sea is hard with severe accidents. He faces emotionally difficult situations related to both love and death.
Love
1952
4.7A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as customers. The murderer stole a picture of Gullan after he killed her, a picture which later is found in a rented tuxedo when the tuxedo is returned. Four students decide to solve the case, but it seems that the truth is even closer than they first suspected...
Farlig vår
1949
NRSwedish-Icelandic documentary film commissioned by Iceland's tourist board, which in magnificent color photography links the heritage from the fairy tale era with contemporary Iceland. The film was produced in two language versions – one in Swedish and one in Icelandic – different soundtracks and subtitles, but where the moving images were the same.
The Hillside Is Beautiful
1955
NRSwedish-Icelandic documentary film commissioned by Iceland's tourist board, which in magnificent color photography links the heritage from the fairy tale era with contemporary Iceland. The film was produced in two language versions – one in Swedish and one in Icelandic – different soundtracks and subtitles, but where the moving images were the same.
The Hillside Is Beautiful
1955
8.0The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Sweden's greatest inventors.
Seger i mörker
1954
A married priest woos a seamstress.
Life Starts Now
1948
6.0A coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri. She is doing well for herself as a partner in a small fishing boat, but people believe she is financed by her deceased mother's former fiance, Steinthór, who disappeared on their wedding day many years ago. Salka becomes infatuated with the idealistic Arnaldur who wants to start a workers union, much to the opposition of local entrepreneur Bogesen. The past comes to haunt her in the return of Steinthór but Salka fends off his advances only to lose the restless Arnaldur away. http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is
Salka Valka
1954
6.0The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve will face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend Georges. Together, reliving the events of the past, and David becomes aware that he ruined the lives of two women who both loved him.
The Phantom Carriage
1958
7.0A man is forced to leave his family estate and start again.
Realm of Man
1949
NRThe story of future king Gustav's journey through Dalecarlia in the year 1520.
The Adventures of Gustav Vasa in Dalecarlia
1972
NRThe story of future king Gustav's journey through Dalecarlia in the year 1520.
The Adventures of Gustav Vasa in Dalecarlia
1972
9.0The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay of Bothnia to Narvik at the Norwegian Sea. One of the newest workers, Valfrid from the south of Sweden, is not accepted by neither Stora Ballong, the informal leader of the workers, nor the others. They refuse to talk to him but instead Valfrid gets help from the sworn enemy of the railroad workers: the greedy drugstore owner Blom.
Railroad Workers
1947