Signe Wirff

Acting

Signe Wirff

Born — Died

1887-11-05 — 1956-12-18

Place of birth

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

29 titles

Known for

The Phantom Carriage poster
7.7

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

The Phantom Carriage

1921

Crisis poster
6.4

A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's biological mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.

Crisis

1946

Stiliga Augusta poster
8.0

The maid quits at the Sommer family household and because no one in the family can cook they desperately needs a new maid. The son in the family, Åke, is a famous actor at the theater and when the up and coming actress Marianne (who also has a crush on the famous Åke) hears about the Sommers needing a new maid, she seizes the opportunity and goes undercover as a maid to get closer to Åke and the big roles in the theater.

Stiliga Augusta

1946

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

Wandering with the Moon poster
6.7

Dan, aged 19, leaves his home after a quarrel with his father. At the side of the country road he meets a traveling theater company who has run out of money. He falls in love with the young actress Pia and together they leave, meeting a string of peculiar characters: a vagabond, a friendly vicar and a cynical adventurer.

Wandering with the Moon

1945

A Cruise in the Albertina poster
10.0

John is the skipper of the Albertina which is moored in Mariehamn. Nearby is luxury yacht Sea Star, where Ann-Mari boards. She begins to take an interest in John and makes sure to come aboard the Albertina to meet him.

A Cruise in the Albertina

1938

Film credits

1950s · 4 titles

1940s · 17 titles

Crisis poster
6.4

A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's biological mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.

Crisis

1946

Stiliga Augusta poster
8.0

The maid quits at the Sommer family household and because no one in the family can cook they desperately needs a new maid. The son in the family, Åke, is a famous actor at the theater and when the up and coming actress Marianne (who also has a crush on the famous Åke) hears about the Sommers needing a new maid, she seizes the opportunity and goes undercover as a maid to get closer to Åke and the big roles in the theater.

Stiliga Augusta

1946

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

Wandering with the Moon poster
6.7

Dan, aged 19, leaves his home after a quarrel with his father. At the side of the country road he meets a traveling theater company who has run out of money. He falls in love with the young actress Pia and together they leave, meeting a string of peculiar characters: a vagabond, a friendly vicar and a cynical adventurer.

Wandering with the Moon

1945

Man of the Forest poster
7.0

Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.

Man of the Forest

1940

Imprisoned Women poster
5.2

A 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

Young Blood poster
5.0

Eva is a very talented and able college girl. In the summer she is going to work at a farm. There she meets a different world of unwanted children, desires and temporary relationships.

Young Blood

1943

I brist på bevis poster
5.5

A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of jealousy, Dahlin abuses his wife Inga and after that he is forcibly interned again. Inga is a nurse and she is now moving to a mountain village to work at a district clinic. During an emergency visit, she encounters her childhood sweetheart, the doctor Gunnar, and old feelings between them begin to flare up again.

I brist på bevis

1943

Man glömmer ingenting poster
7.0

When Nora's father unexpectedly dies, she moves to her uncle Berthold and his wife Alice. Berthold is immediately attracted to the 19-year old girl, but his wife, jealous and alcoholic, notices it and becomes hostile to Nora. Nora begins her art studies to become a painter and gets to know the young Johan Manel, who falls in love with her.

Man glömmer ingenting

1942

Kuckelikaka poster
7.0

Annika and Bo want to surprise their mother with a homemade cake on Mother's Day. However, not everything works out so easily.

Kuckelikaka

1949

En melodi om våren poster
9.0

Sten meets Nina on a train ride. He feels attracted to her but he is already engaged to his fiancee Marie-Louise.

En melodi om våren

1943

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

Life Goes On poster
5.5

The Swedish officer Mikael Bourg has served with the French army in Africa. When he returns to Sweden after many years abroad to recover from malaria, he meets his son, a student who prefers partying with his frat friends instead of his bank job; a disappointment in his father's eyes. He also meets a young librarian, Ebba Garland, which makes him feel young again and distracts him from the sickness.

Life Goes On

1941

No artwork available
8.0

Karsten falls in love with Sonja, she rejects him, but not because of lack of interest. She travels to France and he goes after her. They get to know each other and become close.

Stopp! Tänk på något annat

1944

Narkos poster
6.0

A professor suffers an accident that disables him. He struggles to keep his courage, trying to understand and solve a conflict with his wife.

Narkos

1944

Kristin Commands poster
6.2

Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a scholarship for Vilhelm so he can go back to his medical studies.

Kristin Commands

1946

Man's Woman poster
9.0

An agrarian community sometime in the 1700s. The farmer Påvel is married with his young wife Märit and very proud to have married such a young and sweet girl. Märit however, is disappointed about her marriage. Their neighbor Håkan lives alone on his farm and he falls in love with Märit. He tells her of his feelings and Märit is torn between the security of her marriage and the feelings she has for Håkan.

Man's Woman

1945

1930s · 7 titles

A Cruise in the Albertina poster
10.0

John is the skipper of the Albertina which is moored in Mariehamn. Nearby is luxury yacht Sea Star, where Ann-Mari boards. She begins to take an interest in John and makes sure to come aboard the Albertina to meet him.

A Cruise in the Albertina

1938

Bombi Bitt and Me poster
5.5

Bombi Bitt is the mischievous boy in 1930s Skåne whom no one can control – and the stationmaster's strict son Eli becomes his admiring companion. Together they experience a series of thrilling and cheerful adventures among characters such as Jöns Pumpare, the painter Vricklund, the sugar whore Franskan and the horse thief Nils Gallilé. The highlight is the grand visit to Kivik Market. Based on Fritiof Nilsson Piraten's autobiographical debut book.

Bombi Bitt and Me

1936

The Paymaster poster
8.7

Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.

The Paymaster

1939

To Help the Lady of the House poster
5.5

Ingrid Eriksson, a social worker, decides to find out something about the problems facing housemaids and gets herself a job as one at the home of John Willman's family. John's son, Åke, falls in love with her and numerous complications arise before the course of true love runs smoothly.

To Help the Lady of the House

1939

Äventyr i pyjamas poster
7.0

The notary Georg Edfeldt is in love with Dagny Anderberg. Dagny's father is the lawyer Harry Anderberg, who refuses to give his consent to Georg's marriage to Dagny.

Äventyr i pyjamas

1935

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
7.0

The Rosenqvist family needs domestic help.

Hemslavinnor

1933