Georg Skarstedt

Acting

Georg Skarstedt

Born — Died

1900-01-31 — 1976-12-08

Place of birth

Falun, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Per Georg Wilhelm Skarstedt was a Swedish stage and screen actor. He made his film debut Ivan Hedqvists "Carolina Rediviva" a Swedish film classic from 1920.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 7 titles

Shame poster
7.5

In 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

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing poster
7.3

A sleepy village around 1910. Jacob, the owner of a book store in a small town is a member of a club who baths together every Sunday. He is uninterested in women until Amelie Arbel moves into the town. She is both rich and seductive and he marries her. After the marriage he discovers that she can be very troublesome.

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

1969

Kurragömma poster
6.0

An escaped convict assumes the identity of a professor in order to reveal a criminal syndicate who smuggle diamonds together with Parisian haute couture.

Kurragömma

1963

En sån strålande dag poster
5.5

A 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

Det är hos mig han har varit poster
3.0

"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li.

Det är hos mig han har varit

1963

The Yellow Car poster
5.8

On a tourist trip abroad the passengers on the coach witness an assassination attempt on the President Hurkas. One of the tourists has evidence against the perpetrators, and is killed when the coach reaches Sweden. Another passenger observes how one of the perpetrators is picked up by a yellow car. She is kidnapped and locked up in a mental hospital.

The Yellow Car

1963

Waiting Waters poster
NR

A monologue of a woman who tells about her life, mainly about the men she met, while walking.

Waiting Waters

1965

1950s · 31 titles

The Seventh Seal poster
8.1

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

The Seventh Seal

1957

Summer with Monika poster
7.3

One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

Summer with Monika

1953

A Lesson in Love poster
6.7

After fifteen years of marriage and mutual infidelity, a couple on the brink of divorce unexpectedly confront their unresolved love during a journey to Copenhagen. Blending farce with emotional reflection, the film is Ingmar Bergman’s first sustained venture into marital comedy.

A Lesson in Love

1954

Miss April poster
7.3

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.

Miss April

1958

Girl with Hyacinths poster
7.3

A young woman dies by suicide and leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbour, who becomes determined to investigate her reasons for taking her life.

Girl with Hyacinths

1950

The Staffan Stolle Story poster
6.3

Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country only to return under a false name, looking for true love.

The Staffan Stolle Story

1956

To Joy poster
6.8

A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.

To Joy

1950

Mannequin in Red poster
6.5

A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill her.

Mannequin in Red

1958

Östermans testamente poster
7.0

The fishermen Österman and Sjöberg are sued by merchant Wikström. In order to raise capital, they decide to start producing a medicine from a recipe by Österman's father.

Östermans testamente

1954

Hon kom som en vind poster
6.7

"She Came Like a Wind" - Fabian Rosander works at a factory and is close to 50 years old. When a new employee named Lilly, a young beautiful girl, comes to the factory Fabians life takes a new turn.

Hon kom som en vind

1952

It Is Never Too Late poster
6.0

Görel and Arne are about to get a divorce. Görel thinks back on how history has repeated itself within her family.

It Is Never Too Late

1956

Barabbas poster
6.6

The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.

Barabbas

1953

Restaurant Intim poster
9.0

A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.

Restaurant Intim

1950

The People of Värmland poster
6.5

Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemies. Erik's father wants him to marry a rich girl instead and when Anna hears about this, she falls ill and even starts to show signs of insanity. Will the two have each other or will everything go wrong?

The People of Värmland

1957

This Can't Happen Here poster
5.3

A story of two married refugees from the dictatorship; their quiet life in a new free country is impossible due to the husband's dark secret.

This Can't Happen Here

1950

When Love Came to the Village poster
8.0

A new teacher arrives to the small village and he soon stir up some trouble with his modern way of looking at things. He also stir up some amorous feelings among the local women.

When Love Came to the Village

1950

Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläder poster
3.6

Corporal Åsa-Nisse Nilsson is an officer who somehow manages to teach his soldiers both discipline and the art of war.

Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläder

1958

91:an Karlsson rycker in poster
10.0

Charged by their infatuation of the regiment's maid Elvira, friends and rivals Mandel and Axelsson arrive for military duty, whereupon silly things happen in and around a mansion that is rumored to be haunted.

91:an Karlsson rycker in

1955

Storm over Tjurö poster
6.3

Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.

Storm over Tjurö

1954

No artwork available
9.0

The lonesome Johannes gets a phone call from Gösta Bernhard who wants to come over to him for a vacation in the archipelago.

Enslingen i blåsväder

1959

Resa i natten poster
9.0

Gösta is a lorry driver and has been married to Birgitta for eight years. Their marriage is only held together by their daughter. Gösta picks up girls along the roads and during a drive to Malmö he stumbles on the singing actress Irene. Gösta is captivated by her romantic presence and her joy of life. Besides picking up women, Gösta is sometimes affected by sudden seizures. His wife is unaware of this.

Resa i natten

1955

Perhaps a Gentleman poster
7.0

After watching Stig Järrel star in a production of Pygmalion Mister Haglund bets him that he can turn anyone into a gentlemen in a few months.

Perhaps a Gentleman

1950

No artwork available
7.0

Biographical account of Kalle Jularbo, a famous Swedish accordion-player.

Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo

1952

When Bengt and Anders Swapped Wives poster
7.5

Two neighbours, each with a small plot of land, hate each other. Both are dissatisfied with his wife.

When Bengt and Anders Swapped Wives

1950

Möten i skymningen poster
5.5

Olle moves to Stockholm to start a new job as a printer. He rents a room by his colleague-to-be, Victor. He shares the apartment with Roffe who has a serious alcohol problem - and a very flirtatious wife, Irma. He falls in love with Irma's sister, Barbro.

Möten i skymningen

1957

The White Cat poster
6.3

A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.

The White Cat

1950

Darling of Mine poster
6.7

The 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

Rolling Sea poster
8.0

"Rolling Sea" - After a longer stay at the hospital, the young Martin comes to Gothenburg and notice that his fiancee Sonja has met another man.

Rolling Sea

1950

Miss Chic poster
4.7

Buster Carell, a talent agent is threatened by bankruptcy when his only real talent, a singing lumberjack, runs off with the company funds. Watching a TV quiz show, Carell discovers a prodigal singer, Isabella Linder, and offers her a contract. But she is unwilling and would like to remain a school teacher.

Miss Chic

1959

My Passionate Longing poster
10.0

The nurse Nina becomes sterile after an illegal abortion and keep it a secret from her husband.

My Passionate Longing

1956

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously poster
6.6

When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously

1957

1940s · 17 titles

Private Number 91-Karlsson poster
7.2

The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance.

Private Number 91-Karlsson

1946

Kiss Her! poster
6.8

Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private driver asks her to be a witness. When her friends see her talk to the driver, they start to believe that she is Brenner's fiancée. The manager of the theater, Gravander, gives her the leading part in his latest show, in order to befriend Brenner. Larsson plays along in this mistake and when Brenner hears about this he asks to see Larsson, pretending to be a news journalist... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Kiss Her!

1940

Music in Darkness poster
6.2

In postwar Sweden, a gifted young pianist’s life is transformed after a tragic accident leaves him blind. Struggling with bitterness, isolation, and the loss of his former world, he finds unexpected support and companionship from a compassionate young woman who helps him rebuild his sense of purpose. As their relationship deepens over the years, both must confront questions of pride, class, and emotional vulnerability in order to move forward.

Music in Darkness

1948

Försummad av sin fru poster
8.0

Pelle (Karl-Arne Holmsten) and Siska (Irma Christenson) Hedberg are both journalists on the same newspaper. Pelle is an editor and Siska writes a relationship advice column. They're also newlyweds. And they love each other and are very happy together. But Siska often works late. Which leaves Pelle home alone. And after a while he starts to feel neglected. So he writes a letter about his problem to Siska’s relationship column. And HILARITY ensues in this ZANY ROM-COM!

Försummad av sin fru

1947

Lars Hård poster
5.5

Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.

Lars Hård

1948

Skogen är vår arvedel poster
9.0

The farmer Per Jonsson doesn't think too well about the factory in the neighborhood, since he thinks that it destroys the fishing and makes the young people leave the countryside. When the workers at the factory go on strike, they ask him to sell milk to them and let them work in his forest. But Jonsson is stubborn and refuses to give them any help at all. At least until he is in an accident and also need help.

Skogen är vår arvedel

1944

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

Tonight or Never poster
5.5

A famous crime novelist checks in at a hotel in the mountains under false identity.

Tonight or Never

1941

The Blockhead of the Block poster
7.0

The kids on the south side of Stockholm get together to help their friend Kalle out when he's broken a window, by starting a fund-raiser. But some older kids are after the money.

The Blockhead of the Block

1947

Lång-Lasse i Delsbo poster
7.5

it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the parishioners.

Lång-Lasse i Delsbo

1949

Little Martin Returns poster
5.8

Sture Letterström and Kurre Svensson take on the task of rescuing a secret document during World War II from a group of Swedish Nazis. Since both of them are known by the local Nazis, Sture takes on the role of Miss Märta Letterström, and Kurre also has to make use of his feminine side as well as a dress.

Little Martin Returns

1948

Sextetten Karlsson poster
5.0

The story about Karlsson's six boys, who makes mischief in the fictional town of Östköping.

Sextetten Karlsson

1945

Sin poster
4.0

Fredrik seduces the office girl Anna. She becomes helplessly passionately in love. Fredrik cheat Anna of all her savings. He intends to manufacture beauty products. To market the product he forge the signature of a wealthy aunt of Anna.

Sin

1948

Det spökar - det spökar... poster
8.0

The hunt for a precious porcelain tableware leads to the Möllegården estate, where ghosts are said to live.

Det spökar - det spökar...

1943

Springpojkar är vi allihopa poster
7.5

Gugge and Nuffe work at the competing meat wholesalers AB Delikatesser and AB Skånedelikatesser. The two companies compete for a large order and the two will stop at hardly nothing to get the order

Springpojkar är vi allihopa

1941

The Balloon poster
7.5

Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.

The Balloon

1946

Strange Harbor poster
7.0

A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead. That same evening one of the Swedish sailors, meets a Jewish woman who has fled Nazi Germany.

Strange Harbor

1948

1930s · 4 titles

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