Naima Wifstrand

Acting

Naima Wifstrand

Born — Died

1890-09-04 — 1968-10-23

Place of birth

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Naima Wifstrand (pronounced [ˈnâjma ˈvîːfstrand];[check tonemes] 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films.

Known for

Wild Strawberries poster
8.1

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

Wild Strawberries

1957

Hour of the Wolf poster
7.4

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

Hour of the Wolf

1968

Smiles of a Summer Night poster
7.4

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955

The Magician poster
7.3

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.

The Magician

1958

Waiting Women poster
6.4

The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.

Waiting Women

1952

Wonderful Adventures of Nils poster
6.1

A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

1962

Film credits

1960s · 7 titles

1950s · 27 titles

Wild Strawberries poster
8.1

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

Wild Strawberries

1957

Smiles of a Summer Night poster
7.4

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955

The Magician poster
7.3

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.

The Magician

1958

Waiting Women poster
6.4

The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.

Waiting Women

1952

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming poster
5.8

A young woman faces an arranged marriage imposed by her aunts as the hour of her suitor’s arrival approaches. Adapted for television from Hjalmar Bergman’s one-act play, the film uses intimate staging and close observation to explore coercion and quiet despair.

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

1957

Dreams poster
7.0

Two women—a fashion executive and her young model—experience parallel romantic disappointments during a trip to Gothenburg, exposing generational differences in desire, illusion, and emotional endurance. A transitional work in Ingmar Bergman’s mid-1950s cinema.

Dreams

1955

Valley of the Eagles poster
6.2

A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However, the machine is stolen by the scientist's wife and assistant, who head across the frozen tundra towards Russia. A police inspector and a local girl team up with the scientist to help recover the device.

Valley of the Eagles

1951

The Blonde Witch poster
6.1

Brulard, 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

Södrans Revy poster
10.0

Naima Wifstrand, leading old lady, dressed as a Primadonna presents the variety revue "The Old, Happy 40's", a dark time of angst, depression and derailed, wild happiness. Those were the days. Music, dance, songs and hillarious sketches follow.

Södrans Revy

1950

No artwork available
5.0

Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini at a gala held in Sweden in 1953.

Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns

1953

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

Säg det med blommor poster
9.0

Kirre buys a flower for his fiancee Gun on the anniversary of their engagement. Gun's mother, an illusion-free elderly lady, believes that this attention will disappear when they marry.

Säg det med blommor

1952

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth poster
7.5

A high school in a small city. Torben and Ninni are deeply infatuated with each other but their parents dislike the pair seeing each other. After graduation Torben joins the army and when Ninni discovers that she is pregnant her parents send her to a farm in Denmark to bear her child.

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth

1952

Puck heter jag poster
6.7

Romance blossoms between single seamstress Puck and the art critic, Roger. He is engaged to Elsa, whose wedding dress Puck is involved with designing.

Puck heter jag

1951

Hård klang poster
5.2

A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A German opened a quarry some 50 years ago, after realizing the value of granite. Now WW1 begins.

Hård klang

1952

Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries poster
6.0

A short documentary capturing behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Wild Strawberries, offering a glimpse of Ingmar Bergman at work with his cast and crew during the making of one of his most celebrated films.

Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

1957

No artwork available
8.0

Ursula is the only daughter of a rich landowner high in Sweden. At 20 her father dies and she becomes reluctant heiress to huge property. Ursula is emotionally torn between a young handsome forester and farmer.

Ursula - Flickan i Finnskogarna

1953

No artwork available
8.0

Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.

Vingslag i natten

1953

No artwork available
8.0

The beautiful student Katja shocks the conservative and rigid city of Wadköping by appearing in tail-coat on the big prom.

Girl in Tails

1956

Sjutton år poster
10.0

It's summertime. The students Allan and Erik returns to their home town. 19-year old Allan is in love with 17-year old Anna-Lena. She rejects his clumsy attempts of telling her, but that's because she is uncertain of her own feelings. The Norwegian singer Lydia Hennert has an accident with her car and she is slightly injured. Allan's father is a doctor and Lydia spends a few days with them. Allan falls in love with her instead, she is a "real" woman and not a girl. But this makes Anna-Lena jealous.

Sjutton år

1957

Malin Goes Home poster
NR

Old lady Malin Klintbom is being promised a cosy and comfortably life at the residential home she is invited to visit. However, she finds the home impossible to live at and flies in panic to her cabin.

Malin Goes Home

1953

The Road to Klockrike poster
4.3

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants.

The Road to Klockrike

1953

Fianceé for Hire poster
6.4

A secretary transforms their defunct legal agency into a service where you can get anything, from childcare to gardening to even a fiancée.

Fianceé for Hire

1950

Fianceé for Hire poster
6.4

A secretary transforms their defunct legal agency into a service where you can get anything, from childcare to gardening to even a fiancée.

Fianceé for Hire

1950

No artwork available
7.0

The two alcoholics Rudolf and Bertil gets fired from their jobs. For Bertil the story ends happily. He quits drinking and takes a job on a ship. For Rudolph it is worse. He can't kick the booze.

Paradiset

1955

No artwork available
10.0

The night before her wedding, a nervous bride examines her gifts and picks out a book of romantic short stories. Hoping to while away the evening, she settles on the couch and begins reading "La grande Bretêche" by Honoré de Balzac.

Den underbara lögnen

1955

Danssalongen poster
6.0

Love, jealousy, music and drugs in violent wild youth thriller. Takes place at the legendary dance-hall Nalen in Stockholm.

Danssalongen

1955

1940s · 25 titles

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

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

Thirst poster
6.3

A fractured portrait of desire and isolation, following a failing marriage and parallel stories of emotional entrapment as memories surface during a train journey through postwar Europe. Told through flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, the film signals Ingmar Bergman’s emerging mature style.

Thirst

1949

Caged Women poster
8.0

Cecilia is in hospital after being subjected to an attempt on her life. Her husband is called to the hospital. Cecilia deliriously mentions a mutual friend. The husband seeks out the friend.

Caged Women

1947

A Guest Is Coming poster
6.5

It's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it. The following morning he's found murdered.

A Guest Is Coming

1947

Private Bom poster
5.4

The station-master Fabian Bom is a very meticulous person, and he makes sure that the trains leaves exactly - on the second. To him, nothing could be more important than duty, efficiency and punctuality, in fact, his sense of duty is clearly perverted. His beloved Plum-Plum, the major's daughter, is infatuated with army officers. To regain her attention, he joins the infantry. Bom becomes a soldier who loves the military training, long marches as well as hard labour as punishment. He meets Agnes, who falls madly in love with him.

Private Bom

1948

The Woman Drives Me Crazy poster
7.0

Managing Director Erik Cassander is in financial strain and his only hope is a wealthy aunt.

The Woman Drives Me Crazy

1948

Sten Stensson kommer till stan poster
5.5

Sten Stensson from Eslöv has just got his law-degree from the University of Stockholm.

Sten Stensson kommer till stan

1945

No artwork available
9.0

The film shows episodes from the labor movement's breakthrough and reform work.

They Fought Their Way to Freedom

1948

Kungsgatan poster
6.0

Young woman Marta dreams of a better future and leaves her parent's cabbage patch and move to Stockholm. Waiting tables doesn't pay nearly enough and she soon finds herself working the streets. Her teenage sweetheart Adrian also moves to Stockholm to search for her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Kungsgatan

1943

Singoalla poster
6.3

Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.

Singoalla

1949

No artwork available
8.0

Ingegerd Lindberg is coming to Stockholm from the countryside. The first person she meets at the Central Station is Curt Brehmer.

Nattvaktens hustru

1947

Se opp för spioner! poster
8.0

A bomb attempt is prevented in the last minute but one question remains: who placed the bomb? After some stakeout work the police are on the track and a wild hunt through Stockholm begins.

Se opp för spioner!

1944

Livet i finnskogarna poster
4.0

In a rural parish in 1906, young Heikki, one of the Finnish immigrants, lives a wild and free life in the deep forest. After poaching, his furs are confiscated and Heikki vows to have his revenge by seducing the young women of the parish, one by one.

Livet i finnskogarna

1947

Hotell Kåkbrinken poster
8.0

Laban Lundström is the porter at Hotell Kåkbrinken. The hotel is threatened by wholesaler Sjökvist, who wants to pull down the house and build a new and modern house instead.

Hotell Kåkbrinken

1946

How to Love poster
3.3

Tells a story about a man named Anthony who loses his wife, to an illness and finds it hard to move on. Although Anthony is now single, he struggles with how to build a new relationship with Tiffany. Anthony is uneasy to love again and pushes her away. He finds a letter from his deceased wife, saying that if something happens, to love and marry again. He is ready to let go, let God and move on.

How to Love

1947

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

Playing Truant poster
5.8

High school student Margareta fall head over heels in love with a young doctor and announce her engagement to him to her parents. She quits school and move in with him in a large house. However, the life of a housewife soon becomes tedious. Her husband does not want her to study but secretly she enrolls in a high school again to be able to graduate. Her husband suspects funny business when she is spotted with her private tutor.

Playing Truant

1949

Hin och smålänningen poster
7.0

Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes Satan himself - with cloven hoofs and a big mean grin.

Hin och smålänningen

1949

No artwork available
9.0

Harriet Rosenberg has traveled with her mother to the mountains to find a suitable victim to marry.

Jag älskar dig, argbigga

1946

Flickor i hamn poster
9.0

Shipmate Henrik gets in contact with two women in Gothenburg — the sociable Lisbeth and the shy Astrid.

Flickor i hamn

1945

Solkatten poster
7.0

The waitress Monica goes to Västerköping to find out who actually was her father. By aunt Margareta, she has been told that her mother, who died at birth, had four admirers.

Solkatten

1948

Flottans kavaljerer poster
5.1

Baron Conrad Crusenhielm is hit in the head during a drunken brawl. Suffering from amnesia, he is mistaken for the lost sailor Karlsson and taken to the navy vessel Fylgia.

Flottans kavaljerer

1948

En dotter född poster
10.0

Inger lives at home with his parents. She suspects that she is pregnant. A doctor notes her pregnancy and urge her to seek the child's father. The doctor offers her an abortion, but she refuses.

En dotter född

1944

Lappblod poster
9.0

Lapland, Sweden. The Sami Arvi wants to marry young Aino but her mother will not give her permission as long as Arvi does not have a herd of 400 reindeer. The only one who has reindeer to sell is the rich Oula, but he wants to marry Aino as well. The only way for Arvi to get the animals is buying them from Norway - but this is highly illegal.

Lappblod

1948