Karl-Arne Holmsten

Acting

Karl-Arne Holmsten

Born — Died

1911-08-14 — 1995-02-22

Place of birth

Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Karl-Arne Holmsten was a Swedish stage and screen actor. He made his film debut in Ragnar Arvedson's "Kustens glada kavaljerer" in 1938. Karl-Arne Holmsten portrayed the elegant detective John Hillman in five films by Arne Mattsson, based on Folke Mellvig's novels. He also played Maria Lang's detective Christer Wijk in two films.

Known for

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

The Yellow Squadron poster
5.9

The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.

The Yellow Squadron

1954

When Darkness Falls poster
5.6

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.

When Darkness Falls

1960

Lady in White poster
6.1

A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.

Lady in White

1962

Swinging at the Castle poster
7.0

Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.

Swinging at the Castle

1959

Like Everyone Else poster
6.5

Kurre and Inga are engaged to be married. However, as they are very poor, they can't afford it just yet. They live separate, both in small apartments with a friend. Inga works at an office and Kurre at a small factory. Inga has a liability to be late in the mornings and this gets her into some trouble at the office, because of her very strict boss. This, along with the fact that another girl starts to court Kurre puts their relationship to the test, a crisis which is easier said than done to solve.

Like Everyone Else

1944

Film credits

1960s · 8 titles

When Darkness Falls poster
5.6

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.

When Darkness Falls

1960

Lady in White poster
6.1

A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.

Lady in White

1962

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person poster
7.0

People on a train get murdered. Who is the murderer? Everybody on the train is a suspect. One of them is the homosexual dope fiend played by Heinz Hopf. Things might get out of hand in this exciting thriller in true Hitchcockian style.

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

1967

Älskling på vift poster
9.0

What happens if a regular housewife picks up in a local beauty contest - and wins? How will it be when the husband forbids her to go to the finals in Mallorca - but she is going anyway?

Älskling på vift

1964

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

Two Vikings poster
7.0

The viking chief Hjorvard has two wild sons, Glum and Garm, both notorious berserkers.

Two Vikings

1965

Ljuvlig är sommarnatten poster
6.7

Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects...

Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

1961

1950s · 26 titles

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

The Yellow Squadron poster
5.9

The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.

The Yellow Squadron

1954

Swinging at the Castle poster
7.0

Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.

Swinging at the Castle

1959

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 Lady in Black poster
5.8

The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.

The Lady in Black

1958

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

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

Just a Waiter poster
7.0

Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Matilda Roos, singer and diva. Fabian is too insensitive to notice that Annie, who works in the kitchen, is in love with him. Encouraged by Matilda, Fabian leaves the hotel and goes to Stockholm to become famous. But, as he soon learns, it is more difficult than he first thought.

Just a Waiter

1959

Den tappre soldaten Jönsson poster
8.0

About a love triangle between the soldiers 32 Svensson and 58 Jönsson and the girl Blenda. Both men ends up in jail, for different reasons. Further adventures and incidents occur.

Den tappre soldaten Jönsson

1956

One Fiancé at a Time poster
6.0

Lilian is engaged to engineer Arne. To make him more interested in her, she meets a few other men.

One Fiancé at a Time

1952

No artwork available
6.0

Law graduate Ylva Markner spends the summer on the island of Väddö, where she gets involved in a quarrel concerning a last will.

Vi på Väddö

1958

Young Man Seeking Company poster
4.5

A lonely young man falls in love with a girl he has observed from a distance. One day he stops her on the street and asks if she has lost a piece of jewelry.

Young Man Seeking Company

1954

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

Resan till dej poster
7.0

The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes a breakthrough.

Resan till dej

1953

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

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

Crime in Paradise poster
7.0

While four men blow up a safe, a night watchman is accidentally killed. They get away with the loot. Ten years later, the stepson of the dead night watchman receives vital information.

Crime in Paradise

1959

Rider in Blue poster
6.1

When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army's riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. She gets involved in the strange murder of the Blue Rider. Unknown to everyone at Strömsholm.

Rider in Blue

1959

Ljuset från Lund poster
6.7

A horse wanders from town to the countryside. Here lives Sten Stensson Steen, a bachelor at law and philosophy. He is writing a social psychological report on the youth problem.

Ljuset från Lund

1955

Klasskamrater poster
7.5

Newly graduated teacher Anna-Greta is courted by a senior student.

Klasskamrater

1952

Ubåt 39 poster
8.0

About U-Boat 39 the first U-Boat sunk in WW2 by the UK Carrier Ark Royal.

Ubåt 39

1952

Tull-Bom poster
5.7

Bureacratic customs officer searching for a missing girl.

Tull-Bom

1951

Kyssen på kryssen poster
5.5

Lasse Brenner is a serious filmmaker (spoof on Ingmar Bergman) who is forced to direct a lighthearted comedy. The filming takes place in different cities across Europe and North Africa so Brenner and the crew have to sail on a cruse ship. Brenner's wife suspects he has an affair with the lead actress, so she also boards the ship undercover to keep an eye on him.

Kyssen på kryssen

1950

Dance on Roses poster
6.5

Marianne is a dancer at the Lilla Teatern. The theatre has financial troubles and its existence is under threat. Marianne falls in love with Stig Broman, the owner of the theatre. After a few problems, the actors manage to set up a show, with Marianne as leading lady, which will decide the fate of the theatre.

Dance on Roses

1954

Sju vackra flickor poster
8.0

Unsuccessful composer Stig disguises himself as a woman to play in ex-fiancee Sonja's seven piece women's orchestra, which is temporarily short one member, at a hotel. When Stig's jealous, and unsuccessful actress, wife Eva finds out about it she too disguises herself as the opposite sex by posing as a hotel porter. Additional complications arise and hilarity ensues!

Sju vackra flickor

1956

Flottans glada gossar poster
6.5

When Ludvig Ekman is ordered to do his military rehearsals course, he sends one of his employees, Lasse Alm, to do it for him. Everything is fine until Alm also is ordered to do the same thing - on the same boat! There is only one thing to do: Ekman goes as Alm. When Ekman goes aboard, he discovers that it is his wife's ex-husband who is captain and Ekman really is punished for marrying his wife.

Flottans glada gossar

1954

1940s · 24 titles

Like Everyone Else poster
6.5

Kurre and Inga are engaged to be married. However, as they are very poor, they can't afford it just yet. They live separate, both in small apartments with a friend. Inga works at an office and Kurre at a small factory. Inga has a liability to be late in the mornings and this gets her into some trouble at the office, because of her very strict boss. This, along with the fact that another girl starts to court Kurre puts their relationship to the test, a crisis which is easier said than done to solve.

Like Everyone Else

1944

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

När ungdomen vaknar poster
9.0

Liv and Kåre both come from broken families bursting with frustration and aggression's. Having found each other they now feel supported and loved.

När ungdomen vaknar

1943

Gröna hissen poster
5.0

Ulla thinks her husband Billy is boring and starts dating other men. Lillans husband Peter is having important meetings, including girls. Billy and Lillan decides to pretend to be in love, to rouse jealousy of Ulla and Peter.

Gröna hissen

1944

The Invisible Wall poster
6.4

In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.

The Invisible Wall

1944

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

No artwork available
5.7

Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by Karl Gustav posing as the heir of the castle.

A Sailor on Horseback

1940

The Emperor of Portugallia poster
7.2

The 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

Örlogsmän poster
6.0

The trio Erik, Arne and Ingrid have been friends since childhood, the two boys always competing for the affection of Ingrid. At the naval academy Erik gets into a fistfight and is expelled, to instead become a captain of a trading ship. Before he leaves Ingrid and Erik are engaged in secret. Later, when Erik is believed to be lost at sea, Ingrid instead gets engaged with Arne.

Örlogsmän

1943

The Bride Came Through the Ceiling poster
4.5

The police is looking for a female burglar all dressed in white.

The Bride Came Through the Ceiling

1947

No artwork available
9.0

The office worker Eva is told that she has inherited a massive amount of money in the United States.

Ung dam med tur

1941

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

Fröken Kyrkråtta poster
9.0

Banking director Anders Berg in Gothenburg has found reason to terminate his former secretary Vivi Lundgren, who obviously did everything to vamp him.

Fröken Kyrkråtta

1941

Farlig vår poster
4.7

A 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

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

Females At Play poster
6.3

A musical comedy about Kalle Svensson, a sergeant in the navy, and his loved one Nanette Raquette who works as a gymnastics teacher.

Females At Play

1945

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

Blyge Anton poster
7.0

Anton, a very shy bookkeeper, must show his mettle when him and his colleagues at work ask for a raise but instead are laid off.

Blyge Anton

1940

No artwork available
7.0

The story about Klas Ekengren, the mayor of a small Swedish town, and his mother Alma.

En flicka för mej

1943

Love Wins Out poster
7.5

The year is 1946. Dr. Bertil Burman works at a Red Cross Hospital in Vienna. One day, a barely teenage girl, Leni Rosner, collapses at his reception.

Love Wins Out

1949

Life and Death poster
6.7

Thriller set in northern Sweden during WWII where a regiment of ski-borne soldiers and guests in a tourist hotel experience and investigate acts of treason.

Life and Death

1943

No artwork available
NR

Documentary on workers with dangerous jobs.

Hu!

1947

Daddy Wanted poster
5.5

Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist, Lydia. By mistake he try to pay off the wrong manicurist, Mary, who by coincidence has a fiancé named Tom.

Daddy Wanted

1947

Dolly tar chansen poster
10.0

Dolly Holm work as a waitress, but her big dream is to stand on stage and act.

Dolly tar chansen

1944