Sigurd Wallén

Acting

Sigurd Wallén

Born 1884-09-01 · Tierp, Uppsala län, Sweden

Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 1884 – 20 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.

Acting credits

Giftasvuxna döttrar poster
9.0

Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.

Giftasvuxna döttrar

1933

Det är min musik poster
10.0

Inga and her father, the violin maker Lars, are big music enthusiasts. One day they meet the violinist Jan-Erik.

Det är min musik

1942

Hur tokigt som helst poster
10.0

"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted by a publisher. The failure makes him depressed, but he is living it up by meeting a good friend Calle, who invites him home. Poppe stays for a few days as a male housewife. Calle has a music store and there the two friends can go crazy among all the instruments.

Hur tokigt som helst

1949

Två år i varje klass poster
9.0

The boys will get a new class teacher who has discipline, they get in a lot of mischief, so much complaints that they have to read extra during the summer holidays to get started in class 4.

Två år i varje klass

1938

I mörkaste Småland poster
7.0

Albert Engström's anecdotes of Småland have been put together to make a comedy film about Johannes and Cornelius, two smallholding farmers and best friends.

I mörkaste Småland

1943

Vi går landsvägen poster
8.0

Three drifters walks on a country road. Loffe is about 35 years, Maggan about 50 years and Novisen about 25 years. They arrive to a mansion with a castle ruin by a lake. Loffe says he is the eldest of children born on the estate.

Vi går landsvägen

1937

Hemsöborna poster
6.0

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Hemsöborna

1944

No artwork available
9.0

Actor Carl Barcklind (playing a fictional version of himself) enjoys life and women in Stockholm. Invited to the Sommarlund family, he gets caught in a love triangel, as both the daughter and the mother of the family are enamoured with him.

The Stockholm Ladies’ Darling

1911

His Life's Match poster
9.0

Gunnar Gawell is mason on a building but also a very good football player. He gets a chance to play for the the national team against Denmark. Gunnar is offered a bribe if he allows the Danish team to win the match.

His Life's Match

1932

The Count of the Old Town poster
5.2

A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.

The Count of the Old Town

1935

No artwork available
8.0

A humorous story concerning the return of a prosperous Swedish native, Charlie Johnson, to his native country after many years in America. The acceptance and acclamation of himself and his American-born daughter provide many situations involving them, their relatives and the townspeople.

Du gamla du fria !

1938

Imprisoned Women poster
5.3

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

Servant's Entrance poster
8.0

Helga Breder is a young, spoiled girl. To her beloved Jörgen she says that she, as a modern young woman, is multi-talented and can do whatever she likes. Jörgen bets that she can't work as a house-maid but, if she manages it, he will buy her a diamond ring. Helga becomes a house-maid at Vinger Mansion and falls in love with an inventor, Bertil Frigård, who lives there.

Servant's Entrance

1932

Smålänningar poster
10.0

Gustav lives in Värnamo. He constructs a new boat engine, but needs time to complete it. The work has been financed by factory director "Hatt-Johan" Johansson who would like to sell the invention. Gustav's father returns from the United States and everyone thinks he's become a millionaire.

Smålänningar

1935

A Woman's Face poster
6.0

A cynical woman with a disfigured face—a hardened criminal—gets an opportunity to change her ways when she meets a sympathetic plastic surgeon. She leaves her old life behind, but soon her old friends catch up with her.

A Woman's Face

1938

Halta Lena och vindögda Per poster
7.0

The film centers on Algot Söderholm's two daughters, beautiful Magda and plain, less desirable Lena. Adapted from the 1910 play by Ernst Fastbom.

Halta Lena och vindögda Per

1924

The Great John Ericsson poster
7.0

In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.

The Great John Ericsson

1937

När ängarna blommar poster
7.0

The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.

När ängarna blommar

1946

Sigge Nilsson och jag poster
5.7

Sigge and Putte has moved to a private school, where they fight and get up to mischief.

Sigge Nilsson och jag

1938

Crime and Punishment poster
7.7

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Crime and Punishment

1945

Alla tiders Karlsson poster
7.0

Åke is employed as a singer in a revue tour and his uncle Karlsson becomes the tour bus driver.

Alla tiders Karlsson

1936

The Boys at Storholmen poster
10.0

The Sjölund family on Lillholmen in the archipelago of Stockholm is quite religious and is considered suitable for dealing with odd specimens of wild youth placed there by one of Stockholm's youth associations for young girls.

The Boys at Storholmen

1932

June Night poster
6.1

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

June Night

1940

Scattered Pages poster
9.0

Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils.

Scattered Pages

1931

Behind the camera

Samvetsömma Adolf poster
10.0

Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur.

Samvetsömma Adolf

1936

Giftasvuxna döttrar poster
9.0

Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.

Giftasvuxna döttrar

1933

Giftasvuxna döttrar poster
9.0

Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.

Giftasvuxna döttrar

1933

Två år i varje klass poster
9.0

The boys will get a new class teacher who has discipline, they get in a lot of mischief, so much complaints that they have to read extra during the summer holidays to get started in class 4.

Två år i varje klass

1938

Vi går landsvägen poster
8.0

Three drifters walks on a country road. Loffe is about 35 years, Maggan about 50 years and Novisen about 25 years. They arrive to a mansion with a castle ruin by a lake. Loffe says he is the eldest of children born on the estate.

Vi går landsvägen

1937

Hemsöborna poster
6.0

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Hemsöborna

1944

Hemsöborna poster
6.0

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Hemsöborna

1944

Andersson’s Kalle poster
7.0

Mrs. Andersson’s Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.

Andersson’s Kalle

1934

Dan, Auntie and Little Miss Söderlund poster
10.0

Tant is the ruthless ruler of the house and its lodgers.

Dan, Auntie and Little Miss Söderlund

1924

The Count of the Old Town poster
5.2

A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.

The Count of the Old Town

1935

Halta Lena och vindögda Per poster
7.0

The film centers on Algot Söderholm's two daughters, beautiful Magda and plain, less desirable Lena. Adapted from the 1910 play by Ernst Fastbom.

Halta Lena och vindögda Per

1924

No artwork available
10.0

Catherine defies her strict father and accompanies a traveling theater company. Her father picks up the daughter and as a punishment he sends her to a priest farm in the countryside.

Her Little Majesty

1925

Sigge Nilsson och jag poster
5.7

Sigge and Putte has moved to a private school, where they fight and get up to mischief.

Sigge Nilsson och jag

1938

The Boys at Storholmen poster
10.0

The Sjölund family on Lillholmen in the archipelago of Stockholm is quite religious and is considered suitable for dealing with odd specimens of wild youth placed there by one of Stockholm's youth associations for young girls.

The Boys at Storholmen

1932

The Golden Boys of Happiness poster
10.0

A story about is stock deals and land speculations in Stockholm. The happiness depends on a horseshoe a couple of gentlemen find in the street.

The Golden Boys of Happiness

1932

The Golden Boys of Happiness poster
10.0

A story about is stock deals and land speculations in Stockholm. The happiness depends on a horseshoe a couple of gentlemen find in the street.

The Golden Boys of Happiness

1932

Kronans käcka gossar poster
5.3

New explosives will be demonstrated for the military authorities, but some shady characters looking to steal it to sell it to a foreign power.

Kronans käcka gossar

1940

Kronans käcka gossar poster
5.3

New explosives will be demonstrated for the military authorities, but some shady characters looking to steal it to sell it to a foreign power.

Kronans käcka gossar

1940

Ville Andeson’ Adventures poster
9.0

Ville Andeson is a young and naughty kid.

Ville Andeson’ Adventures

1929

Mot nya tider poster
8.0

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885, Christina Nilsson sings "Fourteen years I believe certain that I was" in the Grand Hotel's Great Hall . She also sings from the balcony of the hotel and the panic arising among listeners outside the hotel. In Norway, talks about the dissolution of the Union and the Swedish socialists with Hjalmar Branting (Victor Sjöström) is in the lead for independence.

Mot nya tider

1939

Familjen Andersson poster
9.0

A happy-go-lucky husband has a wife bitten with social aspirations and this leads to several social mishaps.

Familjen Andersson

1937

Med folket för fosterlandet poster
8.0

This film depicts every noteworthy event (in the eyes of the film-makers) in Sweden from the death of King Oscar II, in 1907, to the celebration of the 80th birthday of King Gustave V in Stockholm in June of 1938. This film is comprised largely of newsreel clips intermixed with the fictional story of the family lives of a working man and a well-to-do newspaper editor through two generations, with a special significance in the showing of the development of the social-democratic form of government in Sweden.

Med folket för fosterlandet

1938

Med folket för fosterlandet poster
8.0

This film depicts every noteworthy event (in the eyes of the film-makers) in Sweden from the death of King Oscar II, in 1907, to the celebration of the 80th birthday of King Gustave V in Stockholm in June of 1938. This film is comprised largely of newsreel clips intermixed with the fictional story of the family lives of a working man and a well-to-do newspaper editor through two generations, with a special significance in the showing of the development of the social-democratic form of government in Sweden.

Med folket för fosterlandet

1938

En fattig miljonär poster
7.0

Nisse Holm start marketing coffee made of tree cones.

En fattig miljonär

1941