John Melin

Acting

John Melin

Born — Died

1895-05-18 — 1966-04-06

Place of birth

Karlskoga, Örebro län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

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

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 Devil's Eye poster
7.2

Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission: to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes frantic when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries.

The Devil's Eye

1960

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

Hemsöborna poster
4.5

The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who quickly wins the heart of Anna Eva.

Hemsöborna

1955

Drömsemester poster
7.0

The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.

Drömsemester

1952

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 27 titles

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

Hemsöborna poster
4.5

The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who quickly wins the heart of Anna Eva.

Hemsöborna

1955

Drömsemester poster
7.0

The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.

Drömsemester

1952

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

Åsa-Nisse ordnar allt poster
4.2

Åsa-Nisse has a bad back and when he visits the doctor he gets an experimental medicine for horses by mistake. Suddenly Åsa-Nisse has super strengths and becomes an unbeatable athlete.

Åsa-Nisse ordnar allt

1955

One Summer of Happiness poster
6.3

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the jammed adult world. While Persson has an understanding of the youth, Kerstin's parents and the pastor of the village rant against the alleged immorality of the young people. Despite all the malice, Göran and Kerstin decide for their love. But this love should last only one summer.

One Summer of Happiness

1951

One Summer of Happiness poster
6.3

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the jammed adult world. While Persson has an understanding of the youth, Kerstin's parents and the pastor of the village rant against the alleged immorality of the young people. Despite all the malice, Göran and Kerstin decide for their love. But this love should last only one summer.

One Summer of Happiness

1951

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

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

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

Sju svarta "Be-Hå" poster
5.5

The scam artist Jens Nielsen is in prison. In exchange for a cigarette, he is told by fellow prisoner, Sture Kaxe, that he has a precious jewel worth SEK 100,000 hidden away.

Sju svarta "Be-Hå"

1954

91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han) poster
10.0

In the last film of the original 91 film series two letters - one written in spite and another in love - end up in the wrong hands, while 91 and 87 as usual try to avoid ending up in military arrest.

91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han)

1959

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

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

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

Salka Valka poster
6.0

A coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri. She is doing well for herself as a partner in a small fishing boat, but people believe she is financed by her deceased mother's former fiance, Steinthór, who disappeared on their wedding day many years ago. Salka becomes infatuated with the idealistic Arnaldur who wants to start a workers union, much to the opposition of local entrepreneur Bogesen. The past comes to haunt her in the return of Steinthór but Salka fends off his advances only to lose the restless Arnaldur away. http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is

Salka Valka

1954

Spöke på semester poster
6.0

"Ghost on Holiday" - Stockholm 1950 is experiencing a gold rush, after the discovery of gold during the building of the new underground. Assistant Borgkrona (Järrell) owns a plot in the gold area. The lawyer Målbrott informs Borgkrona that he has inherited a haunted castle and must stay there for a fortnight. However, once at the castle he meets his old relative who is a ghost (Järrell) and the two trade places

Spöke på semester

1951

The Phantom Carriage poster
6.0

The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve will face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend Georges. Together, reliving the events of the past, and David becomes aware that he ruined the lives of two women who both loved him.

The Phantom Carriage

1958

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

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

Seventh Heaven poster
4.6

"Seventh Heaven" - Famous radio personality Willy Lorens has a big success with the radio series "Seventh Heaven." The amount of fan mail and attention eventually becomes too much for Willy, who suffers a minor collapse. Taken to a hospital where he meets Dr. Lovisa Sundelius, virtually the only woman in Sweden who do not admire the radio idol.

Seventh Heaven

1956

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

Far och flyg poster
NR

The young Peder is a baggage loader at Bromma Airport and in love with the flight attendant Agneta.

Far och flyg

1955

Åsa-Nisse jubilerar poster
3.8

The local newspaper celebrates 50 years and are now looking for a citizen who has lived as long in the neighborhood. Our hero Åsa-Nisse seems to fit the profile.

Åsa-Nisse jubilerar

1959

Karin Månsdotter poster
6.0

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. Göran arranges that some very powerful noblemen are killed. Subsequently the king tries to have them convicted of high treason by the parliament. He forgets the manuscript, mixes up all facts, and the noblemen are acquitted. But Göran speedily gathers another parliament and has them convicted. Meanwhile Erik apologises because of the unjust murders. Hence Erik is dethroned and imprisoned. Göran is executed. Karin is restricted to a castle in Finland. In the prison Erik believes that he is still the king and gives the guards presents such as all fishes in the Baltic Sea.

Karin Månsdotter

1954

No artwork available
10.0

Privates 91 and 87 are ordered to carry a tube of explosive chemicals to a military depot, while prize fighter Ingemar Johansson tries to teach them how to throw a punch.

91:an Karlsson slår knockout

1957

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

1940s · 18 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

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

Sextetten Karlsson poster
5.0

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

Sextetten Karlsson

1945

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

Här kommer vi ... poster
6.5

The actor Robert Berg is just about to get his dream role on the big stage in Stockholm when he gets called to the military service.

Här kommer vi ...

1947

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

Hon trodde det var han poster
6.0

The famous author Mark Storm's publisher is unhappy with his books and asks him to write books in a more popular genre, crime for example. When Mark Storm comes to his apartment, he finds a burglar, Kurre. He notices that they have a physical similarity and they change identity, which makes it possible for Storm to make empirical studies in the world of crime.

Hon trodde det var han

1943

Tre glada tokar poster
8.0

The wealthy Rudolf Trane helps the unsuccessful vacuum-cleaner salesman Rhuter to find a girl called Marianne. Trane, Rhuter and Trane's manservant John pretend to be waiters when Marianne's family is having a large dinner.

Tre glada tokar

1942

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

Kronblom kommer till stan poster
7.0

Kronblom wins a little pig in a lottery and starts to build a sty for his new friend.

Kronblom kommer till stan

1949

Sussie poster
6.2

A self centered author are having a word feud in a news paper column with a journalist called Sussie. The author has just divorced and now need a new house keeper. Sussie sees her chance to go undercover and takes the job with the intent to dig up some dirt. However, love intervenes.

Sussie

1945

Landstormens lilla argbigga poster
6.7

Spoiled upper class girl must join a home defense unit to learn military drill and fall in love with a lieutenant.

Landstormens lilla argbigga

1941

Queen for a Night poster
9.0

"His Majesty's Rival" - A young man, Lars Hjelm, returns home after being in Italy on a scholarship from the Swedish king, Gustaf III. On his way home he meets with opera singer Antoinette and fall in love with her. His fiancee Eva expects him home any day.

Queen for a Night

1943

Kronblom poster
7.0

A couple of thieves are terrorizing the village of Vinkelboda, and Kronblom becomes a suspect and must clear his name. Based on the popular Swedish comic strip Kronblom, about the laziest man in town.

Kronblom

1947

Kajan går till sjöss poster
6.0

Kajan, a young boy, spends the summer with his friends working on a barge, earning extra money in the ports with their song and dance number. A young countess runs away from home and joins Kajan and his friends.

Kajan går till sjöss

1943

No artwork available
8.0

A smalltime businessman gets himself into finance problems. His bank requires tangible proof of ability to pay. The businessman makes a drastic decision.

Jagad

1945

Fia Jansson från Söder poster
9.0

Luft-Kalle and Kol-Jocke get into adventures in southern Stockholm around midsummer.

Fia Jansson från Söder

1944

Swing it, Boccaccio poster
5.5

The theater director Sten Rampe, Svend Blom and Ulrik Blad are on their way to Sten's summer house and suddenly get a flat tire. The fate brings them together with seven young women whose car has fallen out for the same accident.

Swing it, Boccaccio

1949

1930s · 9 titles

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

Två hjärtan och en skuta poster
10.0

Young Gustaf Svensson has been warned by his father that he should stop chasing girls.

Två hjärtan och en skuta

1932

No artwork available
9.0

Lund is home to Qvillander and Schorn. There is also a gentleman who lives entirely in the world of books, Professor Möbius. The latter is dominated by his aunt, Miss Lundén, who manages the finances of the house.

Inled mig i frestelse

1933

Folket på Högbogården poster
7.0

Mean farmer Ola Berg reigns at Högbogården and endures a loveless relationship with his wife Karin.

Folket på Högbogården

1939

No artwork available
8.0

At the Carlssons hotel in Stockholm we find unemployed actor Gunnar Berg, whose father owns Sundsvalls Steel mill and wants the son to enter the company. But the son prefers to sit and wait for roles together with his friend Jan Jansson.

Äventyr på hotell

1934

No artwork available
9.0

Napolean Pettersson is a placid, contented small town storekeeper transplanted into a fashionable big-city home by his overly-ambitious family. He attempts to adjust himself to his new life, but everything he does is inevitably wrong...and funny. Finally he rebels at the members of his family who forced him into these situations, and leaves to take up where he left off at his store.

Old Titans Are Still Here

1937

Saturday Nights poster
7.0

Nappe and Johan are two friends who gets cheated by the trickster Johnny.

Saturday Nights

1933

No artwork available
7.0

The little town Västerköping needs a new police man - but the only applicant is the small and tiny Fridolf. He gets the job but has to work with the big and strong police inspector Göransson. The town is visited by a crook who has specialized in stealing from local councils. Can this unusual pair stop him?

Hemliga Svensson

1933

Karl Fredrik Reigns poster
6.7

A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.

Karl Fredrik Reigns

1934