Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Acting

Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Born 1928-12-12 · Ystad, Scania, Sweden

Ernst-Hugo Alfred Järegård, (born 12 December 1928 in Ystad, died 6 September 1998 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) was a Swedish actor.

Acting credits

Gråtvalsen poster
8.0

"Crocodile tears" - Fellowship is replaced by suspicion and hatred in a Stockholm suburb. Wheelchair-bound retiree Hugo lives with his wife and his mentally unstable son.

Gråtvalsen

1983

No artwork available
9.0

In this somber drama, residents of a small island accuse a nobleman of killing a priest when the man of the cloth disappears. The two were seen arguing, and the nobleman is the main suspect. The priest is only away on a sabbatical trying to regain his faith, but the islanders continue to put pressure on the innocent noble.

The Island

1966

Europa poster
7.3

Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

Europa

1991

Teatermakaren poster
9.0

"The Theater-creaters" - About the actor Bruscon, who stops in the small village of Utzbach on tour and tries to successfully bring his play "Das Rad der Geschichte/The Wheel of History" on stage. His whole family - the wife, son and daughter - are involved as actors.

Teatermakaren

1991

The lift that went down into hell poster
8.5

A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.

The lift that went down into hell

1969

No artwork available
9.0

Noomi is a refugee with traumatic memories, a stranger, afraid of contacts. Leo is a bourgeois man who is considering building a villa. Married with two children. Magnus is an artist, dreams of women. He associates with Noomi. Noomi is now meeting Leo.

Rooftree

1967

The Slingshot poster
6.0

Stockholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special attention of his school teacher, who always makes sure that Roland is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles, a successful business that in the end lands him in hot water.

The Slingshot

1993

Nedre Manilla poster
NR

Documentary about the building Nedre Manilla and the extensive portrait collection there.

Nedre Manilla

1991

The Kingdom poster
7.8

At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A ghostly ambulance appears and disappears, the voice of a little girl calls to a patient in an elevator shaft, and a doctor's fetus begins growing at an alarming rate.

The Kingdom

1994

Anonymous poster
8.0

A container with stuff from a cleaned out apartment in Stockholm drives the cineaste to look for their owners. In the course of this quest, he meets the actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård and the author Stig Larsson. The desire to give meaning where perhaps there is none.

Anonymous

1991

Aktörens läte poster
7.0

Deeply personal portrait of the actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård where he discusses acting.

Aktörens läte

1998

The Kingdom II poster
7.6

The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient braindead, and begins to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off those seeking an end to his career. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse finally does have something bad happen to her medically when an ambulance hits her.

The Kingdom II

1998

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid poster
5.8

First love - or first infatuation - overwhelms Indy in Vienna, where he is smitten with the daughter of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Needing emotional guidance, Indy consults Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung to discover what love is all about. In Florence, when Indy's mother is equally smitten with Giacomo Puccini, composer of Romantic operas La Boheme and Tosca, Indy must guide his parent safely back to her spouse.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

2000

Peter-No-Tail in Americat poster
5.9

Peter-No-Tail (Pelle Svanslös) is a cat who was born without a tail. He compensates this by studying hard and, much to the dismay of his arch-rival Magnus (Måns), he receives a fancy university degree very few cats in the university town Uppsala, Sweden have obtained. Peter is visited by his American relative Pelle Swanson who invites him to visit his new home country America - in the movie called Americat. There everything is bigger and everything seems possible.

Peter-No-Tail in Americat

1985

VD poster
6.7

A managing director (Ernst-Hugo Järegård) comes uninvited home to one of his workers and humiliates him and his girlfriend.

VD

1988

Dimension poster
5.5

A poetic gangster story and a thriller about the passage of time. Recorded between 1991 and 1997 but released in 2010; von Trier's long-running project was to premiere in 2024, but production was halted.

Dimension

2010

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier poster
7.4

A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman follow von Trier during a period of more than two years, meet him at work, at home and at leisure. Written by Fredrik Klasson

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

1997

Chez Nous poster
4.0

A stripper from Club Chez Nous is murdered. The killer contacts a newspaper to whitewash himself. Two journalists start to investigate the case and stumble on other crimes along the way.

Chez Nous

1978

No artwork available
NR

"Words in the wind": communication, solitude, secret, power, understanding ...

Apropå ord som: kommunikation, begriplighet, makt, ensamhet

1979

Tribadernas natt poster
7.0

Depicts the explosive relationship between August Strindberg and Siri von Essen in 1889 while Siri is rehearsing a lead role in a play written by Strindberg.

Tribadernas natt

1978

No artwork available
8.0

"The Tunnel" - an expressionistic scene in the presence of personal tragedy and an accident. Two men reconnect. The fine gentleman all dressed up, hurt and somewhat dizzy. The other man responding, laughing sinister. They converse about a mutual acquaintance. A woman.

Tunneln

1969

Änkan poster
9.0

Farce about an out of work actor that one day gets the chance to play the role he never got to play before.

Änkan

1969

Peter-No-Tail poster
6.4

Peter-No-Tail is a cat who's born without a proper tail on a farm by the Swedish countryside. Due to economical difficulties, the farmer is forced to get rid of Peter. The farmer can't bring himself to drown the cat, so he sneaks Peter inside the car of a family who are renting a house close to the farm for their summer vacation. When the family finally reach their home in Uppsala, Sweden, they find Peter and decide to keep him. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats and, especially Mike, who teases him cruelly. Mean Mike and his two companions, Bill and Bull, are notorious for the nasty tricks they like to play on other cats. Mike is currently trying to court Molly Silk-Nose, but his rough and silly approach does not impress her, since she becomes interested in the kind and gentle Peter. But Mike won't give up that easily and he has a plan for how he'll get his revenge.

Peter-No-Tail

1981

Skånska mord - Veberödsmannen poster
8.2

Martin Svensson was an evil and brutal man that drifted around in Skåne with his family in the beginning of the 20th century.

Skånska mord - Veberödsmannen

1986

Behind the camera