Karin Swanström

Acting

Karin Swanström

Born 1873-06-13 · Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden

Karin Sofia Swanström was a Swedish actress, director, producer and theatre director. She was artistic leader and production director at the Swedish Film Industry (SF) between 1933 and 1941. Her film debut was in filmed in Mauritz Stillers "De landsflyktige/The fugitives" (1921), this role was followed by almost another 50 films. Karin Swanström directed 4 productions 1923-1926.

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

Svärmor kommer poster
8.0

John and Ulla are happily married and live in the villa Fridhem. Via telegram, John gets the news that his dreaded mother-in-law will come to visit.

Svärmor kommer

1932

On the Sunny Side poster
5.8

Eva Bergh works as a bank clerk, but dreams of becoming an artist. At a party she meets the rich Harald Ribe and he instantly falls in love with her. When he proposes to marry her she has no work or place to live and she accepts. At Harald's estate she can live comfortably, but she misses her old friends.

On the Sunny Side

1936

The Family Secret poster
7.0

Arvid and Lilli Ekman is a senior couple with one single adult son, Arne. They find out that the son is secretly engaged with the young Margit Berg - and that they already have a three-year-old son together.

The Family Secret

1936

No. 40 Skipper Street poster
7.0

Erhard Malm is studying to become an engineer, but support himself as a tutor at Consul Frendin. The consul's daughter Ruth and Erhard get interested in each other.

No. 40 Skipper Street

1925

Parisiennes poster
5.8

A house in Paris happens to have two families living there with the same last name. In one apartment lives opera singer Gambetta Duval with his two daughters, Jeanne and Nita. In the second apartment lives old lady Duval with her grandchild Philippa and an her lodger, the physician Leon Monnier. Jeanne is secretly in love with Dr. Monnier who is secretly in love with Nita, who is secretly having an affair with the great playwright Armand de Marny.

Parisiennes

1928

Steel poster
7.0

The Forshyttan steel-mill has been owned by the Ancker family for generations. But competition is hard. When the son Bengt Ancker comes back from abroad he has an idea for success: a lighter steel with better quality. But a lot of money is necessary to develop his idea and the only way to raise the necessary capital is to sell the company to their competitor - Manchester Steel Company. But the workers are concerned that this could threaten their job-security

Steel

1940

Fasters millioner poster
9.0

The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding.

Fasters millioner

1934

Äventyret poster
10.0

At the home of the famous scientist Count Knut Lagercrona the wedding preparations has begun. The Counts daughter Heléne Von Bohren is about to marry the young lawyer Sebastian Lavenius.

Äventyret

1936

No artwork available
8.0

A series of events during a summer in Anna-Clara's life.

Anna-Clara and Her Brothers

1923

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

The Saga of Gösta Berling poster
6.6

Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is eventually defrocked. He becomes tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.

The Saga of Gösta Berling

1924

Styrman Karlssons flammor poster
9.0

Kalle and his girlfriend Blenda is on his way home from Tivoli, when he says that he will be away for two years as mate on a sailing ship, but swears her eternal fidelity. During the trip takes on board Bessie that has wrecked his vessel, the Donald withstand the temptation of a beautiful woman on board while Blenda waiting at home?

Styrman Karlssons flammor

1938

Only a Dancing Girl poster
8.0

Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.

Only a Dancing Girl

1926

Ryska snuvan poster
7.0

"The Russian Cold" - Kalle Brodin, the leader of the Swedish communists, just released from a short prison term, don't know what to do with the directives that comes from Moscow.

Ryska snuvan

1937

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

His Majesty the Barber poster
7.8

A handsome barber in Sweden doesn't know he's actually the Crown Prince of a Balkan kingdom in this charming Swedish-German comedy that effortlessly weaves together multiple Ruritanian tropes.

His Majesty the Barber

1928

His English Wife poster
10.0

London socialite Cathleen Paget's adventures in love and misfortune a year after the death of her husband. Ivor Willington and Lionel Jesop play cards for who will be given the shot at flirting with Paget, as to claim her wealth. But when her brother Bruce has lost the family fortune in bad business, Cathleen is suggested to court Nordic giant Birger Holm. The two marry and the families financial problems seem to be at bay, although the life in the northern Sweden is wearing Cathleen down as she misses parties, friends and dancing at the Savoy Hotel.

His English Wife

1927

Swedenhielms poster
5.8

The Swedenhielms is an old aristocratic family. The head of the family is professor Rolf Swedenhielm. His three children Bo, Julia and Rolf Jr also live in the house. They also have an excellent house maid, Boman. Because of the family's extravagance, they are heading for bankruptcy. But perhaps their problems would be solved if Rolf was awarded the Nobel Prize?

Swedenhielms

1935

First-mate Karlsson’s Sweethearts poster
7.0

Karl Alfred Karlsson goes on an adventure on the seven seas.

First-mate Karlsson’s Sweethearts

1925

In Self Defence poster
7.0

A wealthy Russian family faces change and challenges as events unfold during the First World War.

In Self Defence

1921

No artwork available
6.5

Social comedy-drama. Aristocrat's boredom in marriage of convenience and sacrif ice of self on behalf of wife's lover.

A Perfect Gentleman

1927

One Night poster
8.0

The Beckius family is living near the border to Russia. The youngest son, Armas, is living a wild life that eventually leads to a break with the family after which he joins the Russian Revolution. When he returns to his home country a few years later the family on the enemy's side.

One Night

1931

When Roses Bloom poster
10.0

André is a young attorney who has opened his own office in Paris without any success. One day he finds a will in an old book in an antique shop that reveals a hidden treasure at the castle Brignolles. The first 100% talkie film in Swedish film history.

When Roses Bloom

1930

Behind the camera