Anders Ek

Acting

Anders Ek

Born 1916-04-07 · Gothenburg, Sweden

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anders Ek (7 April 1916 – 17 November 1979) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and died in Stockholm. He was married to Birgit Cullberg and is the father of dancer Mats Ek and actress Malin Ek. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anders Ek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Acting credits

The Seventh Seal poster
8.1

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

The Seventh Seal

1957

Cries and Whispers poster
7.9

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Cries and Whispers

1972

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

No artwork available
8.0

A female reporter invents a story about a man who threatens to take his life to protest the injustices of society. But the scam is about to be revealed. She is forced to persuade a tramp to play the fictional man.

Vi behöver varann

1944

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

Sawdust and Tinsel poster
7.3

A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

Sawdust and Tinsel

1953

The Rite poster
6.9

Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments.

The Rite

1969

Girl with Hyacinths poster
7.2

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

No artwork available
10.0

A young woman is predestined to marry her fathers companion. During the summer she falls in love with an artist. The intended husband detects the love affair and confronts the couple.

Svarta rosor

1945

No artwork available
NR

Two people with completely different lifestyles and social backgrounds have found each other in the decision to leave life together.

Fusket

1978

The Girl and the Devil poster
6.5

The soul of an evil witch about to be burned is transferred to the child of a pregnant woman in the audience. 19 years later a timid girl arrives at a farm looking for work. The farmer employs her despite his wife's protests. Soon it stands clear that the girl is in fact the evil witch, returned to wreak havoc on the farmer and his family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

The Girl and the Devil

1944

Ride Tonight! poster
5.9

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.

Ride Tonight!

1942

Hallo Baby poster
5.0

About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.

Hallo Baby

1976

No artwork available
8.0

Karsten falls in love with Sonja, she rejects him, but not because of lack of interest. She travels to France and he goes after her. They get to know each other and become close.

Stopp! Tänk på något annat

1944

No artwork available
10.0

Johansson has a small mechanical workshop, which provides for him and his family.

Vår herre luggar Johansson

1944

Den bergtagna poster
7.0

Depicts a woman who commits suicide after being betrayed by a man who, by playing on her low self-esteem, has made herself her superior - and thus deprived her of all right to exist.

Den bergtagna

1965

They Staked Their Lives poster
6.5

"With life at stake"- Max is illegal arms dealers and lives with Wanda, a spy for the dictatorship in which they live. She is ordered by her superiors to reveal the actions and members resistance group. The freedom fighter John falls in love with Wanda.

They Staked Their Lives

1940

Mosebacke monarki poster
NR

Mosebacke Monarki was a humorous radio program that began broadcasting on Swedish Radio on October 6, 1958. It was the radio equivalent of the satirical magazine Grönköpings Veckoblad.

Mosebacke monarki

1967

En skugga poster
9.0

"A Shadow" - Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Sam Livesey. An old dark house on a gloomy night is the setting for this British horror thriller about a mad killer, dressed completely in black, who bumps off the inhabitants one by one.

En skugga

1974