
Writing
Per Olov Enquist
Born 1934-09-23 · Sjön, Hjoggböle, Bureå, Västerbotten, Sweden
Per Olov "P.O." Enquist was a Swedish author, playwright and director. His novel "Baltutlämningen/ A Baltic Tragedy" was filmed by Johan Bergenstråhle in 1970.
Acting credits
NRMaking of-documentary about Ingmar Bergman's The Image Makers, featuring behind the scenes footage and an interview with its writer, Per Olov Enquist.
An Image Maker
2001
NRA boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal in the cells of prisoners.
I lodjurets timma
1989
Behind the camera
7.3In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
6.3The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finnish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the son's bicycle. The film tries to describe the relationship between the dominant Jari, who calls himself "Il Capitano", and his more mature "soldier" Minna, that develops into mutual dependence.
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
1991
7.0Depicts 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
7.0Depicts 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
4.0A 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
6.8Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain. He supports the national socialist ideals, but opposes the way these ideals are turned into action - that Norwegians are jailed and executed. His wife Marie travels in Germany during the war as a sign of support from Knut and herself.
Hamsun
1996
10.0The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.
Från regnormarnas liv
1998
10.0The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.
Från regnormarnas liv
1998
8.0Danish theater production from 1985. Per Olov Enquist wrote this chamber play about three cultural figures from Danish history. H.C. Andersen, who tries to gain favor with the cultural elite, the powerful theater director Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and his wife, the actress Johanne Louise Heiberg. Like the poet, Mrs. Heiberg also comes from a poor background and has stubbornly fought her way up the social ladder. The recording is from the Royal Theater's production.
Fra regnormenes liv
1985
NRA boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal in the cells of prisoners.
I lodjurets timma
1989
6.8Set in 1920, The Image Makers depicts a private screening at Svensk Filmindustri, where silent-era director Victor Sjöström presents scenes from his adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s The Phantom Carriage. As the Nobel Prize–winning author watches alongside cinematographer Julius Jaenzon and young actress Tora Teje, tensions emerge between generations, genders, and artistic roles, exposing the emotional costs behind creation.
The Image Makers
2000
NRA young murderer in a psychiatric institution is given a cat to care for as part of a controlled experiment. He heaps devotion on it and the experiment seems a great success - until there is a baffling outbreak of violence
The Hour of the Lynx
1991
