
Acting
Edvard Persson
Born 1888-01-17 · Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
Carl Edvard Persson (17 January 1888, in Sankt Pauli parish, Malmö, Scania – 19 September 1957, in Helsingborg, Scania) was a celebrated Swedish actor, director and singer. During his time, he was well-known in the entire country, but through many of his films and songs, he is often associated with his home province, Scania (Swedish and Danish: Skåne).
Acting credits
When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be inherited by it’s temporary caretaker, Joachim Harden.
Millionaire for a Day
1926
10.0Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts.
Life in the Country
1943
6.0Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.
The Students at Tröstehult
1924
5.3Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.
Charlie the Innkeeper
1939
Lasse Larsson's friend, Johan Jansson, are in trouble because of his wife. She has told her American relatives that her husband is a consul. When the relatives from America announce a visit, Lasse has to help to keep up the lie.
Close Relations
1935
6.0The film is about a group of artists in the Klara Quarter. Ararat, a poor painter in Stockholm, one day meet his ex-fiance Elisabeth who is now a rich widow.
Sun Over Klara
1942
6.5As Word War II ends and everyone is celebrating peace, farmer Anders Svensson recieves a message from his nephew Ville who was lost during the war. Anders learns that Ville was kept prisoner in a German camp, and is now stuck in the city of Stettin, occupied by the Soviet army. He decides to get his nephew home.
Pimpernel Svensson
1950
The story of Anders Svensson who travels to Copenhagen to prevent his sister-in-law Greta from being unfaithful.
Greve Svensson
1951
8.0Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.
What a Woman Wants
1927
NRAnthology film made from clips from films starring Swedish actor Edvard Persson. The film was produced for Persson’s 60th birthday and starts off with a prologue created for this movie, portraying the star’s youth.
Glada paraden
1948
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Där möllorna gå...
1956
7.0Carl Malm is a goodhearted man who runs a railway station. He lives together with his maid and her seven kids.
The Station Master
1942
Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the daughter with the young Count Cronhielm. A 40-minute fragment survives.
The Old Manor
1925
6.0Munthe has become a rich farmer through his own work and has gained some influence in the local community. He is strongly opposed to the immigration of east European farm labour from Galicia who, he claims, makes life difficult for the locals. A new school teacher with socialist leanings arrive and Munthe's daughter fall in love with him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Turn of the Century
1944
6.7Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.
Cruising with the Lightning
1927
10.0A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.
Stjärnbilder
1995
NRA quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
Minns ni?
1993
7.0The adventures of two friends, Kvick and Blixten.
Quick as Lightning
1927
5.0Jens Månsson has big financial problems and realizes that he probably has to leave his dear Skåne farm Gåsabo. But suddenly, he inherits a fortune from his brother John in America.
Jens Mons in America
1947
6.7Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.
The Bells in Old Town
1946
7.0Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.
Den farliga leken
1933
7.0The sailor Calle Svensson gets a tip on a cheap hotel from a stranger. But Calle walks to the wrong house. And finds a dead man in the bed, stolen passports and signs of trafficking in a cupboard.
Number 17
1949
8.7Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.
The Paymaster
1939
6.5Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.
The Happy Tailor
1945
Behind the camera
When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be inherited by it’s temporary caretaker, Joachim Harden.
Millionaire for a Day
1926
When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be inherited by it’s temporary caretaker, Joachim Harden.
Millionaire for a Day
1926
6.0Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.
The Students at Tröstehult
1924
6.0Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.
The Students at Tröstehult
1924
5.3Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.
Charlie the Innkeeper
1939
8.0Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.
What a Woman Wants
1927
8.0Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.
What a Woman Wants
1927
Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the daughter with the young Count Cronhielm. A 40-minute fragment survives.
The Old Manor
1925
Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the daughter with the young Count Cronhielm. A 40-minute fragment survives.
The Old Manor
1925
6.7Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.
Cruising with the Lightning
1927
6.7Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.
Cruising with the Lightning
1927
7.0Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.
Den farliga leken
1933
8.7Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.
The Paymaster
1939
6.5Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.
The Happy Tailor
1945
A comedy in which the noted and rotund Swedish comedian, Edvard Persson, plays the title role (Baldevin), as a waterfront tramp leading his chosen life-style of indolence. A friend urges him to wage a courtship of a rich widow, which he does and manages to get involved in many humorous situations in the process.
Baldevins bröllop
1938
Lasse Larsson works as a baker at the bakery Gyllene Trappen in Stockholm. He loves to sing while he bakes.
Larsson i andra giftet
1935
Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.
Vart hjärta har sin saga
1948
6.0The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.
The Hatter’s Ball
1928
6.0The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.
The Hatter’s Ball
1928