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Generalen (1931)
Character: N/A
Maria, a young Russian student, is loved by Viktor Sabline, a Russian scientist. They marry and immediately afterwards, the World War breaks out and Viktor is drafted as lieutenant.
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Kvinnohuset (1953)
Character: Anna Krook
An apartment building with apartments for single women is the setting for Faustman's drama about a group of women struggling with life and love, in particular with Eva, mistress to a man whose wife Anna also lives in the building.
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Enhörningen (1955)
Character: Harriet Allard
Harriet and Frank Allard have been married for many years. Almost twenty years ago, Harriet had a love affair with a colleague of Frank's, Claes von Klitzow, who made her pregnant. She had a son, Christer, whom Frank thinks that he is the father of. One day, Christer reveals that he is going to marry von Klitzow's daughter Louise. Harriet becomes upset but what will she do? Try to stop the marriage by telling the truth - which would endanger her marriage with Frank - or keep silent, which would mean that two half-siblings married?
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Längtan till havet (1931)
Character: Fanny
Marius is torn between the love for Fanny on land and the desire to go out to sea.
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Pärlemor (1961)
Character: Signe
Set in th 1930's depression times. A wealthy industrialist suffers a stroke. His wife takes over both family and business. The son worships his mother, but is forced to choose sides when he falls in love with the poor Aina.
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Pärlemor (1961)
Character: Signe Waebel
Set in th 1930's depression times. A wealthy industrialist suffers a stroke. His wife takes over both family and business. The son worships his mother, but is forced to choose sides when he falls in love with the poor Aina.
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Sången om den eldröda blomman (1934)
Character: Kyllikki
Olof Koskela, the only son is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a floater. His reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide. When he meets the proud Kyllikki, he enters into a bet to defeat the mighty rapids standing on a log.
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Ödets man (1924)
Character: Syster Vivian
A man loses his memory after a suicide attempt and falls for his nurse. He recovers physically but does not regain his memory. He takes a new name and begins work at a mill.
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Farbror Frans (1926)
Character: N/A
Set in 1880's, an aged woman sentimentally recalls a time of love and heartache from her own past in segments of flashbacks. Based on the novel by Danish writer Jenny Blicher-Clausen.
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Kungajakt (1944)
Character: Cathérine von Wismar
The film takes place in the 1780s. The Russians plan to overthrow Gustav III from the Swedish throne and Lieutenant Rehusen tries to stop them, while fighting for his king, he also fights for his love.
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Grevarna på Svansta (1924)
Character: N/A
The young Count Per falls in love with the gypsy Elina. The old Count Nils opposes the relationship and a serious conflict arises.
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Pistolen (1973)
Character: Alisia von Swärd
The adventures of an elderly aristocrat as she reluctantly becomes used to changes in society.
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Svarte Rudolf (1928)
Character: N/A
Rudolf Carlsson, who works at a department store, dreams of making movies.
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Hon eller ingen (1934)
Character: N/A
The wholesaler Blomberg is a regular customer of "Parfumerie Marie Danielsson". He often buys perfume for his many girlfriends. Blomberg's driver Bengt Lundgren is in love with the shop assistant Eva Bergström. Bengt deceives his boss by telling him that his car has broken, then he can go out with Eva.
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Skådetennis (1945)
Character: Herself
Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.
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Minns ni? (1993)
Character: (archive footage)
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Galgmannen (1945)
Character: Elisavetha
The man of the gallows is a little sinister wooden figure that the proprietor must sell before his death. If not he will be doomed and unsaved.
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Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid (2001)
Character: (archive footage)
Inga Tidblad started acting in 1921 and became one of Sweden's greatest and most successful actresses of all time. Daughter Meg Westergren, colleagues Bibi Andersson, Helena Bergström, Thommy Berggren and Sven Wollter are a few who talk and remember her as a person and as an actor.
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Frånskild (1951)
Character: Gertrud Holmgren
Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness.
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För hennes skull (1930)
Character: Isabella Löfgren
The young married couple Sigvard and Isabella Löfgren are constantly being sought by different companies where they are trading on the bill. Sigvard is a traveling salesman and Isabella works as a secretary at a theatre agency seeking artists for a revue.
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Den osynliga muren (1944)
Character: Lina Boyd
In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.
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Mälarpirater (1923)
Character: Rose
Three boys steal a sailboat and sail away for a summer adventure on Lake Mälaren.
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Janssons frestelse (1936)
Character: Vera Linder
John Smith is an accountant at a stockbroking firm, where the firm ends up in the liquidity crisis because of his managerial speculation with the firm's money. The bank wants John to take over leadership of the company.
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Intermezzo (1936)
Character: Margit Brandt
An intense love affair develops between a married concert violinist (Gösta Ekman) and his daughter's music teacher (Ingrid Bergman).
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Norrtullsligan (1923)
Character: Baby
A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.
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Lågor i dunklet (1942)
Character: Eva Sjögren
Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school threatens his possesive and chronically ill mother that he will get married. She gets a stroke and dies. Sjögren is affected by feelings of guilt, envy and hatred towards the surroundings. A series of mysterious fires have taken place around the school the last few months. One of the students has seen Sjögren setting fire to a barn. But can he convince the trusted biology teacher Nordmark, expert of the criminal mind?
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Dårskapens hus (1951)
Character: Eva Sjögren
In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from the 1940's master director Hasse Ekman . The material is in a disarray but the Society for Ancient Film Research compiles the material after what is believed to have been the master's artistic intentions
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Foreign Intrigue (1956)
Character: Mrs Lundquist
Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his employer's life. Surprisingly, not even his young wife knows anything about her husband's background or how he earned his fortune. Clues lead Bishop to Vienna and Stockholm, where he learns that Danemore was blackmailing people who cooperated with the Nazis during World War II.
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Hälsingar (1933)
Character: Birgit Ljusnar
Jonas goes with a tremendous speed with his horse over a country road in Hälsingland. Because of this speed Birgit Ljusnar, who is along the road picking blueberries, falls. Jonas stops and helps her up. He gives Birgit two Swedish crowns for the pain and the suffering. Furthermore, he promises her a job on the farm.
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Gangsterfilmen (1974)
Character: majorskan
An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in the manner of the later phenomenon of televangelists. While indulging in behind-the-scene shenanigans including rape and murder, the gangster (played by American Clu Gulagher) preaches to large audiences, using mass hypnotism and show-biz razzmatazz to get his message across. The film also features a brief performance by Per Oscarsson, following his highly publicized "retirement" from screen acting.
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Det brinner en eld (1943)
Character: Harriet Brandt
An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance.
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Gabrielle (1954)
Character: Marianne
While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.
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