Maj-Britt Nilsson
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maj-Britt Nilsson (11 December 1924 – 19 December 2006) was a Swedish movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Nilsson was born in Stockholm and trained at the drama school of the Royal Dramatic Theater there. She appeared in the following three Ingmar Bergman films: Till Glädje (To Joy, 1950), Sommarlek (Summer Interlude or Illicit Interlude 1951), and Kvinnors Väntan (Secrets of Women or Waiting Women, 1952). She also appeared in the English language film A Matter of Morals (1961), directed in Sweden by John Cromwell. Maj-Britt Nilsson died in Cannes, France, aged 82. Her death, which was not widely reported outside Sweden, was confirmed by Jon Asp, executive editor of the online publication Ingmar Bergman Face to Face. No cause was announced. In 1951 she married Per Gerhard, a theater director and son of Karl Gerhard, a prominent Swedish singer, who survives her. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maj-Britt Nilsson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 11, 1924
Deathday: December 19, 2006
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Minns ni?
1993-10-24
Minns ni?
Overview: A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1993-10-24
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Summer Interlude
1951-10-01
Summer Interlude
Overview: A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1951-10-01
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To Joy
1950-02-20
To Joy
Overview: After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-02-20
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Waiting Women
1952-11-03
Waiting Women
Overview: Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Rakel tells about the time she had an affair and confronted her husband with it. Marta's story is about how she at first refused to marry and had her child by herself. Karin tells about what happened when one time she and her husband got stuck in an elevator together. While the women tell their stories, Marta's younger sister Maj is planning to elope.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1952-11-03
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The Girl from the Third Row
1949-08-29
The Girl from the Third Row
Overview: A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1949-08-29
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En enkel melodi
1974-08-26
En enkel melodi
Overview: Young Felix is a trainee at a fire station, but he is afraid of heights and can not stand the sight of blood. His future as a fireman is doubtful and when he is suspended he steals an ambulance to prove his mettle.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-08-26
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Lita på mej, älskling!
1961-12-18
Lita på mej, älskling!
Overview: Anna and Karl are a young couple in Stockholm, unable to find an apartment of their own. However, they play matchmakers to make their friends Fredrik and Ulla to get together, getting an apartment of their own that way. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1961-12-18
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Gatan
1949-02-27
Gatan
Overview: Britt Malm gets hit by a car on a Stockholm street and is taken to hospital. She is badly injured and must undergo surgery. While the anesthetic takes effect she sees hallucinatory images. This turns into a flashback of what happened Britt before the accident.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1949-02-27
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Jazz Boy
1958-10-06
Jazz Boy
Overview: The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater at the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a dancer, Karin. He decides to put up a show with Karin as the leading lady, but for the first time one of his shows becomes an economic disaster.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1958-10-06
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Duel with Death
1959-09-15
Duel with Death
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-09-15
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Heritage of Bjorndal
1960-09-15
Heritage of Bjorndal
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-09-15
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Litet bo
1956-01-30
Litet bo
Overview: Hasse has received a scholarship from the insurance company where he works together with his friend Lennart. They both travel to Vienna so that Hasse can take a few days off, while Lennart attends lectures about insurance. While away, Lennart has rented his room to a girl, Alva. When he returns home earlier than expected, they have to share the apartment a few days...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-01-30
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Was die Schwalbe sang
1956-10-18
Was die Schwalbe sang
Overview: After high school the lover's Ursula and Gerhard paths part: she stays in the small town, while he attends university in Hamburg to become a composer. While she remains faithful to their love, he forgets more and more about her when he becomes successful as song writer for the famous singer Dahl. Disappointed, Ursula turns to Gerhard's former friend Peter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-10-18
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A Matter of Morals
1961-05-31
A Matter of Morals
Overview: Alan Kennebeck is unable to accept a brief, realistic romance for what it is. Eventually it leads to his complete moral downfall. Triggered by the factory official Eric Walderman, being a sadistically suave conniver and villain, who babbles a Nietzschean creed of ruthlessness and brings the picture to its grim, melodramatic conclusion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-31
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Girl in Tails
1956-10-15
Girl in Tails
Overview: The beautiful student Katja shocks the conservative and rigid city of Wadköping by appearing in tail-coat on the big prom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-10-15
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Resan bort
1945-12-26
Resan bort
Overview: Bernt comes to a small town to rob the bank. But behind the counter stands his old friends Hjalmar, and he has to pretend it was all a joke. Hjalmar asks him to spend the night at his home. He meets Ellen, now Hjalmar's wife. Bernt is still attracted to her and it was only a coincidence that it was Hjalmar who married her and not Bernt. When Hjalmar goes on a business trip, Bernt stays with Ellen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1945-12-26
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Affairs of a Model
1946-09-23
Affairs of a Model
Overview: Dora moves in with the artist Erik to become his model. Three men from a Masonic Order pretends to be interested in his art, but Dora is their real focus.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1946-09-23
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Our Gang
1942-02-02
Our Gang
Overview: A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1942-02-02
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Swedish Girl
1955-09-28
Swedish Girl
Overview: Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and his son Sven. She and Sven are closely not only at the siblings' way. They are engaged.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-09-28
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Private Entrance
1956-02-20
Private Entrance
Overview: A seemingly ordinary day in October. A woman has since she separated from her husband lived in a single room with a separate entrance. But for her this is not an ordinary day. She only has six hours left to live.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-02-20
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We Three Debutantes
1953-09-07
We Three Debutantes
Overview: Three young poets are about to make their debuts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1953-09-07
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For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth
1952-12-17
For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth
Overview: For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (Swedish: För min heta ungdoms skull) is a 1952 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-17
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Maria
1947-08-01
Maria
Overview: Maria has been fired from her job as a householder with a family in a small town in Sweden. She leaves in anger for Stockholm, aiming for a career as an actress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-08-01
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Vildfåglar
1955-08-21
Vildfåglar
Overview: "Wild birds" - A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le jour se lève'). Two worlds meet for a brief experience of happiness ended by a violent tragedy. In one world the unhappy prostitute (Ulla) finds a drunken young man (Nisse) who had previously failed in many occupations. She takes him home. Her feelings are like those for a younger brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-08-21
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Sjösalavår
1949-09-05
Sjösalavår
Overview: The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other. The Troubadour is tired of all economical problems. It disturbs the peace he needs to be able to write new songs, and without new songs he cannot earn the money he needs to pay the bills. To get peace and inspiration for his writing, he makes a quick decision to go to Buenos Aires. By phone he persuades his publisher to prepay 7000 kronor for some future book. On the little ferry from the islands in the sea to Stockholm city the Troubadour is carried away by his imagination into the fictitious world of his main character Fritiof Andersson. Colorful scenes from various songs are enacted before his dreaming eyes. In Stockholm he spends the night at the inn Gyldene Freden. ...
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1949-09-05
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