Tom Alandh
Biography: Tom Hardy Alandh, (born 13 June 1944) is a Swedish journalist and documentary director.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 13, 1944
Deathday: N/A
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Alltid På Mors Dag - Elitloppet
2014-05-22
Alltid På Mors Dag - Elitloppet
Overview: Tom Alandh tells both about his soul and the story of the Elite Race. As every year goes off the rails on Mother's Day
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-05-22
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Mörtfors-Tarzan
2020-12-25
Mörtfors-Tarzan
Overview: Dark as ebony and agile as a panther was Tom Alandh's father. Many said that the darkness and wildness of him made him look like Tarzan, even though he only came from Åmål.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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Oscar och Greta och huset de byggde
2017-09-01
Oscar och Greta och huset de byggde
Overview: Tom Alandh found a box that has been standing in his basement for almost 40 years, untouched. When he started to go through the contents, he found what was left of his foster parents' lives together: Photographs, old bills, receipts and letters he had never seen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-09-01
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Det sista örådet
2004-02-15
Det sista örådet
Overview: Documentary about the Swedish television reality show Expedition Robinson (Survivor) and how it got made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-02-15
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När bollen var rund
1992-11-09
När bollen var rund
Overview: Chronicles the hosting of Euro '92 in Sweden and the journey of the Swedish team in that tournament.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1992-11-09
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Det svåra livet
2001-01-01
Det svåra livet
Overview: This documentary follows Pia, who is homeless. She is struggling with her drug addiction. During the day she (and many other homeless people) sells the newspaper Situation Sthlm.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Det Sköra Livet
2020-08-23
Det Sköra Livet
Overview: Pia Sjögren was the subject of three documentaries by director Tom Alandh, beginning in 2001. He first saw her on the street selling newspapers, homeless, addicted to drugs, trying to make enough money for the day. Since then, she has become clean, and now gives lectures about her experiences, sharing her knowledge. This is the fourth film about her, filmed between 2011-2020. At the start of this installment, Pia has recently begun having heart and breathing issues, her own daughter is in prison for narcotics, and her mother, who we were introduced to in previous installments, continues to struggle with rapidly decreasing eyesight.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2020-08-23
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Musikmakarna
2023-12-24
Musikmakarna
Overview: Monica & Carl-Axel Dominique have been married for over 60 years and have played music for as long as they can remember. They have worked with some of Sweden's biggest names. Tom Alandh finally gets the chance to make his documentary about them, something he has wanted to do for two decades.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-12-24
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Beskedet
2023-05-26
Beskedet
Overview: Pianist Stefan Nilsson died in his home on May 25. He is best known as a composer of music for popular films and television series. In February 2023, after a period of illness, he received shocking news - he had the incurable disease ALS. Stefan Nilsson and his wife Charlotte Hasselquist Nilsson then contacted Tom Alandh and it resulted in a conversation about life, love and Stefan Nilsson's rich musical work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-05-26
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När världen kom till Ronneby
2022-01-09
När världen kom till Ronneby
Overview: With the refugee influx in 2015, Ronneby gained 3,000 new inhabitants and the schools 1,000 new students. Tom Alandh traveled to Ronneby to find out how this has affected society and its inhabitants and their real and perceived security.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2022-01-09
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Ett par dagar i november med Jan Troell
2021-07-23
Ett par dagar i november med Jan Troell
Overview: A film about Jan Troell who turns 90 this summer. We get to see Jan Troell's own pictures, but also a conversation about childhood happiness and the joy of creation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan
2021-06-02
Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan
Overview: Håkan Juholt came from the reserve bench and became captain of the whole team. A high-stakes bet that hardly anyone had dared to bet on. But after only 303 days, Håkan Juholt's time as party leader for the Social Democrats was over.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-06-02
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Martina har sett alla mina filmer
2018-01-08
Martina har sett alla mina filmer
Overview: 'Martina och jag', from 2008, was intended to be the last film about Martina Schaub, a woman with Down's Syndrome. But now, another ten years later, director Tom Alandh returns to Martina's world once more. She has been a part of Tom Alandh's filmography since she was five, and now at fifty, new challenges present themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-01-08
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Cheers Kosovo, Hang in There!
2017-10-08
Cheers Kosovo, Hang in There!
Overview: There will be no 2018 World Cup in Russia for the new small nation of Kosovo. Only three goals scored, one point earned and last place in their qualifying group. In Kosovo, there is talk of crisis and disaster. But in Sweden, life goes on as usual for the NT stars Arber Zeneli and Albert Bunjaku.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-10-08
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Muck! men sen då, Kenneth Viken?
2017-05-30
Muck! men sen då, Kenneth Viken?
Overview: For almost half of his life, Kenneth Viken has been in prison, and he does not know how many times he has been released, only to soon return . In January 2016 he is released again.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-05-30
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Ibland är det tungt att vara människa
2016-08-25
Ibland är det tungt att vara människa
Overview: Balder's premises are located in Norrtull's old hospital in Stockholm, a couple of rooms, a kitchen, some simple furniture, a piano that Lars could play on, if he only dared.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2016-08-25
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Krokiga vägen till Lyckliga gatan
2016-05-19
Krokiga vägen till Lyckliga gatan
Overview: A film about dreams and opportunities, not about problems.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2016-05-19
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Ur Svennis Skugga
2015-03-26
Ur Svennis Skugga
Overview: Tord Grip is only 1.72 tall, but still one of the greats in Swedish football. Yes, he is the baker from Ytterhogdal who through football got the world as a workplace. But constantly in the shadow of Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-03-26
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Hellre En Skrynklig Själ Än Ett Slätstruket Liv
2015-02-05
Hellre En Skrynklig Själ Än Ett Slätstruket Liv
Overview: Lars Nordlander often bases his lyrics on his own life. He has written lyrics to Monica Zetterlund, Lill Lindfors, Lill-Babs, Tommy Körberg and Björn Skifs for more than 40 years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-02-05
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Jan Allan och trumpeten som försvann
2015-01-04
Jan Allan och trumpeten som försvann
Overview: For 35 years, Jan Allan played the same trumpet, a Bach bought in New York in 1965. And he had intended to play it until the very last note. But then Jan Allan's beloved trumpet was stolen, and what happened to his airy lyrical tone?
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-01-04
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Gymnasten Som Lärde Sig Gå
2014-09-29
Gymnasten Som Lärde Sig Gå
Overview: He was 19 years old and promising gymnast. But one volt went wrong, one in a hundred thousand, and he broke his neck. Never go again, the doctors thought. And never again breathe on your own, without a respirator.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-09-29
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What happened to the children?
2013-04-09
What happened to the children?
Overview: In this documentary we meet five children in Sweden and see what happened in their lives. Robin was nine years old, but he already knew what a prison looked like and the bad a punishment can do. Frida was not yet born when we filmed her mother Angela in 1983. Her sister Malin lived for several years in a foster family. Bosse was 14 years old and in 9th grade when we met him in 1978. He was the only guy in the class who had glasses. Marie received many postcards and letters from her father, but very rarely met him while she was growing up.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-04-09
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Vad hände med grabbarna på kåken
2013-03-26
Vad hände med grabbarna på kåken
Overview: Sonny was in Hällby Prison in 1990. Kenneth, Sture, Anders, Pertti and Johnny were also in the same ward. Six ordinary prisoners, far from headlines and media interest.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-03-26
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Bergmans Hushållerska
2009-01-01
Bergmans Hushållerska
Overview: Anita Haglöf was Ingmar Bergman's housekeeper for eight years, in his home at Karlaplan in Stockholm and at Fårö. She constantly accused him of harassment in her diary, but didn't quit the job.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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100-åringen som tror på framtiden
2024-04-25
100-åringen som tror på framtiden
Overview: Bo wanted to become an explorer when he was young, but realized that everything had already been discovered. Instead, he came out into the world as a filmmaker. He tells about his travels and about the pioneer days of Swedish television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-04-25
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Kåge Jonsson - Vardagens betraktare
2023-03-18
Kåge Jonsson - Vardagens betraktare
Overview: Despite having made some of television's most popular documentaries, Kåge Jonsson is almost unknown. For 35 years he and Tom Alandh have been workmates and for just as long they have grumbled about what a documentary film really is. Leif Furhammar's definition reads "a piece of reality, seen through a temperament".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-03-18
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Anna Lindh 1957 - 2003
2013-09-11
Anna Lindh 1957 - 2003
Overview: Anna Lindh, the successful and popular, became history and a monument, in Sweden and around the world. But who was she really, the living Anna Lindh?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-09-11
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Sämsta bandet ever?
2015-09-17
Sämsta bandet ever?
Overview: In the 1980s there was a punk band in Stockholm who put out one single, got torn apart by local music critics and went away. 35 years later they are contacted by a music label from New York interested in their music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-09-17
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Min död är min
2024-05-19
Min död är min
Overview: Stefan Nilsson chose to end his life on May 25, 2023, just months after being diagnosed with ALS. This follow-up documentary by Tom Alandh brings to the surface the issues revolving euthanasia when there seems to be nothing left to do.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-05-19
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The Road of a Hustler - There and Back Again
1994-10-06
The Road of a Hustler - There and Back Again
Overview: Ulf Berner is home again - who was faster than the Swedish justice system and so snobbishly disappeared from prosecutors and bailiffs in the mid-80s. - Serious tax crimes, said the prosecutor, and the bailiff wanted thirteen million.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1994-10-06
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Diskuskastarens dröm
2008-08-03
Diskuskastarens dröm
Overview: Stefan Fernholm would throw the discus farther than anyone else and win glory and money and Olympic gold, and he was prepared to sacrifice everything to reach his goal. At the age of 37, he died at the kitchen table in Västerås.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-08-03
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Det var ju bara en...
1996-09-30
Det var ju bara en...
Overview: His real name was Gerard Gbeyo. He had been in Sweden for just over a year when he got off the bus in Skåne's Klippan one night in September last year and was persecuted by two racists,
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-09-30
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Jan Johansson - en liten film om en stor konstnär
2018-11-04
Jan Johansson - en liten film om en stor konstnär
Overview: "A small film about a great artist" - The Swedish pianist Jan Johansson (1931-1968), one of the most celebrated jazz/folk music pianist's of Northern Europe. The film tracks the pianist's coming greatness through the great masters Schubert, Mozart, and Hayden, to jazz music and Jan Johansson's transformation of Swedish folk songs, records on the album "Jazz på svenska".
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-11-04
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Martina - med lust och glädje stor...
1989-01-24
Martina - med lust och glädje stor...
Overview: The fourth film in a long series about Martina Schaub, a woman with Down's Syndrome. Tom Alandh documented part of her life from age 5 to 50. In this film, she is in her early twenties.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1989-01-24
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Inlandsbanan: De som tog tåget
1991-09-22
Inlandsbanan: De som tog tåget
Overview: A journey along the Inlandsbanan, from Mora to Gällivare, in the last summer of 1991 when the passenger traffic is to be shut down. A decision and its consequences. A film about the view of Norrland in these EC times.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1991-09-22
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Samtal med Bengt Lagerkvist
2013-05-14
Samtal med Bengt Lagerkvist
Overview: Meeting with Bengt Lagerkvist
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-05-14
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Martina och jag
2009-05-07
Martina och jag
Overview: In 1974 documentary film maker Tom Alandh did a TV story about institutions for the mentally retarded. Then he met Martina, who was five and who had Down syndrome. For 35 years, which is unique in the Swedish television history, Tom Alandh and photographer Björn Henriksson has followed Martina's struggles against all odds.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-05-07
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Martina
1983-11-16
Martina
Overview: Nine years ago Tom Alandh included five year old Martina Schaub as part of a program about how society dealt with people with various handicaps. Martina, who has Down's Syndrome, is now fifteen years old.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1983-11-16
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Underbart är kort - en film om Monica Zetterlund
2007-11-20
Underbart är kort - en film om Monica Zetterlund
Overview: A portrait of Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-11-20
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