Gertrud Fridh
Biography: Gertrud Fridh was a Swedish stage and screen actress. She graduated from The Gothenburg City Theatre's school ac acting in 1943. She made her film debut in Gustaf Molnader's "Rid i natt!/Ride Tonight!" (1942). Getrud Fridh played "Pax" in the controversial Hasse Ekman film "The White Cat" (1950).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 26, 1921
Deathday: October 11, 1984
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The Yellow Squadron
1954-11-29
The Yellow Squadron
Overview: The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1954-11-29
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The Devil's Eye
1960-10-17
The Devil's Eye
Overview: The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things get even turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her. The fact that he feels love for the first time now, makes him even less attractive to her and Don Juan returns to hell.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1960-10-17
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Hour of the Wolf
1968-02-19
Hour of the Wolf
Overview: While vacationing on a remote German island with his pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-02-19
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Siska
1962-12-26
Siska
Overview: A young woman struggles with life, love and career. She is courted by a young man but is unwilling to enter into a relationship if it means limiting her freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1962-12-26
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All These Women
1964-06-15
All These Women
Overview: Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the critic's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1964-06-15
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A Ship to India
1947-09-22
A Ship to India
Overview: Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent. Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boat he captains. Amidst all the tensions on the small boat, Johannes and Sally fall in love with each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-09-22
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The White Cat
1950-12-25
The White Cat
Overview: A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-12-25
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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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Stängda dörrar
1959-05-20
Stängda dörrar
Overview: A triangle drama - directly from hell. The door to hell closes. A hell that the purgatory or physical torture. An inferno where the guests themselves must serve as each other's executioner.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1959-05-20
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Wild Strawberries
1957-08-28
Wild Strawberries
Overview: Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-08-28
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Två trappor över gården
1950-02-06
Två trappor över gården
Overview: The rootless, misfit artist Bengt Hallberg escapes from a mental hospital. The head doctor believes him to be a hopeless case and dangerous for the environment. Bengt looks up Inga Larsson, the only person that matters to him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-02-06
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The Pain Threshold
1983-09-16
The Pain Threshold
Overview: A man, Jean, is critically injured in a freakish accident. He and Agneta, his partner, must cope with the impact of his injuries and determine a new path for their utterly changed lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1983-09-16
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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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The Magician
1958-12-26
The Magician
Overview: When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examiner) request that their troupe provide them a sample of their act, before allowing them public audiences. The scientific-minded disbelievers try to expose them as charlatans, but Vogler and his crew prove too clever for them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1958-12-26
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Ride Tonight!
1942-11-24
Ride Tonight!
Overview: Oppressed by landowners, a peasant uprising ensues as an outlaw farmer refuses to pay taxes in this film adapted from Vilhelm Moberg's novel.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1942-11-24
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Love Through a Window
1978-02-13
Love Through a Window
Overview: Ilse Siedel lives her life in a wheelchair. Through her window she follows what is happening outside. In her imagination she deals with how to conquer some love for herself.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1978-02-13
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Jack of Hearts
1950-09-18
Jack of Hearts
Overview: Lieutenant Anders Canitz is a womanizer and gambler from the upper class. He has spent all of heritage and tries to get to his sister's money by engaging her to invest in a shady business project he is involved in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-09-18
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Trav, hopp och kärlek
1945-09-26
Trav, hopp och kärlek
Overview: The estate Bokegård has big debts, mostly because the owner Måns Nilsson and his daughter Rose Marie just care about their horses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1945-09-26
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Lyckodrömmen
1963-07-08
Lyckodrömmen
Overview: The Karlsson family moves from a small village to a suburb outside Stockholm. The change from a country life to the big city is not easy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1963-07-08
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På flykt undan mina landsmän
1976-02-23
På flykt undan mina landsmän
Overview: "On the Run from my Fellow Countrymen" - About Bertolt Brecht as a refugee in Sweden. When war seemed imminent in April 1939, Brecht moved to Stockholm, where he remained for a year.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-02-23
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