Hans Strååt
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 17, 1917
Deathday: January 26, 1991
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Ett dockhem
1956-01-01
Ett dockhem
Overview: August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married), about female emancipation and obsolete marriages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Smiles of a Summer Night
1955-12-26
Smiles of a Summer Night
Overview: Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-12-26
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Port of Call
1948-10-11
Port of Call
Overview: Berit is a young woman with problems. She is suicidal and depressed. Since it has been impossible for her to live with her mother, she has spent many years in institutions. She has now gotten a job in an industry on the condition that she can live together with her mother again. Their relationship is very tense however. One night at a dance she meets stevedore Gösta. Will he be able to give her the support she needs?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1948-10-11
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The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969-04-06
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Overview: A sleepy village around 1910. Jacob, the owner of a book store in a small town is a member of a club who baths together every Sunday. He is uninterested in women until Amelie Arbel moves into the town. She is both rich and seductive and he marries her. After the marriage he discovers that she can be very troublesome.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-04-06
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Mord, lilla vän
1955-02-26
Mord, lilla vän
Overview: A member of "Sjöbjörnarna" (a group of executives), asks the newspaper editor Dick Mattson to find Brita Ljungdahl, the former wife of another of the members. The first clue he tries is to ask a certain Maria Vaern, who knows Brita.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-02-26
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Dalmålningar
1955-01-01
Dalmålningar
Overview: A film featuring the unique "valley paintings" (dalmålningar) of Dalarna, Sweden.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Fridolf sticker opp!
1958-08-25
Fridolf sticker opp!
Overview: A comedy about the shunned office worker Fridolf who gets into trouble when a rationalization expert audits the colonial goods company. It doesn't get any better when Fridolf invites the clerk Lisa, who is newly employed and feels lonely, to his home, a visit that his jealous wife Selma does not appreciate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1958-08-25
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The Unicorn
1955-10-03
The Unicorn
Overview: 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?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-10-03
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Kungsgatan
1943-09-17
Kungsgatan
Overview: Young woman Marta dreams of a better future and leaves her parent's cabbage patch and move to Stockholm. Waiting tables doesn't pay nearly enough and she soon finds herself working the streets. Her teenage sweetheart Adrian also moves to Stockholm to search for her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1943-09-17
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General von Döbeln
1942-10-26
General von Döbeln
Overview: 1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1942-10-26
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Girls Without Rooms
1956-03-25
Girls Without Rooms
Overview: Fransiska is visited by a social worker when she's in the custody. She tells him her lives story, about her mother who was an alcoholic, her father a night watchman and how she and her five year old little sister was left. Her boyfriend was unemployed and needed money and to help him she stole money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-03-25
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Miss April
1958-06-08
Miss April
Overview: The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1958-06-08
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A Day Will Dawn
1944-01-02
A Day Will Dawn
Overview: After finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes by train to Finland to fight in the Winter war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1944-01-02
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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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Snapphanar
1941-12-26
Snapphanar
Overview: In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak attacks on the invading army.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1941-12-26
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The Shot
1969-09-21
The Shot
Overview: Ronny and Bertil break into a armory depot. During a test firing of the stolen goods Ronny accidentally kills Bertil. The Police begins a chase of Ronny, who is now on the run with his girlfriend Len.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-09-21
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Raskenstam
1983-08-19
Raskenstam
Overview: The story of the charlatan Gustaf Raskenstam life and times during World War II, who for financial gain seduced a large number of women.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1983-08-19
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The Right to Love
1956-02-27
The Right to Love
Overview: Priests who call sex education the devil's invention rage against the progressive doctor whose bigoted wife may regret when his teenage daughter comes home and wants an abortion. The subject of Mimi Pollack's only feature film was controversial. The model for Doctor Borg was the well-known Katrineholms lecturer Torsten Wickbom, who advocated modern sexual education in the school and family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-02-27
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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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The Blockhead of the Block
1947-12-26
The Blockhead of the Block
Overview: The young kid Kalle is always unlucky.
Genres: Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-12-26
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Tarp's Elin
1956-11-12
Tarp's Elin
Overview: Elin Tarp is an unmarried mother with three children who lives a hard life in the countryside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-11-12
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It Is Never Too Late
1956-03-17
It Is Never Too Late
Overview: Görel and Arne are about to get a divorce. Görel thinks back on how history has repeated itself within her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-03-17
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No Time To Kill
1963-01-02
No Time To Kill
Overview: A vengeful ex-con, framed and sentenced to eight years on for arson, heads to Sweden to look for the real guilty party.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-02
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The People of Värmland
1957-12-26
The People of Värmland
Overview: Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemies. Erik's father wants him to marry a rich girl instead and when Anna hears about this, she falls ill and even starts to show signs of insanity. Will the two have each other or will everything go wrong?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-12-26
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Mälarpirater
1959-12-26
Mälarpirater
Overview: Three boys "borrow" a sailboat and sail away for a summer adventure on Lake Mälaren.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1959-12-26
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Flicka i kasern
1955-12-26
Flicka i kasern
Overview: They are currently developing a new type of mine at Fredrik's workplace. The head of the company is a young woman, Eva Seman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-12-26
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Nattvaktens hustru
1947-10-20
Nattvaktens hustru
Overview: Ingegerd Lindberg is coming to Stockholm from the countryside. The first person she meets at the Central Station is Curt Brehmer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-10-20
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They Come Across the Borders
1961-01-01
They Come Across the Borders
Overview: Werner combines two extremely different theatres of flight and misery: the mountainscape near Oujda where refugees from the Algerian War cross the border to Morocco for safety and respite, and Hong Kong, which was dealing with hundreds and hundreds of thousands escaping the famine caused by Máo’s Great-Leap-Forward policy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Loffe på luffen
1948-01-03
Loffe på luffen
Overview: Loffe Fridh is out wandering the roads and takes life one day at the time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1948-01-03
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Rum för ensam dam
1959-03-13
Rum för ensam dam
Overview: Magda Nilsson is a very talented young woman, but she has had a difficult upbringing and lost her self-confidence. She is also a singe-parent mother with her fragile son Arne. Magda is also difficult, antisocial and hard to get to know, but beneath the surface she seeps from suppressed love needs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1959-03-13
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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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Murke's Collected Silence
1968-01-01
Murke's Collected Silence
Overview: In a radio studio, an old lecture is re-edited to suit new times and the literary supremacy.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Två solkiga blondiner
1984-02-24
Två solkiga blondiner
Overview: Sonja and Mirre, two 19-year-old Swedish trainee nurses, dream of a trip to Rome but heart-rending passion and minor money troubles get in the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1984-02-24
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Skandalskolan
1958-10-09
Skandalskolan
Overview: TV play.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1958-10-09
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Waltz of Sex
1968-09-22
Waltz of Sex
Overview: When a vagrant family arrives to the village Vindinge one hot summer in the 1920's, the parish is spiced up with sex and alcohol. Based on a novel by Swedish Academy member Artur Lundkvist.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-09-22
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The Halo Is Slipping
1957-07-01
The Halo Is Slipping
Overview: A secretary at a publishing company, Birgitta, writes a novel, based on her secret love of her boss. She sends it anonymously to her own company, who decides to publish it. The book becomes a success. Birgitta's husband's mistress get hold of the script and confesses that *she* wrote the novel. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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Sista natten
1956-10-21
Sista natten
Overview: A man escapes from a psychiatric clinic, the tracks lead to the town Marstrand, where a woman is found murdered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-10-21
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Åke and His World
1959-10-31
Åke and His World
Overview: A melancholic depiction of life in a small Swedish town, seen through the eyes of a six-year-old boy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1959-10-31
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The Sin of Anna Lans
1943-08-20
The Sin of Anna Lans
Overview: At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1943-08-20
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Appassionata
1944-02-02
Appassionata
Overview: A classic melodrama about the famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1944-02-02
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Vägen genom Skå
1957-04-02
Vägen genom Skå
Overview: Inga starts working as a trainee at Skå Barnby at Färingsö outside Stockholm. There she gets acquainted with people living nearby. Soon disturbances and conflicts arise between them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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Tattarblod
1954-02-08
Tattarblod
Overview: David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals until it becomes known that David is the son of a notorious drifter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1954-02-08
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Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
1949-12-26
Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
Overview: Erik, a poor inventor meets the clerk Lillemor and fall in love. Erik's becomes invention is ready for the market. He contacts a director who might be interested. Erik is attracted almost immediately by the director's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1949-12-26
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Fanny and Alexander
1982-12-17
Fanny and Alexander
Overview: As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Love Me!
1986-02-28
Love Me!
Overview: Sussie is 15, raised with her alcoholic mother and an absent father. She has lived in several foster homes. Now she gets one last chance with a new family, the Lindgren's who live in a large house by the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-02-28
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Blue Sea
1956-01-30
Blue Sea
Overview: Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-01-30
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Loving Couples
1964-12-20
Loving Couples
Overview: As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1964-12-20
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Seger i mörker
1954-09-16
Seger i mörker
Overview: The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Sweden's greatest inventors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1954-09-16
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Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1959-01-06
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Overview: A Swedish TV play about a workhouse in Småland, Sweden. Midsummer's Dream in the Workhouse is written by Pär Lagerkvist.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1959-01-06
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Kärlekens kors
1946-03-08
Kärlekens kors
Overview: The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she finds herself selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1946-03-08
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The Ninth Company
1987-11-13
The Ninth Company
Overview: A few conscripts realise that the army has vast resources that don't get used as much as they could. Using army material, they start to do services for people in the neighbourhood. More and more money is exchanged, more and more people gets involved, but when will someone reveal the truth to someoney who they can't pay?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1987-11-13
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The Race of His Life
1944-08-01
The Race of His Life
Overview: Social Democratic election film. Young Lasse is unemployed and drawn to the Communists. However, he comes to the Social Democratic fold after heroically capturing a saboteur. He falls in love with young Greta, whose father is a nimble master tailor who knows how to put both communists and citizens in place.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1944-08-01
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