Samuel Fröler
Biography: Per Samuel Fröler (born 24 March 1957) is a Swedish actor. His break-through was in the TV series Tre Kärlekar in 1989. He played the protagonist in the soap opera Skärgårdsdoktorn, and has also acted in several films. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards he was nominated for the Best Actor award for his role in The Best Intentions. Fröler did the voice of Shrek when Shrek 2 was dubbed into Swedish. He also had a part in the American film Octane in 2003. He played one of the leading roles in the 2010 film Pure.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 24, 1957
Deathday: N/A
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Headhunter
2009-08-28
Headhunter
Overview: Martin Vinge, former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of Denmark's largest shipping company and oil empire. Sieger hires Martin to find an alternative heir to the firm instead of his son, Daniel Sieger, who for a long time has been destined to take the company into the next era. Martin starts coming up with suitable names for the position, but discovers that he has actually been entangled in a larger impenetrable power game aimed at deciding what is really going to happen to the company; a brutal power struggle that puts an intense pressure on Martin and his private life and relationships.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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Executive Protection
2001-08-17
Executive Protection
Overview: After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven, purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retained the services of Nikolaus Lehmann, a burly private eye, to throw them off his trail. However, Lehmann does his job all too well, murdering the racketeers, and then threatening Sven and his family. With no where else to turn, Sven asks Falk to help him deal with the crazed Lehmann; Falk agrees, but soon realizes he's dealing with a more dangerous man than he imagined when Lehmann kidnaps Falk's wife Jeanette, and then releases her with a time bomb locked around her neck, demanding that Falk hand over ownership of his detective agency to Lehmann.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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Exit
2006-10-06
Exit
Overview: There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is answered by someone who he thought had committed suicide years ago.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-10-06
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The Best Intentions
1992-05-24
The Best Intentions
Overview: In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social differences, Henrik and Anna fall in love, wed and move to the country. They lead a quiet life as Henrik works as a priest, but it isn't long before the simple people and plain surroundings make Anna long for a more lavish lifestyle, which causes marital stress.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1992-05-24
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Private Confessions
1996-12-25
Private Confessions
Overview: Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins to her husband, Henrik. As the film moves back and forth in time, the notion of truth is tested. Tomas, the lover, and Henrik will find that Anna's confessions do not absolve anyone, and have the power to inflict more pain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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Ögat
1998-10-02
Ögat
Overview: Fredrik is a director for a company that has developed a camera that can be operated from a distance to inspect pipes. He is so obsessed about his girlfriend Ingrid that he arranges his own fake suicide so that he can check that she mourns his death properly. With a set of cameras in their house he can follow every step she takes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-10-02
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Pure
2009-10-22
Pure
Overview: Katarina is 20 years old. With a troubled past in a dreary suburb, her life seems to be already set in stone - until she discovers music. Everything changes when she hears a performance of Mozart’s 'Requiem' at the Gothenburg Concert Hall that sends her reeling and opens up a beautiful new world. She feels that she has to change her life and get as far away from her ugly reality as possible. But the path she has to follow proves to be a treacherous one, filled with lies, betrayal and a dangerous liaison with the married conductor Adam. Yet Katarina is ready to do anything to gain her new identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-10-22
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Det grovmaskiga nätet
2000-01-02
Det grovmaskiga nätet
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Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2000-01-02
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Wolf Summer
2003-02-28
Wolf Summer
Overview: The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. When she finds out three shepherds are out to kill the wolf, she decides to get across the border to Sweden, where they don't hunt for wolves.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2003-02-28
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Liv & Ingmar
2012-09-28
Liv & Ingmar
Overview: The 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-28
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Between Summers
1995-08-31
Between Summers
Overview: Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially blames her sister, who was supposed to supervise her children. Later she turns her anger and grief against her husband. Since none of them know what to do with their feelings, they start to drift apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1995-08-31
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Lovisa och Carl Michael
2005-12-24
Lovisa och Carl Michael
Overview: Bellman and his wife Lovisa live in a loving marriage, but in extreme poverty. They struggle to keep the family together and Lovisa tries to persuade Bellman to perform in order to earn a livelihood.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-12-24
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For Better and Worse
2015-03-06
For Better and Worse
Overview: A couple on the brink of divorce attempts to hide their crisis at a grand wedding, but it turns out they are not the only ones with false appearances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-03-06
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Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
2025-10-09
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Overview: Stall-Erik och snapphanarna is a Swedish film project that began filming in 1996 with a preliminary premiere in 2025. Director, producer and lead actor is Anders Olofsson. Olofsson is entirely responsible for the financing of the project and the casting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2025-10-09
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The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son
2015-11-25
The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son
Overview: The Hague, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Two ambitious lawyers face each other in the trial of Milorad Krstić, who’s accused of committing war crimes as a commander in the Bosnian war. The defender, Mikhail Finn, has managed to refute all the accusations against his client. Convinced of Krstic´s guilt, Catherine Lagrange, the prosecutor, summons a young man with incriminating evidence against Krstić. He claims to have been abandoned by his parents as a child and to have been one of Krstić’s soldiers. Defender Finn starts to investigate in order to verify the witness’ testimony – and soon encounters the young man’s family. Inspired by a true story.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-25
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Their Frozen Dream
1997-10-03
Their Frozen Dream
Overview: Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée which Troell had previously dramatized in "Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd" (1982).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-10-03
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Reply with Photo
1999-08-20
Reply with Photo
Overview: The shy scientist Lars decides to publish a small ad in order to find a girlfriend. From the 218 replies, he selects Brigita, an attractive Latvian woman and invites her to Stockholm. But what actually happens after Brigita's arrival is far more complicated than Lars could ever have imagined.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-08-20
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A Scent of Paradise
1997-08-29
A Scent of Paradise
Overview: Stockholm 1956. The Swedish botanist, candidate and lieutenant Nils von Ekelöw, presents his research to a panel of professors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1997-08-29
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Pax
2010-02-01
Pax
Overview: PAX is a grand-scale drama. An intimate and powerful romantic film about seven people's encounter with themselves as life forces them into the raging storm. They all have someone waiting. PAX, the Latin word for peace, is also flight terminology for flight passengers. When flying in an airplane we are all "pax".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2010-02-01
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Gåten Knut Hamsun
1996-12-26
Gåten Knut Hamsun
Overview: What is the answer to the riddle. What made the famous author, nobel prize winner, Knut Hamsun to support Hitler? 1945. The famous writer Knut Hamsun looks back to his youth., and compares his life with two of his works "Hunger" and "Mysteries".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1996-12-26
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The Outlaws
2022-03-04
The Outlaws
Overview: Set in the 1920s, two drifters are being chased by the police after a failed train robbery.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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Close Encounter
1997-01-01
Close Encounter
Overview: After the divorce 14-year old Nina lives with her father, a UFO-observer. He's not the warmest of fathers, which troubles their relationship. One night, when he is out looking for aliens, she takes his car to go to a party, but crashes it. Her father mistakes the crash for aliens landing. —Kurt Aerden
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Octane
2003-05-16
Octane
Overview: After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat, down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker, their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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The Owl
2020-10-28
The Owl
Overview: The mood in a teacher's lounge changes when the reason behind a colleague's nickname is brought to light.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2020-10-28
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