Martin Ljung
Also Known As: Martin Vilhelm Ljung
Biography: Martin Ljung was a Swedish comedian, actor and singer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden
Birthday: August 15, 1917
Deathday: September 29, 2010
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Spader, Madame!
Overview: Political satire set in the 18th century to Franz Schubert's music.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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I huvet på n' Gamlin
Overview: Documentary about the Swedish humorist, film maker and artist Yngve Gamlin
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1990-06-23
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Här kommer vi ...
Overview: The actor Robert Berg is just about to get his dream role on the big stage in Stockholm when he gets called to the military service.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-10-18
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The Apple War
Overview: A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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The Man Who Could Not Laugh
Overview: A man who can not laugh gets help by a psychiatrist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1968-02-03
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I dur och skur
Overview: "In rain and shine" - Sid och Filibert are identical twins. Sid is a theater manager and composer and when his brother arrives to Stockholm for a position at the Museum of Natural History, Filibert is mistaken for Sid.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1953-05-22
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Sverige åt svenskarna
Overview: This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1980-07-31
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...och över alltihopa lyser Povel Ramel
Overview: A congratulatory celebration of Povel Ramel's 70th birthday featuring a cavalcade of great Swedish performers.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1992-05-30
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KaRamellodier
Overview: Povel Ramel jubilee show played at Berns in Stockholm in 1972.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1972-12-26
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To Povel
Overview: Jubilee show for Povel Ramel's 60th birthday
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1982-05-01
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Semestersångarna
Overview: Povel Ramel's 1962 show as filmed for television. This time the usual gang of four is joined by promising young comedian Hasse Alfredsson.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1962-10-20
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De sista entusiasterna
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-01-04
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Stjärnbilder
Overview: A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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Swedish Portraits
Overview: The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1964-09-07
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The Staffan Stolle Story
Overview: Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country only to return under a false name, looking for true love.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1956-09-10
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When Bengt and Anders Changed Wives
Overview: Two neighbours, each with a small plot of land, hate each other. Both are dissatisfied with his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-12-23
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Rågens rike
Overview: Love triangle between the big farmer, a farmhand and his sweetheart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-09-26
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Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo
Overview: Biographical account of Kalle Jularbo, a famous Swedish accordion-player.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1952-10-13
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Niklas and the Figure
Overview: Young Niklas and his friend the Figure are looking for the homeless dog for Niklas.
Genres: Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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A Man with a Maid
Overview: A Victorian aristocrat buys a former madhouse and converts it into a "love nest" to woo and bed Alice, the lovely blonde Minister's daughter he meets in an art gallery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1975-02-17
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Far till sol och vår
Overview: Martin Wide inherits a bus from his dying grandfather. He restores it from being a hen house into a tourist bus. He puts an ad in the newspaper about "travels to the sun" and also advertises for a stewardess at the same time. The female reporter Vera Boman signs up for the job, in order to expose the "tourist travel hoax". The two, together with passengers of various kinds set off from a snowy Sweden towards Paris. During the trip, Vera starts to realize that Martin is not a "tourist cheater" but a kind and thoughtful travel arranger, who tries to tend to all his passengers as best as he can, even when the situations become difficult to handle. In addition, a famous Swedish diamond has just been stolen and it turns out that both the thieves and the private detectives who are after them, are passengers on the bus.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-10-28
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The glass in the ear
Overview: Glaset i örat is a revue by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. It was recorded at Berns in Stockholm 1973 and on tour during the spring of 1974.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-07-31
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I rök och dans
Overview: Episodic, musical comedy. Povel Ramel company Knäppupp's first film where Martin Ljung plays 16 different roles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1954-07-30
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The Great Amateur
Overview: Modern fairy tale about the small town of Fårtuna where the chief of police is also an amateur theater director. The local shop assistant Linda aspires to become an actress and gets discovered by a talent agent from Stockholm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1958-06-22
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Pippi in the South Seas
Overview: Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1970-01-24
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Knäpp igen
Overview: Celebrating the first revue/variety/show "Akta huvet/Watch Your Head" released in 1953 by pastiches and reworkings of the Povel Ramel song and comedy book.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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Miss Julie
Overview: Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1951-06-28
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Railroad Workers
Overview: The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay of Bothnia to Narvik at the Norwegian Sea. One of the newest workers, Valfrid from the south of Sweden, is not accepted by neither Stora Ballong, the informal leader of the workers, nor the others. They refuse to talk to him but instead Valfrid gets help from the sworn enemy of the railroad workers: the greedy drugstore owner Blom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-12-26
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Kronblom
Overview: A couple of thieves are terrorizing the village of Vinkelboda, and Kronblom becomes a suspect and must clear his name. Based on the popular Swedish comic strip Kronblom, about the laziest man in town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1947-08-18
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Dax igen
Overview: 10 year anniversary revue for the Knäppupp company, performances of both old and new material.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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Funny Boy
Overview: Ad man Jonathan Blake gets tired of his work and runs away to a time travel agency for the first flight out.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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Kortknäpp
Overview: Behind the scenes of Knäppupp's 1957 tour
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1957-10-28
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Terras fönster 5
Overview: The fifth edition of "Terras fönster" reporting from Oslo 900 years. Two episodes with Povel Ramel that sings and spits together with Martin Ljung and Brita Borg. Miss Sweden 1951, Anita Ekberg, visits Stockholm, inaugurates Children's Day in Humlegården. Art, the sculptor Einar Luter card in his studio, and fashion. Report from the factory community Harg in Nyköping municipality, with Lars Johansson, who played a guard post in Nyköping's guest ban, and his wife Marianne. Musical cavalcade with Povel Ramel, Brita Borg and Martin Ljung.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-15
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