Ulf Friberg
Also Known As: Ulf Friedberg
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nässjö, Jönköpings län, Sweden
Adult: No
Birthday: October 04, 1962
Age: 62 years old
Gender: Male
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Evil
Overview: Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-09-16
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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 Man on the Balcony
Overview: A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1993-11-26
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Overview: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-14
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The Reunion
Overview: 35-year old Magnus Edkvist hates class reunions as much as anyone and usually skip them. Still he accepts an invitation for a reunion for class he left over twenty years ago. But he has his reasons, as there is a chance that his teen love Hillevi will show up. The girl he wanted to run away with and share the rest of his life. The girl that got away...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-02-27
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Stockholm East
Overview: Stockholm East is the love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and relationships. When Johan and Anna meet at the railway station connecting Stockholm with the idyllic suburbs where they both live, they embark on a dangerous journey of passion and lies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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Syndare i sommarsol
Overview: In the mid-1920s, four young men and women have decided to spend their summer holiday studying together and have rented a wonderful house in the Swedish archipelago. Rationally, they realize that this cohabitation may lead to some of the members being attracted to one another. Thus, in order to avoid unnecessary passions, conflicts, jealousy, grief and enmity, the women sleep in a separate house on the other side of the creek. In spite of believing that they are prepared for anything, and even though they share the task of cooking, their feelings get carried away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-11-30
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Jerusalem
Overview: Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-09-06
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Play Off
Overview: Johan is a 35 year old soccer fan, unemployed but living by his wits and charm. During the Soccer World Championships in 1990 all Swedes want to follow the games, including Johan who doesn't own a TV set. He gets himself invited to friends or goes to bars to see matches. He is pursued by two hit men, as he owes money for a grand piano he was supposed to sell. Johan seeks the help of down-and-out Kenneth to avoid bodily harm. Kenneth arranges for Johan to smuggle 15 Iraqi from Frankfurt to Sweden. On the same night Sweden plays the fateful game against Costa Rica...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-03-20
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Jag skall bli Sveriges Rembrandt eller dö!
Overview: "I Will Become Sweden's Rembrandt or Die!" - About the life and art of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson (1851-1906), his many travels in Europe and about the psychological crisis in 1885 which changed Josephson's artistry completely.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1990-10-04
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Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Overview: Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-04-10
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Wallander: The Secret
Overview: 11-year-old Johannes is found raped and murdered. Investigations lead to a pedophile ring and detective Stefan Lindman's dark secret.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Konstnärinnan på avd. 22
Overview: Ester Henning (1887-1985) was a Swedish sculptor and artist who spent 60 years of her life in mental hospitals. She was poor, in bad health mentally unstable and spent only four years in school before she had to earn a living. But from her closed world she created expressive and appreciated art.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-01-25
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Hjälten
Overview: Seventeen year old Rita grows up in an upper-class Swedish seaside society in 1965, and is very close to her father, Gerhard. Rita rejects the boys from the tennis club, and prefers to go out with Jimmi in his laundry delivery van.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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A Family
Overview: Balkan 1992. Ariana is in her parents' home country to sing on a peace gala. She brings her Swedish husband and nine-year-old daughter. But the war breaks out.
Genres: Drama Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-08-06
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Borkmann's Point
Overview: Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a collaboration that is not without its problems.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-12-14
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Playing with Fire
Overview: Actor and director Ulf Friberg has filmed August Strindberg's play "Leka med elden". Or at least almost. The story of a middle-aged couple and their summer guests slides almost unnoticed into the story of the relationship between the actors and the director. The result is an airy, summery metafilm of both classic and innovative cuts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-01-23
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Fallet G
Overview: The daughter of a murdered private detective comes to Van Veeteren for help with a case that might be linked to Van Veeteren's only unsolved case.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-07-12
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Stockholm Stories
Overview: The lives of five seemingly unrelated lost souls intertwine in Sweden’s chilly capital in this delicate and wryly funny ensemble film. A precocious yet untalented young writer, a friendless advertising genius, a tight-lipped workaholic, a shy upper-class boy with a secret crush, and a recently dumped young woman all come to realize hard truths about love and life over the course of several days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-10-12
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The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond
Overview: Sickan, the leader of the criminal Jönsson gang is incarcerated in a mental institution, attended by Dr M.A. Busé, who admire a handbook in crime that Sickan has been writing. Blackmailed by the nefarious banker Wall-Enberg, Dr Busé and Sickan's partners Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry execute Sickan's plan of stealing the valuable Black Diamond of the Romanovs from the National Museum.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1992-10-30
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Thor Modéen - ett personligt porträtt av Ulf Larsson
Overview: Thor Modéen (1898-1950) was one of our great Swedish film actors and comedians. Cicerone Ulf Larsson accompanies us through Modéen's life, with the help of interviews with friends, acquaintances and colleagues and with clips from feature films, magazine films and commercials.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2000-06-20
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