Sven Wollter
Also Known As: Sven Wolter, Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter
Biography: Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (11 January 1934 – 10 November 2020) was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he became widely known through his role as Madame Flod's son Gusten in Swedish Television's adaption of The People of Hemsö by August Strindberg in 1966. Later he had several notable roles, including in 1976 when he played Detective Sergeant Lennart Kollberg in Bo Widerberg's film The Man on the Roof. For international viewers, he is best known for his role Victor in the dramatic film The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky, and for a wider television audience as the retired Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren in the cinematic adaptations of Håkan Nesser's police novels.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Sweden
Birthday: January 11, 1934
Deathday: November 10, 2020
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Trigger
Overview: A warm, dramatic story about eleven-year-old Alise's encounter with a wild horse on the run.
Genres: Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2006-08-11
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Man on the Roof
Overview: Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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House of Angels
Overview: In a small village in Västergötland, everything is turned upside-down when the local loner dies and his cottage is inherited by his unknown relative Fanny. She rides into town on a big black motorcycle with her androgynous boyfriend Zack, wearing black leather and spikes. When they decide to stay, Flogfält's plans to buy the cottage are upset.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1992-02-21
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
Overview: Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1967-03-10
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House of Angels: The Second Summer
Overview: Fanny and Zack is back, after she inherited Änglagård last year. Everytone looks forward to their new stay. Axel has told Fanny he is her father, but who else? Ivar also thinks he is her father. Be ready for expectations and confusions.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1994-12-25
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Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Overview: Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2001-10-26
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A Song for Martin
Overview: Martin, conductor of a symphonic orchestra, meet Barbara, violine player and they start a relationship. Five years later Martin starts to develop loss of memory and becomes more and more confused. Finally he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and Barbara tries to help as much as possible although Martin is often angry and violent towards her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-03-16
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Alfred
Overview: The life of the Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel. How he invented dynamite and later in his life founded the Nobel-Prize.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Tattooed Widow
Overview: Ester is the perfect grandmother everyone expects her to be. But she unexpectedly inherits an old aunt and gets a big apartment and a lot of money. She decides to leave her husband, children and grandchildren to start her life over. Before long, she has four men who court her and she feels young once again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-03-10
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Rider in Blue
Overview: When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army's riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. She gets involved in the strange murder of the Blue Rider. Unknown to everyone at Strömsholm.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1959-10-16
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Vildhussen
Overview: Documentary drama about Sweden's biggest natural disaster, which destroyed one of the biggest whitewater rapids in Sweden in 1796.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-12-24
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The House
Overview: Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Genres: Animation Drama Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-14
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Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-06-14
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The Man from Majorca
Overview: In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy's Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder that takes them from the dirty streets to government officials.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1984-10-12
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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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Domaren
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-09-02
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In the Name of the Law
Overview: A group of four policemen is known for cruising the streets of Stockholm in their van, looking for drunks or criminals they can beat up with their batons. Lately witnesses saw them pick up a drunk who later was found dead. The four policemen deny any knowledge. Police inspector Jarnebring gets the case and finds out that these four policemen have been reported for 22 cases of police brutality. Shortly after, another criminal dies in their van...
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-10-31
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House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
Overview: A lot happens in a small village in 15 years. People fall in love, get married, have kids and divorces. Some move, some die - in Yxared just like in other places. Zac, Fanny and her daughter Alice travels back to to the small village in Ostergotland. Alice makes them return - where does she come from, what are her roots? The question about who Fanny's dad is, arises once more. And Alice, who's her dad?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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Sista leken
Overview: In this somber, psychological drama about the conflict between a man's innermost feelings and a society that puts these feelings in a strait jacket, the mood is ruminative and depressing throughout. Alone, Viktor (Sven Wolter) heads off for his usual summer vacation to some islands where he can ostensibly look for antiques for his wife's shop in Stockholm. His marriage is a failure or worse -- he raped his wife before he left home, and he is obsessed by erotic imaginings. Once on the islands, he makes friends with a little girl whose mother is mentally disturbed and is kept by her husband in a locked room. The islanders are as tight-lipped as Viktor, and any communication is stiff and artificial. Viktor's own alienation begins to slip as he takes surprising, violent action to turn around the imprisoned mother's life -- but it does not work, nothing seems to work -- and his last actions indicate that he may not be willing to simply give up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1984-03-18
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Day by Day
Overview: Five people embark on a motorhome road trip through Europe to fulfill an elderly man's last wish. "Day by Day" is a life-affirming comedy with a lot of humor and some seriousness. Friendships develop, love arises and life-changing decisions are made, a story that it is never too late to rethink in life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2022-02-05
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Moreno and the Silence
Overview: When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, tongues begin to loosen.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-05-03
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Molly in the World
Overview: Molly in the World (Molly i världen) is a small film about the great frustrations and questions in life. The film explores the great sadness of not belonging and not being understod. It depicts the life and soul of Molly. We visit wonderful places and meet fascinating characters, talk to animals (computer animated) and ask outselves the question, what is real and what is imagination?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-05-15
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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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Carambole
Overview: Carambole is the story of a doctor, in love and happy, who one rainy night accidentally hits a young boy with his car and drives away when he sees the boy is dead. Some days later he receives a letter telling him that someone knows what he did, and want money for his silence. And after that it just gets messier for the good doctor...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-12-14
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Münsters fall
Overview: When the body of a wealthy wine merchant washes up on a beach with multiple stab wounds, police fear a media frenzy. But the quick arrest of the man's former partner in the face of damning evidence promises a quick resolution to the case.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-12-14
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Störst av allt
Overview: A young female journalist suddenly finds out that who she believed was her father is not that at all. Her real father is the well-known politician and union boss, who 28 years ago betrayed both her and her mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-05-03
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Det grovmaskiga nätet
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Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2000-01-02
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Kvinna med födelsemärke
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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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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Facklorna
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Flicker
Overview: There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom is just about to launch a new modern profile when they discover that there is something lurking in the outskirts of Backberga. An accident triggers a power failure, which leads to a chain of events,mishaps and love stories. Flicker is a warm comic story about people trying to find their place within the modern society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-20
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Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern
Overview: Artist Marianne Lindberg De Geer thinks about her old friends from the 70s, where did they all go?
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Overview: A documentary by Ronny Svensson and Markus Stromqvist on the making of Bo Widerberg's 1976 movie Man on the Roof, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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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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Tack ska du ha, Karl Gerhard heter jag
Overview: Talking head documentary about the early 20th century Swedish comedian and singer Karl Gerhard made for his hundredth birthday.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1991-02-23
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Sandlådan
Overview: What will happen to the kids in the sandbox? The ones digging in the same sand, how will they live with each other?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1972-06-21
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Friends
Overview: John is a legal assistant who is looking forward to marriage to his fiancee Sally, but his daydream is interrupted when a model plane crashes through his window. Following the plane is a family of six who invade his life and apartment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-20
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Jacob smitaren
Overview: A movie by Göran du Rées and Christina Olofson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-10
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Charlotte Löwensköld
Overview: 1830 Värmland, Sweden. Master Karl Arthur Ekenstedt comes to aid the Minister at Crosss Church. He falls in love with Charlotte Löwensköld, housekeeper in the rectory. They get engaged. Charlotte is full of life, energetic and practical. Karl Arthur struggle with his faith and God.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1979-10-30
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I Love, You Love
Overview: Helena and Sten are a couple but the relationship is falling apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-25
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The Last Bid
Overview: The working class couple, Roger and Lisette, knows that it is impossible to live an honest life in a society of thieves. When they succeed in scoring the top result on the football pools without earning the top money, they have had enough.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1981-02-26
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Suxxess
Overview: A Swedish IT-company gets a new boss, who turns out to be a soulless hatchet man in Schildt's dark satire on the evils of the corporate world. He's opposed by Daniel, one of his employees, and eventually comes crashing down, impaled on his own hubris. So Daniel gets given the poisoned chalice of leadership in his place, just to end up as amoral and platitudinous as the man and values he initially stood up against.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-10
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Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
Overview: Junior, a teenage gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the head gnome of the forest, would prefer his son follow in his footsteps and one day be in charge of his own forest. In spite of their differences, on the eve of the first winter storm Junior helps Jalle distribute food rations. Then disaster strikes.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-31
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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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One Way Ticket
Overview: Johannes, an ex-con now working as a antiques dealer, is faced with a huge debt. He is put under pressure to pay and agrees to steal the Russian crown jewels on exhibition onboard a cruise ship.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Violet Bay
Overview: Kerem goes to a village to start a new life for his family. It will not be easy for Kerem's wife Neriman to get used to her new life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 1991-11-08
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Key House Mirror
Overview: Lily (76) is sure there’s nothing wrong with her. The only reason she lives in a care home is because of her husband Max's illness: a series of strokes has reduced him to a vegetable. The fact that Lily isn’t exactly the way she used to be becomes slowly clear in the Danish drama Key House Mirror - the title refers to a memory test. It’s not easy for Lily to leave her old habits behind her and fit in with the rules of the home. Her life blossoms when she meets an 80-year-old Swedish neighbour, a charming man who gives her the attention she has long missed. Lily’s daughter, however, is not so happy with the budding romance.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2015-10-22
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Sigillet
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-04-21
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Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Overview: Inga Tidblad started acting in 1921 and became one of Sweden's greatest and most successful actresses of all time. Daughter Meg Westergren, colleagues Bibi Andersson, Helena Bergström, Thommy Berggren and Sven Wollter are a few who talk and remember her as a person and as an actor.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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The White Wall
Overview: A day in the life of Monika, an ordinary, modern (ca.1975) Swedish woman. Her surroundings are a lot sleeker than her daily existence, though; she's unemployed, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the midst of what ought to be the good life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1975-03-24
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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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No
Overview: How and why people refused military service in Sweden at the end of the 1960s. This is the reasoning of the Minister of Defense and the friends of non-violence and pacifists.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-05-08
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Samlaren
Overview: Lennart lives a very lonely life. He collects things and when he tests the limits of how far he can go for his collections, he meets a woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-08-22
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Dockpojken
Overview: A psychological drama where the son escapes his father's brutality in the isolated far north of Sweden. The father is left with the pain and agony of having chased away his only child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1993-02-26
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The Sacrifice
Overview: Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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Havlandet
Overview: This is a tale that has an epic scope in scenery "the northern snow-covered lands of coastal Norway" and is dramatized by moments of tumultuous stormy weather. But the focus is on Heikki (Stein Bjorn) a young man who is inspired by the northern lights to take a horse-drawn sled and make his way to the sea, hoping to come back with abundant fish. He is overtaken by a snowstorm and is forced to find shelter in a small, isolated cabin that is home to a half-crazy widow, her baby, and a blind man. Driven to arson by her internal demons, the woman destroys the cabin. She and the blind man perish, but Heikki manages to save the baby. He is now faced with an even greater challenge as he holds the infant and looks in the direction of the coastline.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1985-09-26
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Smykketyven
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1990-08-30
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Heartbeat
Overview: A dazzling musical about a young Arab woman facing deportation just as she is about to receive a heart transplant.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-01-30
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Kim - Den skalliga primadonnan
Overview: About Swedish actress Kim Anderzon. Loved and acclaimed for her roles in theatre and on film. A feminist role model with a big ego. A woman who decided to do it all by herself, and who became one of our greatest actors. A life on stage. Till the cancer arrived.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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Lines from the Heart
Overview: The trio of actresses have ostensibly gathered to pay tribute to Mai Zetterling, but also reminisce about their own careers and the illustrious figures, including Ingmar Bergman, they have worked with.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-03-08
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The 13th Warrior
Overview: A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they travel together, they learn of a legendary evil closing in and must unite to confront this formidable force.
Genres: Adventure History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-13
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A Film About Love
Overview: At a prom ball, Peter and Helen catch each other's eyes over the children's heads. Peter is desperate to meet Helen and follows her to Mallorca, where she plans to spend her holiday with her husband.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1987-01-26
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Regeln och undantaget
Overview: A television drama about a trial against a merchant who killed one of his employees.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-03-31
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Videoman
Overview: A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save his terrible economical situation. The film disappears. He suspects it is stolen and starts a hunt after a perpetrator.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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Repetitionen
Overview: "The Rehearsal or The Patchwork of Love" - At the Ferbroques castle, the Count, Countess and their guests are rehearsing a play.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-01-28
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I samma rum
Overview: A Swedish TV theatre about X, Y and Z.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-04-08
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Rymmare
Overview: Two inmates escape from prison. The escape affects not only the two runaways but also their relatives.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-11-17
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Lust och fägring - en film om Bo Widerbergs sista
Overview: Documentary about the making of Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair').
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-08-17
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I huvudet på en filmskapare
Overview: For over 20 years, film enthusiast and amateur filmmaker Anders Olofsson has worked on what quickly became his life project, "Stall-Erik och Snapphanarna". What he may lack in technical skill he makes up for with his genuine enthusiasm for the project, and perhaps this is how he has managed to convince an unbelievable roster of eighty well-known Swedish film actors to participate in this production. When he will actually finish his film, only time will tell.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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Georg & Lydia
Overview: Georg (age 70) and Lydia (age 30) are in two completely different stages in life when they meet.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Husbonden
Overview: Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His master is a pirate who, together with his two daughters, live on killing shipwrecked sailors and stealing their cargo. Eventually, Charlie begins to question the correctness of his master living.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1989-09-26
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Faceless Murderer
Overview: A farmer discovers that his neighbors have been murdered. Wallander get on the case.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1995-09-03
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Bo Widerberg
Overview: Documentary which follows Bo Widerberg during the making of 'Man on the Roof', 'The Butt' and a failed theater production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Truth About the New Anna Susanna
Overview: About the "aware, free and unrestrained modern woman" Anna Susanna.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Ivar Kreuger
Overview: Ivar Kreuger was a businessman who influenced a whole world and whose fate is still shrouded in mystery.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Exercis
Overview: Drama about the everyday lives of Swedish soldiers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-04-22
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Hotet från yttre rymden
Overview: Jack Hamrin is a young journalist doing his best to keep his job at the local paper. In his desperate hunt for a scoop he begins writing about rumored flying saucers, UFOs. The Swedish Security Service, SÄPO, try to stop his articles, and Jack understands he's on to something big. He puts everything on the line, trying to stop the imminent invasion of Norrköping
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-02-02
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Solsidan
Overview: We join the three couples in a comedy about divorces, love, child longing, weird parents and unwritten bathing rules in Torekov.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Like Rings on the Water
Overview: Chase and stress in the big city of Stockholm. Lines of cars, buses and trams, exhaust fumes, parking problems, and the long journey home to the high-rise in the suburbs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Sweetwater
Overview: Allan and Lisa flee the war-torn city of Sweetwater with their young son for the safety of the municipal dump in this sleepy war drama. They join other displaced survivors who were driven from their homes, looking for a better life on the outskirts of Sweetwater.
Genres: Drama Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1988-09-14
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