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The Halo Is Slipping
''The Halo Is Slipping'' (Swedish: ''Med glorian på sned'') is a 1957 Swedish comedy film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Sickan Carlsson, Sture Lagerwall and Yvonne Lombard. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. Plot summary Birgitta Lövgren works as a secretary for the publisher Per-Axel Dahlander. Under the pseudonym Eurydice, she writes a romance novel, which she sends to Anders Dahls publishing house anonymously. The story circles around a nurse who has increasingly drifted away from her husband and is harbouring warm feelings towards her boss. To twist everything around Birgittas husbands mistress, Vera Alm, claims that she has written the novel. Birgitta can't expose her lies since she does not want anyone to know that she has written it, especially her boss... Cast *Sickan Carlsson as Birgitta Lövgren, secretary *Hasse Ekman as Per-Axel Dahlander, publisher *Sture Lagerwall as Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasse Ekman
Hasse Ekman (born Hans Gösta Ekman; 10September 191515February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Biography Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director from the period after Sjöström and Stiller and prior to Ingmar Bergman, peaking between the mid-1940s and 1950. He was greatly influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film ''Flicka och hyacinter'' ( Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment. His 1957 film '' Summer Place Wanted'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actor Gösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage/film director Mika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Sandborg
Olof Sandborg (April 30, 1884 in Göteborg – March 26, 1965 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1962. Filmography * '' Blodets röst'' (1913) * '' Lady Marions sommarflirt'' (1913) * ''Svärmor på vift eller Förbjudna vägar'' (1916) * ''Brottmålsdomaren'' (1917) *''The Doctor's Secret'' (1930) * '' International Match'' (1932) * ''Djurgårdsnätter'' (1933) * ''En melodi om våren'' (1933) *'' Man's Way with Women'' (1934) * ''A Wedding Night at Stjarnehov'' (1934) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * '' The Ghost of Bragehus'' (1936) * '' Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''Career'' (1938) * '' Only One Night'' (1939) * ''Mot nya tider'' (1939) * ''Hans Nåds testamente'' (1940) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * '' General von Döbeln'' (1942) * ''Adventurer'' (1942) * '' The Emperor of Portugallia'' (1944) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1945) * ''Simon the Sinner'' (1954) * '' Whoops!'' (1955) *''The Dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Films
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. '' The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's '' The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in '' The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied '' The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Gustafson (actor)
Eric Gustafson (27 May 1897 – 9 April 1981) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1920 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' Karin Daughter of Ingmar'' (1920) * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1925) * ''His English Wife'' (1927) * ''Sin'' (1928) * '' Say It with Music'' (1929) * '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) * '' Dante's Mysteries'' (1931) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * ''International Match'' (1932) * ''A Wedding Night at Stjarnehov'' (1934) * '' Under False Flag'' (1935) * ''Our Boy'' (1936) * '' It Pays to Advertise'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * '' Julia jubilerar'' (1938) * ''Frestelse'' (1940) * '' Lärarinna på vift'' (1941) * ''Dunungen'' (1941) * '' The Train Leaves at Nine'' (1941) * '' A Girl for Me'' (1943) * '' The Emperor of Portugallia'' (1944) * '' The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1945) * '' Incorrigible'' (1946) * '' Olof – forsfararen'' (1947) * '' Private Karlsson on Leave'' (1947) * ''Song of Stockholm'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Prüzelius
Karl Gösta Prüzelius (11 August 1922 – 15 May 2000) was a Swedish actor. His first film part was in the 1945 film Flickorna i Småland. He played in films as diverse as '' Summer with Monika'', '' Space Invasion of Lapland'', ''Fanny and Alexander'', and Ingmar Bergman's film version of ''The Magic Flute'' (1975). He also provided the Swedish voice for Bagheera in Disney's '' The Jungle Book'' (1967), and played the policeman Klöverhage in a number of the Åsa-Nisse films. Gösta Prüzelius worked at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1964 and for more than 30 years. On television, Gösta Prüzelius starred in the long-running soap opera '' Rederiet'', where he played the main character, shipping company owner Reidar Dahlén, from the series' start in 1992 until his death. Selected filmography * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) - Agronomist * ''Åsa-Hanna'' (1946) - Magnus Pettersson * '' Johansson and Vestman'' (1946) - Lieutenant (uncredited) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt Blomgren
Bengt Bertil Blomgren (15 August 1923 – 4 April 2013) was a Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter, born in Stockholm. Selected filmography *1997 - ''Tic Tac'' *1997 - '' Tre Kronor (TV series)'' *1997 - '' Rederiet'' (TV) *1995 - '' Pensionat Oskar'' *1994 - '' Den vite riddaren'' (TV) *1992 - '' Hassel – Botgörarna'' *1977 - '' Bröderna Lejonhjärta'' *1961 - '' Hällebäcks gård'' (also director) *1959 - ''Space Invasion of Lapland'' * 1959 - ''Crime in Paradise'' *1958 - ''Brink of Life'' *1958 - '' Laila'' *1958 - '' Line Six'' (also screenwriter and director) *1957 - ''The Halo Is Slipping'' *1957 - '' Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt'' *1956 - ''Det är aldrig för sent'' *1955 - '' Farligt löfte'' *1955 - ''Wild Birds'' *1955 - '' The Dance Hall'' *1954 - ''Karin Månsdotter'' *1954 - '' Dance in the Smoke'' (also director) *1953 - ''Hidden in the Fog'' * 1953 - '' A Night in the Archipelago'' * 1953 - '' The Chieftain of Göinge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Fischer (actor)
Arthur Fischer (2 November 1897 – 3 December 1991) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1933 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Augusta's Little Misstep'' (1933) * ''The Count of the Old Town'' (1935) * ''The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) * ''The Andersson Family'' (1937) * '' Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * '' Hotel Paradise'' (1937) * ''Baldwin's Wedding'' (1938) * ''Storm Over the Skerries'' (1938) * '' Whalers'' (1939) * '' Bashful Anton'' (1940) * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * ''The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) * '' Sun Over Klara'' (1942) * ''The Yellow Clinic'' (1942) * ''Tomorrow's Melody'' (1942) * '' Skipper Jansson'' (1944) *'' Widower Jarl'' (1945) * '' The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1945) * ''Between Brothers'' (1946) * ''Kvarterets olycksfågel'' (1947) * ''Rail Workers'' (1947) * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1947) * ''Two Women'' (1947) * ''Carnival Evening'' (1948) * ''Dangerous Spring'' (1949) * '' The Devil and the Smalan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Axel Elfving
Carl-Axel Elfving (12 January 1920 – 12 January 1988) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1947 and 1986. Selected filmography * '' Don't Give Up'' (1947) * ''Private Bom'' (1948) * ''Teacher's First Born'' (1950) * ''Knockout at the Breakfast Club'' (1950) * ''A Ghost on Holiday'' (1951) * '' Say It with Flowers'' (1952) * '' Dance in the Smoke'' (1954) * '' A Little Nest'' (1956) * '' The Girl in Tails'' (1956) * '' The Stranger from the Sky'' (1956) * ''Encounters in the Twilight'' (1957) * ''The Halo Is Slipping'' (1957) * '' Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously'' (1957) * ''Woman in a Fur Coat'' (1958) * ''Åsa-Nisse in Military Uniform'' (1958) * '' The Judge'' (1960) * ''Lovely Is the Summer Night'' (1961) * ''Hide and Seek'' (1963) * ''Sten Stensson Returns'' (1963) * ''Sailors'' (1964) * ''Här kommer bärsärkarna'' (1965) * '' The Reluctant Sadist'' (1967) * ''Pistol A pistol is a handgun, more specifically one wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Börje Mellvig
Harald Filip Börje Mellvig (23 November 1911 in Malmö – 7 November 1998 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, director and lyricist. He is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Solna Municipality, Stockholm County. Börje Mellvig was older brother to the author Folke Mellvig. Filmography * '' The People of Bergslagen'' (1937) *''Lucky Young Lady'' (1941) *''The Heavenly Play'' (1942) *'' En vår i vapen'' (1943) *''Elvira Madigan'' (1943) *'' The Forest Is Our Heritage'' (1944) *'' Nyordning på Sjögårda'' (1944) * ''Live Dangerously'' (1944) * '' The Green Lift'' (1944) * ''Skipper Jansson'' (1944) *'' Den heliga lögnen'' (1944) *'' Tired Theodore'' (1945) *''Kungliga patrasket'' (1945) *'' En förtjusande fröken'' (1945) * ''Motherhood'' (1945) *'' Crime and Punishment (1945 film), Crime and Punishment'' (1945) *''When the Meadows Blossom'' (1946) *''Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Peggy on a Spree'' (1946) *''Love Goes Up and Down'' (1946) *''Incorrigib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Strååt
Hans Olof Strååt (17 October 1917 – 26 January 1991) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1941 and 1987. Partial filmography * '' Bright Prospects'' (1941) - Student * '' Scanian Guerilla'' (1941) - Guerilla soldier (uncredited) * ''General von Döbeln'' (1942) - Löjtnant Wilhelm von Döbeln * ''Ride Tonight!'' (1942) - Peasant (uncredited) * '' The Sin of Anna Lans'' (1943) - Helge Kjellgren * '' Kungsgatan'' (1943) - Barrskiöld (uncredited) * ''En dag skall gry'' (1944) - Löjtnant Löwenskjöld * ''Kungajakt'' (1944) - Gentleman * ''Appassionata'' (1944) - Gösta * ''Kärlekens kors'' (1946) - Konsul Sandvik * '' Restless Blood'' (1946) - Valter (in Swedish-language version) * '' The Night Watchman's Wife'' (1947) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''Kvarterets olycksfågel'' (1947) - Berg (uncredited) * '' Port of Call'' (1948) - Mr. Vilander * '' Loffe the Tramp'' (1948) - Public prosecutor * ''Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket'' (1949) - Salvation Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Thunberg
Fritz-Olof Thunberg (21 May 1925 – 24 February 2020) was a Swedish actor and director, perhaps best known as the voice of the cartoon character Bamse#Protagonists, Bamse. Life and career Thunberg was born Fritz-Olof Thunberg in Västerås, where he formed a theatre club called Scenklubben which also included Lars Ekborg and the poet Bo Setterlind. He studied at Calle Flygare's drama school in Stockholm and then from 1950 to 1952 at Dramatens elevskola; between the two, in the late 1940s, he performed in public parks."Olof Thunberg" , Swedish Film Database, 2004, updated 16 December 2013 . After finishing drama school, Thunberg joined the Östgötateatern regional theatre, where he directed in addition to acting, then became a freelance actor. In the 1950s he became known for his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
