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A Woman's Face (1938 Film)
''A Woman's Face'' () is a 1938 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander, based on the play ''Il était une fois...'' by Francis de Croisset. The cast includes Ingrid Bergman in the lead as a woman criminal with a disfigured face. The film was awarded a Special Recommendation at the 6th Venice International Film Festival, 1938 Venice Film Festival for its "overall artistic contribution." (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved on 2009-04-29. It was remade in 1941 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with A Woman's Face (1941 film), the same title, starring Joan Crawford. Plot Anna Holm is an embittered woman with a facial disfigurement that distorts her eye and mouth on one side and scars her cheek. She ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Molander
Gustaf Harald August Molander (18 November 1888 – 19 June 1973) was a Swedish actor and film director. His parents were director Harald Molander, Sr. (1858–1900) and singer and actress Lydia Molander, ''née'' Wessler, and his brother was the director Olof Molander (1892–1966). He was the father of director and producer Harald Molander from his first marriage, from 1910-1918, with actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg (1892–1977). Gustaf Molander was born in Helsingfors (Helsinki) in the Grand Duchy of Finland (in the Russian Empire), where his father was working at the Swedish Theatre. He studied in the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm 1907–1909, acted at the Swedish Theatre in Helsingfors 1909–1913, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1913 to 1926. The last years there he headed the school; his students included Greta Garbo. Molander wrote several screenplays for Victor Sj� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Henrikson
Anders Henrik Henrikson (13 June 1896 – 17 October 1965) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1965. He also directed 30 films between 1933 and 1956. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Lady of the Camellias (1925 film), The Lady of the Camellias'' (1925) * ''The Strongest (1929 film), The Strongest'' (1929) * ''Man's Way with Women'' (1934) * ''Walpurgis Night (film), Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * ''Intermezzo (1936 film), Intermezzo'' (1936) * ''It Pays to Advertise (1936 film), It Pays to Advertise'' (1936) * ''Russian Flu (film), Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''Conflict (1937 film), Conflict'' (1937) * ''Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) * ''Art for Art's Sake (film), Art for Art's Sake'' (1938) * ''A Woman's Face (1938 film), A Woman's Face'' (1938) * ''Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (1938) * ''The Great Love (1938 film), The Great Love'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * ''Thunder a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Swedish-language Films
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Swedish Drama Films
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1938 Drama Films
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1938 Films
The year 1938 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1938 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January – MGM announces that Judy Garland will be cast in the role of Dorothy Gale in the upcoming '' The Wizard of Oz'' film. Ray Bolger is cast as the Tin Woodman and Buddy Ebsen as the Scarecrow. At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. On July 25, MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the Cowardly Lion. *January 21 – Pioneering French film director Georges Méliès, best remembered for groundbreaking films like ''A Trip to the Moon'' and '' The Impossible Voyage'', dies in Paris, aged 76. *February 4 – Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', the first-ever full-length animated feature film, is released nationally in the United States, less than two months after its premiere in Los Angeles. The film is a huge box office success, and briefly hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bror Bügler
Bror Bügler (11 December 1908 – 3 October 1975) was a Swedish film actor.Chandler p.309 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * ''Art for Art's Sake'' (1938) * '' A Woman's Face'' (1938) * '' Just a Bugler'' (1938) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * ''Circus'' (1939) * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1939) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * ''Första divisionen'' (1941) * '' Scanian Guerilla'' (1941) * '' The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) * '' Sun Over Klara'' (1942) * ''Adventurer'' (1942) * '' A Girl for Me'' (1943) * '' Life in the Country'' (1943) * '' Each Heart Has Its Own Story'' (1948) * ''The Girl from Backafall ''The Girl from Backafall'' (Swedish: ''Flickan från Backafall'') is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Bror Bügler and starring Viola Sundberg, Sven Lindberg and Kenne Fant.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 It is based on a poem by Gabriel Jönsson, ...'' (1953) References Bibliography * Chandler, Charlotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Kesster
Magnus Kesster (29 July 1901 – 15 April 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1937 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' The Pale Count'' (1937) * '' Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * '' A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * '' A Woman's Face'' (1938) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * '' Whalers'' (1939) * ''Between Us Barons'' (1939) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * '' Only One Night'' (1939) * '' Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * '' Dunungen'' (1941) * '' The Poor Millionaire'' (1941) * '' There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * '' A Girl for Me'' (1943) * '' The Green Lift'' (1944) * ''His Excellency'' (1944) * '' His Majesty Must Wait'' (1945) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1945) * '' Iris and the Lieutenant'' (1946) * '' It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) * '' Incorrigible'' (1946) * '' When the Meadows Blossom'' (1946) * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Dynamite'' (1947) * ''I Love You Karlsson'' (1947) * '' On These Shoulders'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Cederlund
Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. He married to actress Anna-Lisa Ryding since 1932 and they were together until his death in 1980.Göran Åstrand: ''Känt och okänt på Stockholms kyrkogårdar'': (Ordalaget Bokförlag 1998) p.198 Selected filmography * ''A Dangerous Wooing'' (1919) * ''Synnöve Solbakken (1919 film), Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''Thora van Deken'' (1920) * ''The Mill (1921 film), The Mill'' (1921) * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * ''A Fortune Hunter'' (1921) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * ''Our Boy'' (1936) * ''The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * ''Sara Learns Manners'' (1937) * ''Conflict (1937 film), Conflict'' (1937) * ''Dollar (1938 film), Dollar'' (1938) * ''Art for Art's Sake (film), Art for Art's Sake'' (1938) * ''A Woman's Face (1938 film), A Woman's Face'' (1938) * ''Comrades in Uniform'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Wallén
Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 188420 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.Sigurd Wallén biographical entry in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' Selected filmography * ''His Lordship's Last Will'' (1919) * ''Andersson's Kalle (1922 film), Andersson's Kalle'' (1922) * ''New Pranks of Andersson's Kalle'' (1923) * ''The Suitor from the Highway'' (1923) * ''The Counts at Svansta'' (1924) * ''Her Little Majesty (1925 film), Her Little Majesty'' (1925) * ''The Million Dollars'' (1926) * ''Uncle Frans'' (1926) * ''The Queen of Pellagonia'' (1927) * ''Jansson's Temptation (film), Jansson's Temptation'' (1928) * ''Frida's Songs'' (1930) * ''Skipper's Love'' (1931) * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * ''The Red Day'' (1932) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * ''The Storholmen Brothers'' (1932 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred films. Biography Karl Erik Berglund was born at Lidingö in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. He was the son of Carl Victor Berglund and his wife Klara Erika Hausmetzger. In 1903 he was sent to in Paris to learn French. In 1905 he left to continue his studies in Berlin. Later that year he went to London to learn English. He made his stage debut in 1907 with Albert Ranft (1858-1938) at the Östermalmsteatern and Södra Teatern theaters in Stockholm. From 1910 to 1912, he toured and from 1912 to 1913 he was employed at the Folkets hus in Stockholm. In 1913 he was hired by Axel Engdahl (1863–1922) to work at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg, where he performed until 1920. He then returned to Stockholm and was employed at Blancheteate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Kavli
Karin Kavli (born Karin Kristina Margareta Carlson; 21 June 1906 – 8 March 1990) was a Swedish stage and film actress and theatre director. She appeared in 20 films between 1933 and 1983. Selected filmography * '' Perhaps a Poet'' (1933) * '' Under False Flag'' (1935) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * '' A Woman's Face'' (1938) * '' Wanted'' (1939) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) * '' The Yellow Clinic'' (1942) * ''Som du vill ha mej Som du vill ha mej (As You Want Me) is a Swedish romantic comedy film from 1943 directed by Gösta Cederlund. The script was written by Kid Bruncrona based on Tancred Ibsen's film script for ''The Dangerous Game (1942 film), The Dangerous Game'', ...'' (1943) * '' Ön'' (1966) * '' All These Women'' (1964) References External links * * 1906 births 1990 deaths Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Actresses from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish theatre directors Swedish women theatre directors Litteris et Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
