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Swedenhielms
''Swedenhielms'' is a 1935 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Gustaf Molander. The film is based on the play by Hjalmar Bergman from 1923 and starrs Gösta Ekman, Karin Swanström, and Tutta Rolf. Plot The Swedenhielm family is an old proud nobility family. The head is the old physics professor Rolf Swedenhielm. His three children also live with him: Bo, Julia and Rolf Jr., as well as the hearty housekeeper Boman. The family is on the verge of bankruptcy and the only hope is that the professor is awarded the Nobel Prize. Cast * Gösta Ekman as Professor Rolf Swedenhielm, engineer and inventor * Björn Berglund as Rolf Swedenhielm Jr, engineer * Håkan Westergren as Bo Swedenhielm, air Lt. * Tutta Rolf as Julia Swedenhielm, actress * Ingrid Bergman as Astrid, Bo Swedenhielm's fiancée * Sigurd Wallén as Erik Erikson, usurer * Karin Swanström as Marta Boman, housekeeper * Nils Ericson as Pedersén, journalist * Mona Geijer-Falkner Mona Geijer-Falkner (2 January 1887 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Bergman
Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman (19 September 1883 in Örebro, Sweden – 1 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany) was a Swedish writer and playwright. Biography The son of a banker in Örebro, Bergman briefly studied philosophy at Uppsala University but soon broke off his studies and took up the life of a free writer. He married Stina Lindberg, the daughter of actor and stage producer August Lindberg and Augusta Lindberg, and sister of Per Lindberg. Up to his father's death in 1915 Bergman was heavily sponsored by the family patriarch; after the old man died from a stroke it turned out that the family business had become highly indebted and Bergman was forced to start making money out of his writing and court readers in a more outgoing and more entertaining manner. He rose to the challenge and in the following ten years reached the peak of his work. Much of his output takes place in a small town in mid-Sweden, which is growing into a parallel universe in a Balzacian manner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stina Bergman
Stina Bergman (29 April 1888 – 3 July 1976) was a Swedish writer, translator and screenwriter. Bergman was the daughter of actor August Lindberg and actress Augusta Lindberg Augusta Lindberg (; 17 March 1866 – 3 December 1943) was a Swedish stage actress. Lindberg also appeared in silent films, such as the 1925 historical epic ''Charles XII''.Kwiatkowski p.33 She was married to the actor August Lindberg and was the ..., and sister of director Per Lindberg. She was married to author Hjalmar Bergman. Filmography as screenwriter * '' Swedenhielms'' (1935) * '' A Woman's Face'' (1938) * '' Dollar'' (1938) * '' Gubben kommer'' (1939) * '' Hans Nåds testamente'' (1940) References Stina Bergmanon The Swedish Film Database Further reading * External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergman, Stina Swedish women writers 1888 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Swedish screenwriters Swedish women screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Ekman (senior)
Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman (28 December 1890 – 12 January 1938) was a Swedish actor, director and singer. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Combined with a beautiful voice and a powerful stage presence, Ekman was able to captivate his audiences. Biography Career He was known as a self-taught master of disguise with theatre make-up and costumes, Gösta Ekman was equally convincing as a farmer's son, an 18th-century middle-aged aristocrat, or an 80-year-old lunatic. His talent allowed him to act in comedies, tragedies, dramas, and operettas. He was convincing in all genres and as all types of characters. At different times, he also ran and supervised several private theatres in Stockholm, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellan Claësson
Erik ''Stellan'' Claësson was a Swedish film producer. He was married to actress Karin Swanstrom and ran SF Studios for over a decade. He was responsible for first sighting Ingrid Bergman and introducing her to cinema. Biography Claësson was the son of city physician Jonas Leonhard Claësson and Aurora Adelaide Hillman. He came to Stockholm where he first worked in the police force but then went into acting. Claësson was appointed studio manager for SF Studios in Råsunda, Solna, in 1932. In his book ''Scandinavian Film'', Forsyth Hardy writes of this period of the studio's history that "Svensk Filmindustri, through its producers Karin Swanstrom and Stellan Claesson, was content to produce modestly conceived films for the home market. They were for the most part comedies with a strong theatrical flavour or farces, some of them originating strangely in the novels of P. G. Wodehouse." During his time there, Claësson was nicknamed by some colleagues "Råsunda's dictator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Geijer-Falkner
Mona Geijer-Falkner (2 January 1887 – 3 December 1973) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''The Rivals'' (1926) * ''Getting Married'' (1926) * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) * '' Skipper's Love'' (1931) * ''The Southsiders'' (1932) * ''International Match'' (1932) * '' Black Roses'' (1932) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * '' Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * '' Swedenhielms'' (1935) * ''The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) * '' Witches' Night'' (1937) * ''We at Solglantan'' (1939) * '' The Fight Continues'' (1941) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * '' There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * '' In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * ''Count Only the Happy Moments'' (1944) * '' The Journey Away'' (1945) * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) * '' Dynamite'' (1947) * '' Music in Darkness'' (1948) * ''Life at Forsbyholm Manor'' (1948) * ''Robinson in Roslagen'' (1948) * '' Only a Mother'' (1949) * '' Father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Ericson (actor)
Nils "Nisse" Lennart Ericson (14 March 1906 – 6 April 1980) was a Swedish actor and singer. Ericson appeared in over 25 films between 1928 and 1972. Selected filmography * ''Gustaf Wasa'' (1928) * '' For Her Sake'' (1930) * ''Cavaliers of the Crown'' (1930) * ''Swedenhielms'' (1935) * '' Under False Flag'' (1935) * ''Unfriendly Relations'' (1936) * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * '' Hotel Paradise'' (1937) * '' Sun Over Sweden'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * ''The Sin of Anna Lans'' (1943) * '' Nyordning på Sjögårda'' (1944) * ''Evening at the Djurgarden'' (1946) * ''Sunshine'' (1948) * ''Life at Forsbyholm Manor ''Life at Forsbyholm Manor'' (Swedish: ''Livet på Forsbyholm'') is a 1948 Swedish comedy film directed by Elof Ahrle and Arne Mattsson and starring Sickan Carlsson, Egon Larsson and Nils Ericsson.Krawc p.528 It as shot at the Råsunda Studios ...'' (1948) * '' Min syster och jag'' (1950) * '' Kronans glada gossar'' (1952) * '' 47:an Löken' ... [...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 '''' Selected filmography * '''' (1919) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1922) * '' |
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 to actress Karin Molander and father to actor Jan Molander from his second marriage to Elsa Fahlberg (1892–1977). Gustaf Molander was born in Helsingfors (now 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 Sjöström and Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary '' Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cinematic history. According to the '' St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture'', upon her arrival in the U.S. Bergman quickly became "the ideal of American womanhood" and a contender for Hollywood's greatest leading actress. David O. Selznick once called her "the most completely conscientious actress" he had ever worked with. In 1999, the American Film Institute recognised Bergman as the fourth greatest female screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She won numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, four Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Award and a Volpi Cup. She is one of only four actresses to have received at least thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Berglund
Björn Berglund (16 October 1904 – 3 August 1968) was a Swedish stage and film and television actor. Biography Björn Nils Johan Gustaf Berglund was born in Jörn, Västerbotten County. He began his career in cinema in the 1939 Edvin Adolphson-directed musical film ''Säg det i toner'' (English release title: ''The Dream Waltz'') starring Håkan Westergren and Stina Berg. His career would span nearly four decades and he would appear in over seventy-five films. He died in Sweden at 1968 at age 63. Selected filmography * ''Say It with Music'' (1929) * ''The Southsiders'' (1932) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * ''Fridolf in the Lion's Den'' (1933) * '' Saturday Nights'' (1933) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * '' Swedenhielms'' (1935) * '' Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) * ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * '' The Andersson Family'' (1937) * '' Conflict'' (1937) * '' Baldwin's Wedding'' (1938) * '' Storm Over the Skerries'' (1938) * '' Emilie Högquist'' (1939) * ''Bashful Anton'' (1940) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Westergren
Håkan Karl Leonard Westergren (29 April 1899 – 15 October 1981) was a Swedish actor. He was mostly known for playing in Swedish comedy movies during the 1930s and 1940s, but was sometimes seen in some more serious roles. He was married to Swedish actress Inga Tidblad and a daughter is the actress Meg Westergren. Selected filmography * ''Say It with Music'' (1929) * '' For Her Sake'' (1930) * ''Frida's Songs'' (1930) * ''The Red Day'' (1931) * ''The False Millionaire'' (1931) * '' Colourful Pages'' (1931) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * '' International Match'' (1932) * ''His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' House Slaves'' (1933) * '' What Do Men Know?'' (1933) * '' Swedenhielms'' (1935) * '' He, She and the Money'' (1936) * '' It Pays to Advertise'' (1936) * '' Kungen kommer'' (1936) * '' The Wedding Trip'' (1936) * '' Unfriendly Relations'' (1936) * '' Adventure'' (1936) * '' Sara Learns Manners'' (1937) * '' Dollar'' (1938) * '' The Great Love'' (1938) * '' Nothing But the Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Swanström
Karin Swanström (June 13, 1873 – July 5, 1942) was a Swedish actress, producer and director. Early life Swanström was born in St. Olai congregation in Norrköping. Little is known of her life before she was accepted for the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in 1890 when she was seventeen. Already in school her acting ability was acknowledged by her performance in two student plays. In 1892 she left the Royal Dramatic Theater school and was employed by The Royal Dramatic Theater and was in the ensemble for five years. In 1897 Karin Swanström went from the Royal Dramatic Theater to Selander Company, that was run by Hjalmar and Concordia Selander, for a year and then she went to Swedish Theater Company in Helsinki in 1899. Career When she came back to Sweden from Helsinki in 1904 she started her own theater company, Karin Swanström Theater Company, that was active and run by Swanström until the early 1920s. She now began teaching acting in Stockholm and did this durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
