Per Lindberg (5 March 1890 – 7 February 1944) was a Swedish theatre and film director.

Biography

Lindberg was born in Stockholm as the son of the actress

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and the actor, theater director and manager August Lindberg. His sister was the writer

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. Already as a schoolboy, Lindberg accompanied his father on a theater trip to

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. In 1909, he became a student at

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. During 1911-1912, Lindberg interrupted his studies to accompany his father on his tour through North America. Lindberg made his stage debut when in Chicago on January 21, 1912. In 1918, Lindberg became the first director at in Gothenburg and from 1919–23, he was theater director. Lindberg was the first director at the Comedy Theatre (''Komediteatern'') and Concert Theater (''Konserthusteatern'') in Stockholm 1925-1927, at the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

1927–1928, and was then theater director at Sveriges Radiotjänst 1929–1931. As a film director, Lindberg was heavily influenced by Austrian director Max Reinhardt and German Expressionism of the 1920s. He is best known for directing '' June Nights'' (1940) with Ingrid Bergman.

Selected filmography

* ''

Anna-Clara and Her Brothers ''Anna-Clara and Her Brothers'' (Swedish: ''Anna-Clara och hennes bröder'') is a 1923 Swedish silent drama film directed by Per Lindberg and starring Ann Britt Ohlson, Carl Browallius, Hilda Borgström and Linnéa Hillberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * '' In Paradise'' (1941)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindberg, Per 1890 births 1944 deaths Artists from Stockholm Swedish film directors Swedish theatre directors