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

Biography

Lindberg was born in

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as the son of the 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 the actor, theater director and manager

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. His sister was the writer

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, and sister of director Per Lindberg. She was married to author Hja ...

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

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. In 1909, he became a student at Stockholm University. During 1911-1912, Lindberg interrupted his studies to accompany his father on his tour through

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. Lindberg made his stage debut when in Chicago on January 21, 1912. In 1918, Lindberg became the first director at in

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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

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1927–1928, and was then theater director at Sveriges Radiotjänst 1929–1931. As a film director, Lindberg was heavily influenced by Austrian director

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and

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of the 1920s. He is best known for directing ''

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'' (1940) with

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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.5 ...

'' (1923) * ''

June Night ''June Night'' () is a 1940 Swedish language drama film directed by Per Lindberg.Charlotte Chandler ''Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography'' 71 141653914X - 2007 -"... more films in Germany ended, Ingrid started the last Swedish fil ...

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

In Paradise ''In Paradise'' (Swedish: ''I paradis...'') is a 1941 Swedish comedy film directed by Per Lindberg and starring Margit Manstad, Viveca Lindfors and Georg Rydeberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.105 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. ...

'' (1941)

References

External links

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