Åke Fridell
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Sängkamrater
Philandering taxi-driver Paul decides to help his girlfriend Marianne's attractive sister Beryl, who is in trouble with drug dealers.
Utvandrarna
A Swedish peasant family, ravaged by poverty, privation and misery in mid-19th century Sweden, set out on a perilous journey to America in hope of a better life.
Kyrkoherden
A witch's daughter take revenge on a vicar and bewitches him so that he suffers constant erection.
Träfracken
The beautiful Vivi Sander is living a hard life and is deeply in debt. She tries to force her family to sell the house. Vivi's car crash after a sabotage. She is injured and brought to a medical center where she meets the perverted Dr. Wester.
Här har du ditt liv
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.
Pang i bygget
Valentin Skog is the grocery owner grocery in the small town of Fagersund. The three brothers Grym are about to do anything to get hold of his shop.
Chans
16-year-old Marie has been released from a juvenile detention school. She is sent to Skåne to get as far as possible from Stockholm, where she previously lived. She is unhappy, runs away and hitchhike back to Stockholm.
Ansiktet
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
Smultronstället
Wild Strawberries is a drama from Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. He tells the story of one day in the life of medicine professor, Borg, who while on a trip to another university reviews over his life in a dream.
Det sjunde inseglet
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life.
Amor i telefonen
During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two men discuss eroticism, and it ends with a bet: In a few days in Copenhagen, Enrico will seduce four women. Coincidentally - and unfortunately, Carolus' wife is the first Enrico to date.
Sommarnattens leende
In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.
Luffaren och Rasmus
Rasmus run away from an orphanage to look for some parents who want a boy with straight hair. He meets the tramp Paradis-Oskar and joins him on the road.
Sommaren med Monika
One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
Barabbas
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was chosen to take his place.
Fröken Julie
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
Dårskapens hus
During excavations in Stockholm in 2248, old film footage from the 1940s is found. The Research Group for Ancient Films tries to arrange the finds into a movie, while guessing the original director's intentions.
Hjärter knekt
Lieutenant Canitz only interests in life are women and horses. Soon, he has wasted his inheritance, and when he learns that his brother leave home to meet with an old flame, he tries to seduce his wife.
Sjösalavår
The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other.
Kvinnan som försvann
In England, a famous jewel collection is stolen. The police suspect that the jewels have been smuggled to Sweden, and in Stockholm, the young insurance detective Peter Holmer is commissioned to trace the stolen jewels. The tracks first lead Peter to a certain ballet master Lando, but when he comes to Lando's flat, he finds him murdered.
Bara en mor
A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
Främmande hamn
A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead.
Skepp till India land
Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckoning in an early milestone of Ingmar Bergman’s career.
Det regnar på vår kärlek
David, a unemployed man and Maggi, a country lady meet in a train station in a rainy afternoon and get in love. But they will have to face the society's injustice, arrogance and envy to stay together. In thi fascinating drama Bergman shows the stupidness of Swedish society on 40's.