Kenne Fant
Actor · 1923 – 2016 · Strängnäs, Södermanlands län, Sweden
Carl-Henrik "Kenne" Fant (1 January 1923 – 29 May 2016) was a Swedish actor, director, and writer. He was born in Strängnäs. His older brother George was also an actor. Fant studied at Dramatens elevskola from 1945–1949, and was at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1949 - 1950. He was hired as director of the Nordic Tone Film 1952 -1962, and became production manager of Swedish Film Industry (SF) in 1962. He was appointed CEO of SF from 1963. In 1980 he resigned to become a freelance writer. His 1962 film Adventures of Nils Holgersson was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1991, he published a biography of Alfred Nobel that included many references to the extensive collection of Nobel's letters. Fant was appointed in 2005 an honorary doctorate in History and Philosophy of Science at Uppsala University. (Wikipedia)
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Movie7.4DocumentaryHistoryThe year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
Movie7.1DramaA filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.
MovieDocumentaryFilmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party.
- Movie7.0Drama
Biographical account of Kalle Jularbo, a famous Swedish accordion-player.
Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo
1952 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0RomanceDrama
Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.
Vingslag i natten
1953 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaThe 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for him is a girl, Lotta, who promises to marry him one day. When he's 20 he moves to Stockholm and joins the Royal guards at the Royal palace. Quite by accident he meets Lotta again and start an affair with her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
När syrenerna blomma
1952 · 2 votes
Movie4.0DramaRomanceSet on the island of Ven in the 1920s, Ellen is engaged with Per the sailor and waits for him while he is away at sea. She works as a maid in a rich family where Robert, the black sheep of the family, tries to seduce her. This leads to a rumour she has been unfaithful to Per. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Flickan från Backafall
1953 · 1 votes
- Movie6.5DramaRomance
Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.
Vart hjärta har sin saga
1948 · 2 votes
Movie4.0DramaRomanceIn a rural parish in 1906, young Heikki, one of the Finnish immigrants, lives a wild and free life in the deep forest. After poaching, his furs are confiscated and Heikki vows to have his revenge by seducing the young women of the parish, one by one.
Livet i finnskogarna
1947 · 4 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
Bengt, a ship mechanic , and his wife Karin has been relocated to a modern apartment house in Stockholm. On the ground floor is a tobacconist, whose owner Frithiof is also the deputy landlord of the house.
Det vackraste på jorden
1947 · 1 votes
Movie4.2ComedyMysteryIn a small town called Skrabbarp in Southern Sweden lives the school teacher Sebastian Pettersson, an amateur detective and one of the most diligent correspondents of the Stockholm police.
Movie10.0DramaA young man with a messy background stands trial for car theft. He gets away with a suspended sentence. With the help of a social worker, he gets on the right side of life — until a criminal friend shows up.
Ungdom i fara
1946 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedySixten reluctantly go to a ski resort in Åre to write a script to a movie.
- Movie9.0Drama
The young girl Lisbet lives on the farm Tolfmansgården together with her mother, her older brother Jerker and their grandparents.
All jordens fröjd
1953 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerSven Bergström is charged with murder, alternatively a man slaughter, on an infamous professional poker player called "The Rover". The trial is in progress. In retrospect, we witness Svens life until the time of the crime.
Poker
1951 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
The story of Anders Andersson becoming the film and theatre producer Anders Sandrew (1885-1957) building a modern empire of cinemas and theaters in Stockholm.
Pappa Sandrew
1964
Movie10.0DramaAgneta Gyllencrona is in love with Henrik Lettnoff, a refugee from the Baltic. They have to leave together when her mother, the Countess, wants to tear them apart.
Svenske ryttaren
1949 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
The farmers Zackris Månsson and the Kerstorps-farmer lives on each side of the river. The two villages has always been enemies. The Kerstorps-farmer dies after a beating caused by Zachris. The son Olle takes over the farm and becomes a good farmer. He has a reputation of a fancying women, but the only women he has eyes for is Zachris daughter.
Ådalens poesi
1947 · 1 votes
Movie10.0CrimeIn 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. Before the police were summoned, Peter saw a young lady smearing from the floor. He tries to catch her, but when he gets down the street she disappears in a taxi..
Movie10.0DramaClass struggle and love trouble in the woods between Halland and Småland.
- Movie7.0DramaDocumentary
A politically motivated dramatic short film from Social Democrats ahead of the 1952 elections.