
Olof Widgren
Actor · 1907 – 1999 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Movies24
Movie6.6DramaThe story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
Barabbas
1953 · 7 votes
Movie7.0DramaThe Forshyttan steel-mill has been owned by the Ancker family for generations. But competition is hard. When the son Bengt Ancker comes back from abroad he has an idea for success: a lighter steel with better quality. But a lot of money is necessary to develop his idea and the only way to raise the necessary capital is to sell the company to their competitor - Manchester Steel Company. But the workers are concerned that this could threaten their job-security
Movie8.0WarDramaIt is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive shooting between Finnish and Soviet troops takes place. The Soviet occupation is strong, and on the Finnish side it is ordered to withdraw. But Captain Viktor Aaltonen does not listen to the order but wants to shorten a wounded companion's suffering. Aaltonen is taken to the Soviet prison camp, Vorkuta, where he will spend a decade.
Ingen morgondag
1957
Movie5.3DramaRomanceThe old Victor Branzell has a grandson, Alf, who is in love with a clerk in a glove shop, Lilian Lind. But Lilian with her simple background doesn't get accepted in the circles where Alf belongs, and they have now reached the conclusion that they can't have a future together. Marriage is impossible. Victor summons Lilian and Alf and starts telling them his life story.
Movie7.0DramaWarAfter finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes by train to Finland to fight in the Winter war.
Movie7.5ComedyFirst mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde.
En sjöman i frack
1942 · 2 votes
- MovieTV MovieDrama
A TV drama about an old man who doesn't want to retire.
Movie7.0DramaFantasyA television adaptation of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play, the film follows Agnes, the daughter of the god Indra, as she descends to Earth to witness the conditions of human existence. Through a succession of loosely connected scenes, she encounters individuals from different walks of life, with events unfolding according to dream logic rather than linear narrative.
Movie6.8DramaA poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
Movie5.4DramaAbout the life of the student, Bo Dahlin. Bo's parents are divorced. Both have been unfaithful. Bo is engaged to Kerstin, but only has eyes for Anita. Anita is filled with self-disgust.
Movie7.0DramaVicar Ahrman's young daughter Jenny has left the home to start a new life with her beloved Stefan. But Jenny's dreams for the future is shattered when Stefan doesn't turn up to their meeting. Heartbroken, she returns home.
Jag är eld och luft
1944 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryTV MovieDocumentary about the Swedish actor Gösta Ekman (1890-1938) with interviews with friends and colleagues.
Movie6.2DramaA woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.
Movie6.0HistoryDramaKarin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. Göran arranges that some very powerful noblemen are killed. Subsequently the king tries to have them convicted of high treason by the parliament. He forgets the manuscript, mixes up all facts, and the noblemen are acquitted. But Göran speedily gathers another parliament and has them convicted. Meanwhile Erik apologises because of the unjust murders. Hence Erik is dethroned and imprisoned. Göran is executed. Karin is restricted to a castle in Finland. In the prison Erik believes that he is still the king and gives the guards presents such as all fishes in the Baltic Sea.
Karin Månsdotter
1954 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaKrister and his fiancé Brita return to Stockholm after a stay in Italy. Shortly upon their return Krister learns that all his assets left to him by his father has disappeared. Together with Brita he tries to obtain justice in a aristocratic and corrupt legal system.
Movie5.5DramaAn engineer and a businessman is on the run from Manchuria, where revolution and civil war erupted. Both suffer from typhoid and the businessman dies. Before he dies, he changes identity with the engineer.
Hem från Babylon
1941 · 2 votes
Movie3.7DramaArvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.
Movie5.4RomanceDramaLena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and when she becomes pregnant she has an illegal abortion. For some reason, Lena's father believes that it is Lena who has had an abortion.
Movie9.0TV MovieA poor Jewish family, called the Riffraff by the author, puts the great Joe Meng at the heart of high-flying plans and imaginative flair.
Patrasket
1966 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaA drama about a person who gets the opportunity many dream of, to relive his life. In his past he committed a crime. It must not happen again. Now everything will surely be different.
Movie4.0DramaCrimeFilip works as a coat janitor at a restaurant; he is a dreamer who has failed in life and sees people as the clothes he has in his wardrobe. On one night, three guests enter the restaurant: the extensive Viding with his beautiful wife Jane, and the remorseless manager Kurtz. Viding, who owes Kurtz money, demands Jane be accommodating toward him. Filip watches as she pulls a gun.
Kanske en diktare
1933 · 3 votes
Movie6.7Thriller set in northern Sweden during WWII where a regiment of ski-borne soldiers and guests in a tourist hotel experience and investigate acts of treason.
Movie9.0ComedyCan Professor Higgins teach a working-class flower girl to speak like a duchess?
Pygmalion
1968 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Documentary
Campaign film for the Swedish Folkpartiet (People's Party) in 1936.
Series1
TV9.0DramaFive-part Swedish television series from 1970, based on Birger Sjöberg's collection of poems Frida's Book from 1922.
Frida och hennes vän
1970 · 1 votes