Alf Sjöberg
Director · 1903 – 1980 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903, Stockholm – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Torment (Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan). Despite his success with films Torment (1944) and Miss Julie, Sjöberg was above all, and foremost, a stage director; perhaps the greatest at Dramaten (alongside, first, Olof Molander and, later, Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in the years 1930-1980, where he staged a large number of remarkable and historic productions. Sjöberg was also a pioneer director for early Swedish TV theatre (his 1955 TV theatre production of Hamlet is a national milestone). Sjöberg died in a car accident on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alf Sjöberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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MovieDocumentaryA tour of the Swedish mental health history, via early psychiatry, lobotomy to the outpatient care of today. Caregivers, patients, doctors and experts present their views and opinions, mixed with archive footage. A reflection on a difficult and uncertain science that we still have a lot to learn about, knowledge to obtain and great areas to explore.
Movie7.1DramaWhen his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up his career as the village teacher and to reclaim the land and farm of his fathers. The same stormy night, the charismatic preacher Helgum arrives in the village to spread the word about the promises of the Holy Land, which turns parents and children, men and wives, brothers and sisters, against one another. Ingmar is torn between his love for the headmaster’s daughter Gertrud who is under the preacher’s spell, and the prospects of marrying the judge’s daughter Barbro in order to keep the farm.
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Alf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film director the first of international importance since the silent film era. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice.
Movie9.0DramaGreger Anner, a student from Uppsala, comes to Ådalen to pursue geological studies. He meets the beautiful and imaginative chalet-girl Sago-Gunnel from Ortorpsgården and they share a blissful summer of love.
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A documentary short featuring a 50th anniversary party in celebration of film.