MenuFLIXANO
Start Your Free Trial
Search
Adolf Jahr

Adolf Jahr

John Adolf Reinhold Jahr, born Johansson, was a Swedish stage and screen actor, singer and director. He made his film debut in Edvard Persson's "Den gamla herrgården" (1925). Adolf Jahr appeared in some 65 feature films.

Sign up to watch Free Adolf Jahr Movies

Movies Starring Adolf Jahr (61)

Minns ni? (1993)

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films. ...

Watch Now

When Darkness Falls (1960)

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wi ...

Watch Now

Sköna Susanna och gubbarna (1959)

In the legend of Susanna in Babylon she was highly desired by the old men. In this movie, Susanna the beautiful lives in a Swedish town in the 19th century. ...

Watch Now

Just a Waiter (1959)

Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Matilda Roos, singer and diva. Fabian is too insensitive to notice that Annie, who works in the kitchen, is in ...

Watch Now

The People of Värmland (1957)

Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemi ...

Watch Now

Johan på Snippen tar hem spelet (1957)

There is a barn dance in the village Stubbhult. Johan Snippen and his friend the stationmaster Mandus plays happily, when a fight is about to break out. ...

Watch Now

Johan på Snippen (1956)

In the village of Stubbhult lives many motorcycle interested young people. However, their rampage interfere with the local population. ...

Watch Now

Laughing in the Sunshine (1956)

Princess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name. ...

Watch Now

Finnskogens folk (1955)

The year is 1906. Somewhere on the long lake of Fryken, pastor David Amberg appears. He is not satisfied with the religious life of the countryside. He wants to bring real revival. ...

Watch Now

Janne Vängman och den stora kometen (1955)

Janne Vängman is having dreams of meeting aliens from outer space. ...

Watch Now

Friarannonsen (1955)

Algot and Bengt have built a house together. But they can not agree on how ownership should be distributed between them. In addition they don't get any mail since the Post office refuse to hand it out. ...

Watch Now

Östermans testamente (1954)

The fishermen Österman and Sjöberg are sued by merchant Wikström. In order to raise capital, they decide to start producing a medicine from a recipe by Österman's father. ...

Watch Now

Storm over Tjurö (1954)

Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia. ...

Watch Now

Tattarblod (1954)

David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals until it becomes known that David is the son of a notorious drifter. ...

Watch Now

Dance, My Doll (1953)

In 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. ...

Watch Now

Kungen av Dalarna (1953)

Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race Vasaloppet. ...

Watch Now

Janne Vängman i farten (1952)

Erik Ernsson is on his way to Jon-Persgården in Ångermanland to seek employment. He befriends the old man Janne Vängman. ...

Watch Now

Adolf i toppform (1952)

A compilation of some of Adolf Jahr's films. ...

Watch Now

Kronans glada gossar (1952)

Pelle Frisk is serving in the Swedish armed forces. ...

Watch Now

Livat på luckan (1951)

Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time has come. ...

Watch Now

Skeppare i blåsväder (1951)

The story of the aging fisherman Alex who refuses to realize that his boat needs to be replaced. ...

Watch Now

The Quartet That Split Up (1950)

A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the stock market. The result is not as good as expected. ...

Watch Now

Ung och kär (1950)

The two young attachées Freddie Rundhult and Rutger af Utterfeldt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are rivals for the beautiful operetta singer Alice. ...

Watch Now

While the City Sleeps (1950)

Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, ...

Watch Now

Janne Vängman på nya äventyr (1949)

Janne is an old man who is locked up in the church on New Year's Eve 1900 and has to play the organ to make someone to open the door. ...

Watch Now

Hur tokigt som helst (1949)

"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted by a publisher. The failure makes him depressed, but he i ...

Watch Now

Strange Harbor (1948)

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 ...

Watch Now

Robinson i Roslagen (1948)

To get away from his nagging wife, a man goes to a desert island to settle down there. ...

Watch Now

Janne Vängmans bravader (1948)

Janne Vängman is heavy drinker who always stands up for the poor and oppressed. ...

Watch Now

Lars Hård (1948)

Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison. ...

Watch Now

Marknadsafton (1948)

The farmer Magni is planning to marry Teresia, but the maid Lovisa has other plans. ...

Watch Now

Ådalens poesi (1947)

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 ...

Watch Now

Djurgårdskvällar (1946)

An artist with drinking problems is depressed because his career didn't turn out so good. He puts his faith in his daughter to carry the artistic heritage further. ...

Watch Now

Ebberöds Bank (1946)

Tailor Ågren in Ebberöd lives with his dominant wife Karolina and their two children. His everyday life would have been problem free if it weren't for his debts. ...

Watch Now

Bröllopet på Solö (1946)

Kalle Österman lives on the small island Solö together with his wife, Agneta. ...

Watch Now

The Bachelor Brothers’ Housekeeper (1945)

The Österman brothers have come to realize that they need a housekeeper. Oldest brother Kalle travel to town and return with the young and modern Anna. ...

Watch Now

Rannstensungar (1944)

Ninni is a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother dies and she is taken care of by a friend of the family. She is trapped in the heart of Stockholm and can't get out of the city because the lack of money. ...

Watch Now

Hemsöborna (1944)

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. ...

Watch Now

En sjöman i frack (1942)

First mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde. ...

Watch Now

Dunungen (1941)

The shy Anne-Marie wants to marry the mayor's son despite his parents' opposition. ...

Watch Now

'Swing It' Teacher (1940)

Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student. ...

Watch Now

Man of the Forest (1940)

Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger. ...

Watch Now

Oss baroner emellan (1939)

Baron Leijoncloo comes back to Sweden after many years in Argentina. On his way to his good friend Victor Sällberg's home, he loses his luggage. A con artist, Jönsson, finds it, and uses the baron's title to get invited to the manor of Mr. and Mrs. Blomq ...

Watch Now

Adolf i eld och lågor (1939)

Swedish comedy from 1939. Adolf Berglund is a reporter at the newspaper Morgonbladet and is sent on one action-packed mission after the other. But it's not always that he uses honest working methods to produce his scoops. ...

Watch Now

A Cruise in the Albertina (1938)

John is the skipper of the Albertina which is moored in Mariehamn. Nearby is luxury yacht Sea Star, where Ann-Mari boards. She begins to take an interest in John and makes sure to come aboard the Albertina to meet him. ...

Watch Now

Just a Trumpeter (1938)

An army musician is mistaken for a company manager and fall in love. ...

Watch Now

Adolf klarar skivan (1938)

Adolf Jansson makes a living doing odd jobs until one day he gets a job working as a butler in the Pettersson residence. Adolf is instantly liked by everyone in the family except the daughter Susette, whom Adolf has fallen in love with. ...

Watch Now

En sjöman går iland (1937)

The sailor Axel Nord is asked by his captain to do him a favor before his leave begins. Captain Rundholm wants him to give a letter to his niece in Stockholm. As Nord discovers, it isn't easy to find somebody you never have met, and it isn't made easier by ...

Watch Now

Adolf Armstarke (1937)

Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britta Larsson. Attending a lecture, he witnesses the attention paid to his lady-love by other faculty members, ...

Watch Now

The Ghost at Bragehus (1936)

Bragehus manor receives a new farm bailiff with new ideas on how to run a modern farm. The manor is haunted by a ghost. ...

Watch Now

Poor Millionaires (1936)

An unemployed engineer wins a competition, first prize is a vacation to a luxury resort in the mountains. ...

Watch Now

Ä' vi gifta? (1936)

The well-known musician and composer Åke Kjellberg wakes up in a nice Stockholm apartment. He lives in Count Sparvhök's empty home until it gets rented out. ...

Watch Now

Samvetsömma Adolf (1936)

Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur. ...

Watch Now

Perhaps a Gentleman (1935)

Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren claims that, like Higgins in the play, he can turn a harbor worker into the gentleman. ...

Watch Now

En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov (1934)

To save the family estate Stjärnehov, one of the twins Stiernhielm, Bertil, marries the rich sausage maker Magnusson's daughter Britta. ...

Watch Now

Fasters millioner (1934)

The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding. ...

Watch Now

Falska Greta (1934)

A woman on vacation is mistaken for Greta Garbo. ...

Watch Now

Pettersson & Bendel (1933)

The two conmen Bendel and Pettersson starts doing business together. Bendel got the brains and Pettersson the charm. ...

Watch Now

En natt på Smygeholm (1933)

It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle. ...

Watch Now

Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr (1932)

A traveling theatre company comes to Lund and one of the smallest hotels in town. A female actress gets a key by mistake to a room where Sten Stensson Stéen lives. ...

Watch Now

Svärmor kommer (1932)

John and Ulla are happily married and live in the villa Fridhem. Via telegram, John gets the news that his dreaded mother-in-law will come to visit. ...

Watch Now

Movies Made By Adolf Jahr (2)

Ebberöds Bank (1946)

Tailor Ågren in Ebberöd lives with his dominant wife Karolina and their two children. His everyday life would have been problem free if it weren't for his debts. ...

Watch Now

Adolf klarar skivan (1938)

Adolf Jansson makes a living doing odd jobs until one day he gets a job working as a butler in the Pettersson residence. Adolf is instantly liked by everyone in the family except the daughter Susette, whom Adolf has fallen in love with. ...

Watch Now