Börje Ahlstedt

Lena (2021)

Follows the story of the beloved and internationally acclaimed Swedish actress Lena Nyman, based on 17 paper bags with diaries that she left behind. ...

The Hour of the Lynx (2013)

Helen, a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old couple, has attempted suicide while rambling about God. Having been part of an ...

The Angel (2009)

A drug addict becomes a mother and has to deal with responsibility and self-respect. ...

Men and Bergman (2008)

Ingmar Bergman himself has often stressed how important the actors are to his work, and that they constitute his greatest source of inspiration. From this perspective it is therefore interesting to look at Bergman through their eyes. "The Men and Bergman" ...

Exit (2006)

There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is answered ...

Bang Bang Orangutang (2005)

An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family... ...

Percy, Buffalo Bill and I (2005)

Ulf think this is going to be an ordinary summer. Going to his grand parents and swim in the lake and tease his brother. But that's not the case, because this summer he will fall in love with Pia. ...

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband) (2003)

A documentary about the production of Ingmar Bergman's TV film "Saraband. ...

Saraband (2003)

Reuniting the characters of Johan and Marianne three decades after "Scenes from a Marriage," "Saraband" follows Marianne's visit to her reclusive ex-husband, where she finds him locked in a destructive conflict with his troubled son Henrik and Henrik's mus ...

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003)

A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA Obscenity Codes. ...

Karlsson on the Roof (2002)

A beautiful, wise and fairly fat man at his best age — that's Karlsson on the Roof. And he isn't very shy. His door sign says "The world's best Karlsson". One day he just flew threw the window into Little Brothers bedroom. ...

The Birthday (2000)

Michael has a secret that he intends to announce during his birthday party. He has finally decided to propose to Catti, his girlfriend of many years. But Catti has other plans ... ...

Pippi's Adventures on the South Seas (1999)

A mysterious ship has sailed into Pippi's hometown and the Captain turns out to be her father... ...

The Magnetist’s Fifth Winter (1999)

A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. Selande ...

Nallars väntan (1999)

Short film. ...

In the Presence of a Clown (1998)

In 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting to murder his fiancée. Obsessed with death, music, and the future of cinema, he joins forces with a fellow patient to creat ...

I sällskap med en clown (1997)

One hour making-of of Bergman's In The Presence of A Clown. ...

Pippi Långstrump - Resan till Nordpolen (1997)

Pippi Longstocking (1997)

Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun nature makes her easy to befriend, as neighbors Tommy and Annika find, but can also earn ire, especially from ...

The Last Yankee (1997)

"All people with a tiny bit of sense get depressed in this country", says Patricia in "The Last Yankee". Two men - a carpenter and a successful self-employed business owner - visit their wives, who both are patients in a mental hospital. Why has life becom ...

Belma (1996)

The war in former Yugoslavia is suddenly on the doorstep of 16-year-old computer freak Rasmus when he meets and falls in love with refugee girl Belma. Belma lives with her father and other refugees on Flotel Europe in Copenhagen. One day Belma's father rec ...

Höst i paradiset (1995)

Ragnar Persson, a 68-year-old widower, is living at his summer cottage with his son, Mikael, and his son's pregnant girlfriend, Catti. Ragnar falls in love with his neighbour, Vendela, who runs an apple orchard. Mikael is carrying on an affair with Susanne ...

Minns ni? (1993)

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

Chefen fru Ingeborg (1993)

The Boss Mrs Ingeborg ...

The Best Intentions (1992)

In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social differences, Henrik and Anna fall in love, wed and move to the countr ...

Sunday's Children (1992)

Little Pu spends a summer in Norrland with all his relatives. He and his brother get to hear the story about the watchmaker who hung himself, learns to shoot with a bow and follow his father on a bicycle trip. ...

The Rabbit Man (1990)

Hans and Lollo just had their first child. Hans is a gym teacher and is constantly tormented by his pupils. Hans's dad Bengt, is a news reporter on TV9, the channel who shows "such as people want to see". Bengt's latest report series is about a rapist who ...

Marknadsafton (1989)

Magni is a farmer who is planning to marry Teresia who comes from a rich family. When his maid Lovisa finds out she gets furious, she has been working for him without pay for 12 years because of vague allusions to marriage, now she wants her pay! She calcu ...

Fallgropen (1989)

Larry Pedersen, professor of psychology of religion, has just divorced when a student named Elisabeth student must take the exam before him. Later in the evening the same day, she is beaten by her boyfriend and then Pedersen offers her a bed for the night. ...

Nallar och människor (1989)

A group of teddybears awaken in the attic after years of storage. Store-Nalle (Big Teddy) explains the history of the species, from the very first teddybears manufactured in Germany. Other segments include dramatizations of the directors' childhood memorie ...

The Father (1988)

A charged power struggle between spouses. A tug of war to the death of an only child as ends and means. From an August Strindberg play. ...

Emma's Shadow (1988)

Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her mother talking about how tragic it must be to have your child kidna ...

Amorosa (1986)

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal ant ...

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playi ...

Björnen (1984)

Widow Jelena has let it be known she does not want to meet any men and is upset when Grigorij shows up and wants to speak to her about something. ...

The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984)

Shot during the making of Fanny and Alexander, this feature-length documentary presents extended behind-the-scenes material from rehearsals and filming sessions, with Bergman at work staging scenes and directing performances. The film focuses on the practi ...

Savannen (1983)

A couple have installed a new high tech television system in their children's room and become more and more vary of it. ...

Limpan (1983)

Limpan is an alcoholic who has been put into a caretaking home for alcoholics. He's promised a job on the 'outside', but he's not released from the home, so he runs away. He misses the job and gets caught and is brought back, but they won't accept him, sin ...

En Galnings Dagbok (1983)

The story of a minor civil servant and his descent into madness. ...

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern b ...

Sova Räv (1982)

About four young individuals that has been let down by their parents. They live an extroverted life together, searching for their identity, in constant defiance of the adult world. ...

Höjdhoppar'n (1981)

35-year old Erik Engman, aka Pinnen, is the local fool. He picks up garbage and eats at the old people's home. One day he is asked to try the high-jump at the sport's field. He becomes fascinated and starts to train every day. Being fool-hardy, it doesn't ...

Children's Island (1980)

Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that s ...

A Dream Play (1980)

"A Dream Play" - Agnes, a daughter of the Vedic god Indra, descends to Earth to bear witness to problems of human beings. She meets about 40 symbolical characters. ...

Swedenhielms (1980)

Swedish TV movie based on the Hjalmar Bergman play. ...

Marmalade Revolution (1980)

A Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His wife reacts strongly, since they always have eaten orange marmalade. The Professor leaves his house and checks into a hotel. ...

Birth of a Salesman (1979)

Films the process of making Bo Widerberg's film "Death of a Salesman'. ...

Death of a Salesman (1979)

Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream. ...

Kristoffers hus (1979)

Kristoffer lives on the verge of poverty, just barely supporting himself on his photographic work and an allowance given him by his ex-wife to support their child. He is staying in his absentee mother's large old house, which she is preparing to sell. When ...

Dante: Beware of the Shark! (1978)

When teenager Dante's parents go on vacation, they give him strict instructions not to "make anything up" while they're away. But when Dante and his friend Tvärsan find a diamond ring in the snow, they're drawn into an exciting detective adventure. ...

Nationalmonumentet (1977)

The sculptor Erik Some gets commissioned to create a national monument. His sculpture gets rejected but it's the starting point for a lot of political and light-hearted complications. ...

A Guy and a Gal (1975)

Hypochondriac Lasse has finished his education but has trouble finding a job, instead he goes out trying to pick up girls. One morning he meets Lena in the stairwell. ...

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)

A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business. ...

Håll alla dörrar öppna (1973)

Steve works as a locksmith and one day he meets Lotta in his work. After helping her get back into her apartment they decide to see each other again. Though they are dating Steve still goes out with other girls, and in situations like this a big city quick ...

Till Sex Do Us Part (1971)

This Swedish sex-comedy/drama explores the complications in the relationship of a couple who believe that if they make love to each other, they will die. They neck and are physically affectionate in public as well as in private, but have a big taboo agains ...

The Lie (1970)

A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno. ...

You're Lying! (1969)

About an alcohol-damaged young man, his life in and out of prison, his friend the art teacher and his difficulties reintegrating into society. ...

Made in Sweden (1969)

Joergen (Per Myberg) is the Swedish journalist who uncovers a gun-running operation on the borders of Vietnam. The trail leads to a financial group of wealthy industrialists lead by Magnus Rud (Max von Sydow). He refuses to bury the story, leading to troub ...

Exercis (1968)

Drama about the everyday lives of Swedish soldiers. ...

I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)

The same movie with the same characters, cast and crew as I am Curious (Yellow), but with some different scenes and a different political slant. The political focus in Blue is personal relationships, religion, prisons and sex. Blue omits much of the class ...

I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the ac ...

Flygplan saknas (1965)

Two pilots must fly together in spite of the strong dislike of each other. At a training mission the aircraft wrecks over open water and they have to save themselves by parachute. ...