Jan Troell

Bo Widerberg regisserar (2015)

Director Jan Troell films the process of making Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair'). The footage was compiled into this documentary by Stefan Nylén and Tomas Ehrnborg in 2015. ...

The Last Sentence (2012)

Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the Nazis with the good excuse of "neutralism". His only weapon is his pen and his life is full of gossip such ...

By My Own Measure – A Desert Journey (2010)

Jan Troell presents a brief, contemplative work centered on the problem of orientation and the challenge of finding direction. The film is structured as a visual and musical reflection rather than a narrative account. ...

Everlasting Moments (2008)

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life. ...

Tune (2007)

Pianist Hans Pålsson is asked to write music for his friend Claes Eklundh's artwork. A documentary which shows the two men and their creating processes, and their interpretations of each others art. ...

Visions of Europe (2004)

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors. ...

Johanna! Yohanna! (2003)

When Yohanna started the first grade in school, her classmates began bullying her. She kept getting bullied for six years. This is her story. ...

Presence (2003)

Jan Troell portrays the friend and photographer Georg Oddner. For more than half a century, from 1950 arriving in New York, Georg Oddner has lived with his camera. ...

Reflection 2001 (2002)

Shot months before September 11, "Reflection 2001" captures the Twin Towers as part of the daily rhythm of New York life—vast, immovable, and taken for granted. Re-edited after the attacks, Jan Troell transforms these images into a quiet cinematic requie ...

As White as in Snow (2001)

Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix. ...

92.8 MHz – Dreams in the South (2000)

A portrait of Radio SMT 92.8, a small local radio station in Trelleborg, Sweden, and its importance to the community it serves. The film observes how everyday broadcasts—music, greetings, and conversations—bind listeners together. ...

Their Frozen Dream (1997)

Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée which Troell had previously dramatized in "Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd" (1982). ...

...och barnen i äppelträdet: en film om åldrande (1997)

Hamsun (1996)

Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Gr ...

Dansen (1994)

Movement, glance, rhythm and hints. Meetings on fragrant meadows and in enclosed training rooms. Joy, sweat, disciplined training and physical presence. A film about the dialogue between man and woman, but also between cultures, generations and social clas ...

Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)

The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finnish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the son's bicycle. The film tries to describe the relationship between the dominant Jari, who calls himself "Il ...

Land of Dreams (1988)

"Land of Dreams" - When the daughter Johanna is born in 1983, Jan Troell tells the story about his childhood Sweden and how things were when he grow-up in the land of fairy tales and potential prosperity. ...

The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in ...

Hurricane (1979)

The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the lives of th ...

Det hender ikke meg (1979)

Interviews with Kjell who is a cancer patient, children who smoke and various celebrities on their views and experiences on smoking. ...

Bang! (1977)

A lonely teacher muddles through a midlife crisis as he navigates romantic relationships and tries his hand at composing experimental music. ...

Zandy's Bride (1974)

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love. ...

Gamen (1973)

Aa self-indulgent TV theater dramatization of Sigmund Freud's thesis on Leonardo da Vinci. ...

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Valsen (1972)

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Höstacken (1972)

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Frieriet (1972)

The New Land (1972)

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California. ...

The Emigrants (1971)

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United ...

Who Saw Him Die? (1968)

Sören Mårtensson is a middle school teacher. His classroom occupied by half-grown children. His work is tormenting him and at night he is haunted by nightmares. ...

Here Is Your Life (1966)

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future. ...

Vår i dalby hage (1965)

4 x 4 (1965)

Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. ...

Interlude in the Marshland (1965)

It's the mid-1930s, and brakeman Kvist has had enough of working on the train, jumped off, and started to walk on the train tracks in the middle of nowhere in Lapland, Northern Finland, hoping to find new work and adventures. Based on the novella by the fa ...

Portrait of Åsa (1965)

"Porträtt av Åsa" observes the everyday life of Åsa, a young child growing up in rural Sweden. Through quiet, observational scenes at home and on brief excursions with her parents, the film records her encounters with ordinary spaces, objects, animals, ...

Den gamla kvarnen (1964)

Johan Ekberg: A report about the worries and joys of old age (1964)

Protagonist Johan Ekberg has apparently worked at the railway, but is now relegated to a passive existence as a pensioner. He walks through the city as a spectator and lives in a retirement home, where life is characterized by passivity and boredom. ...

Trakom (1964)

The Baby Carriage (1963)

A tale of a young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant. ...

Dreams and Visions By the Sea (1963)

An artistic representation of Halland, Sweden. Four girls dressed in four different colors represent the four regions and rivers (Viskan, Ätran, Nissan and Lagan). ...

De kom tillbaka (1962)

Båten (1962)

The Boy and the Kite (1962)

A young Swedish boy tries to enjoy his birthday with his mother in the maternity ward and his father having forgotten about the occasion. ...

One More Brother (1962)

From 1957 to 1961 170.000 Algerians flee to Tunisia because of the war. Most of them walk by feet across the mountains and the desert, carrying only a few of their belongings in their hands or on donkeys. As there is no clay in the desert they cannot build ...

Nyårsafton på skånska slätten (1961)

Summer Day (1961)

A little boy is standing on a platform at the railway station in Malmö, looking at a steam locomotive that is going to leave for Simrishamn. The machinery starts moving, passengers board the train. Before the boy enters the car, his mother gives him his b ...

City (1958)

For nine years in the 1950s, Jan Troell worked as a teacher at the Sorgenfri primary school in Malmö (an experience he drew on for his study of a teacher's relationship with his class, Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die?) in 1968); he lived in a house once oc ...

Ett par dagar i november med Jan Troell (2021)

A film about Jan Troell who turns 90 this summer. We get to see Jan Troell's own pictures, but also a conversation about childhood happiness and the joy of creation. ...

Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)

The 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. ...

Året var 1966 (2016)

1966 - when Bob Dylan visits Sweden and Prime Minister Erlander has a difficult time with questions about housing. A special evening at the opera is arranged with Harry Belafonte and Martin Luther King. Esrange is inaugurated and in China the cultural revo ...

Coming to America: Jan Troell on 'The Emigrants' and 'The New Land' (2016)

An interview with director Jan Troell, conducted by critic Peter Cowie, on his epic Oscar-nominated masterpieces, The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972). ...

Året var 1964 (2014)

1964 - the year when Astrid Lindgren's 'Vi på Saltkråkan' is shown on TV, UN Swedes smuggle weapons, Khrushchev is visiting, car testing starts, the KDS is formed and the long-haired fashion starts trending - for guys. ...

Room 1112 (2012)

In room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's most famous film workers and asks a question: "Are the celluloid film about to die, and what do you think it means for ...

Jan Troell - Sökaren (2011)

A portrait of Swedish film maker Jan Troell. ...

Troell Behind the Camera (2009)

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jan Troell's 2008 film "Everlasting Moments. ...

To Paint With Pictures (2005)

Documentary about the making of Swedish film director Jan Troell's "The New Land" (1971) and "The Emigrants" (1972). ...

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)

Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge ...

Life at Any Cost (1998)

A tribute and portrait of the Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg. Thommy Berggren presents slices and comments on Widerberg. ...

Land of Dreams (1988)

"Land of Dreams" - When the daughter Johanna is born in 1983, Jan Troell tells the story about his childhood Sweden and how things were when he grow-up in the land of fairy tales and potential prosperity. ...

Dance Around the Guldbaggen (1964)

Filmed 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. ...