Kolbjörn Knudsen

Winter Light (1963)

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God. ...

The Brig Three Lilies (1961)

On the coast of Sweden in 1888, a 12-year-old orphan finds adventure and new hope that his missing father survived a shipwreck years before. ...

A Girl of Solbakken (1957)

From Bjørnson's novels about romance in 19th century Norway. Thorbjörn Granliden is raised severely by his parents who notice that he is drawn to the sinister farmhand Aslak. After a fight with Thorbjörn's father, Aslak leaves the farm. Thorbjörn grows ...

Ingen morgondag (1957)

It 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 Aal ...

Där möllorna gå... (1956)

Wild Birds (1955)

A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le jour se lève'). Two worlds meet for a brief experience of happiness ended by a violent tragedy. In one world the unhappy prostitute (Ulla) finds a drunken young man (Nisse) wh ...

Seger i mörker (1954)

The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Sweden's greatest inventors. ...

No Man's Woman (1953)

Imber has a child with the dubious fiancé Erland. He is destructive and his unhealthy lifestyle subjects his family to starvation and the death of their child. Imber falls in love with Arne and a settlement between Arne and Erland unfolds. ...

The Road to Klockrike (1953)

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants. ...

Barabbas (1953)

The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place. ...

Love (1952)

A new young priest begins his duty on a small island. He assumes that the service should not be to demanding, so that he will be able to finish his doctoral thesis. But the life at sea is hard with severe accidents. He faces emotionally difficult situation ...

Love Wins Out (1949)

The year is 1946. Dr. Bertil Burman works at a Red Cross Hospital in Vienna. One day, a barely teenage girl, Leni Rosner, collapses at his reception. ...

Lappblod (1948)

Lapland, Sweden. The Sami Arvi wants to marry young Aino but her mother will not give her permission as long as Arvi does not have a herd of 400 reindeer. The only one who has reindeer to sell is the rich Oula, but he wants to marry Aino as well. The only ...

Railroad Workers (1947)

The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay of Bothnia to Narvik at the Norwegian Sea. One of the newest workers, Valfrid from the south of Sweden, is not accepted by neither Stora Ballong, the inform ...

Maj på Malö (1947)

A con artist arrives to a small island to swingle money from the fishermen. ...

Ödemarksprästen (1946)

In the early 18th century the priest Martin Ryselius has become widower and stands alone with a one-year-old daughter. He is seeking the meaning of existence by heading north in Sweden for a priesthood service in the mountains. ...

The Girls in Smaland (1945)

Gunnar Carlman has returned to Sweden after a few years as a cowboy in Canada. He starts to work at a farm owned by vivacious and strongwilled Christina Larsson. ...

Prince Gustaf (1944)

In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and falls in love with her, but it is an impossible love story due to the rules of society. ...

The Girl and the Devil (1944)

The soul of an evil witch about to be burned is transferred to the child of a pregnant woman in the audience. 19 years later a timid girl arrives at a farm looking for work. The farmer employs her despite his wife's protests. Soon it stands clear that the ...

Vi behöver varann (1944)

A female reporter invents a story about a man who threatens to take his life to protest the injustices of society. But the scam is about to be revealed. She is forced to persuade a tramp to play the fictional man. ...

Jag är eld och luft (1944)

Vicar 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. ...

Life in the Country (1943)

Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts. ...

Jag dräpte (1943)

"I Slew" - Hospital drama of a doctor who thinks that he killed a patient on the operating table. ...

Young Blood (1943)

Eva is a very talented and able college girl. In the summer she is going to work at a farm. There she meets a different world of unwanted children, desires and temporary relationships. ...

The Sin of Anna Lans (1943)

At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life. ...

General von Döbeln (1942)

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned ...

Konflikt (1937)

"Conflict" - Shipbuilder Edvard Banck is busy building new ships, but forgets that his wife Birgit wants his attention and tenderness. A new engineer, Reidar Hagen, begins at the shipyard, and Birgit is immediately attracted to him. They fall in love, and ...