Olav Riégo

Gårdarna runt sjön (1957)

A young and spoiled aristocrat is guilty of a hit-and-run accident. ...

Där möllorna gå... (1956)

The Staffan Stolle Story (1956)

Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country only to return under a false name, looking for true love. ...

Den hårda leken (1956)

Conny Persson is an up-and-coming boxer. He wins the Junior Championships and is able to write a contract with boxing manager Andy Ekström. He falls in love with Margit. She doesn't like that he is boxing, but together they open a flower shop. When Conny ...

Ljuset från Lund (1955)

A horse wanders from town to the countryside. Here lives Sten Stensson Steen, a bachelor at law and philosophy. He is writing a social psychological report on the youth problem. ...

Så tuktas kärleken (1955)

Per is in love with Kerstin. They are high school classmates. In the distance they see teacher Eva Hallström, ph. d. and the headmaster's wife, return home to her home. She is currently a major topic of conversation because she has just published an accla ...

The Unicorn (1955)

Harriet and Frank Allard have been married for many years. Almost twenty years ago, Harriet had a love affair with a colleague of Frank's, Claes von Klitzow, who made her pregnant. She had a son, Christer, whom Frank thinks that he is the father of. One da ...

Stampen (1955)

Pawnshop assistant Patrick and maid Viveka meet by chance and become fond of each other, but none of them want to reveal his real profession for the other. ...

Flottans glada gossar (1954)

When Ludvig Ekman is ordered to do his military rehearsals course, he sends one of his employees, Lasse Alm, to do it for him. Everything is fine until Alm also is ordered to do the same thing - on the same boat! There is only one thing to do: Ekman goes a ...

Marianne (1953)

Marianne and Jojje are in the last grade of a Stockholm high school. Jojje is very fond of his talented, sensitive classmate. His love is not answered. The students come from different social and economical environments. ...

All jordens fröjd (1953)

The young girl Lisbet lives on the farm Tolfmansgården together with her mother, her older brother Jerker and their grandparents. ...

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)

A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover. ...

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. ...

Skuggan (1953)

"The Shadow" - Erik Vender is a librarian and married to Vivianne. Vivianne was previously married to a well-known lawyer who died when their daughter was very small. One evening, Vivianne asks Erik to read a novel draft "Skuggan/The Shadow". The content s ...

Flickan från Backafall (1953)

Set on the island of Ven in the 1920s, Ellen is engaged with Per the sailor and waits for him while he is away at sea. She works as a maid in a rich family where Robert, the black sheep of the family, tries to seduce her. This leads to a rumour she has bee ...

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (1952)

A high school in a small city. Torben and Ninni are deeply infatuated with each other but their parents dislike the pair seeing each other. After graduation Torben joins the army and when Ninni discovers that she is pregnant her parents send her to a farm ...

Adolf i toppform (1952)

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

När syrenerna blomma (1952)

The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for hi ...

Helen of Troy (1951)

Intrigues and entanglements before Prince Paris wins the heart of beautiful Helena. It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth. ...

One Summer of Happiness (1951)

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the jammed adult world. While Persson has an understanding ...

Rolling Sea (1951)

"Rolling Sea" - After a longer stay at the hospital, the young Martin comes to Gothenburg and notice that his fiancee Sonja has met another man. ...

Tull-Bom (1951)

Bureacratic customs officer searching for a missing girl. ...

Puck heter jag (1951)

Romance blossoms between single seamstress Puck and the art critic, Roger. He is engaged to Elsa, whose wedding dress Puck is involved with designing. ...

Kyssen på kryssen (1950)

Lasse Brenner is a serious filmmaker (spoof on Ingmar Bergman) who is forced to direct a lighthearted comedy. The filming takes place in different cities across Europe and North Africa so Brenner and the crew have to sail on a cruse ship. Brenner's wife su ...

When Love Came to the Village (1950)

A new teacher arrives to the small village and he soon stir up some trouble with his modern way of looking at things. He also stir up some amorous feelings among the local women. ...

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, ...

Motorkavaljerer (1950)

An inventive store assistant becomes a major motorcycle racing star. ...

Restaurant Intim (1950)

A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests. ...

Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket (1949)

Erik, a poor inventor meets the clerk Lillemor and fall in love. Erik's becomes invention is ready for the market. He contacts a director who might be interested. Erik is attracted almost immediately by the director's wife. ...

Farlig vår (1949)

A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as customers. The murderer stole a picture of Gullan after he killed her, a picture which later is found in a rented ...

On These Shoulders (1948)

Kjell Loväng returns to his parent's farm after a few years of work in Stockholm. He discovers that his father Arvid neglects the farm and spends too much time drinking and meeting other women. Kjell has to prove to his father his ability to manage the fa ...

Lars Hård (1948)

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

They Fought Their Way to Freedom (1948)

The film shows episodes from the labor movement's breakthrough and reform work. ...

A Guest Is Coming (1947)

It's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it. The following morning he's found murdered. ...

Nattvaktens hustru (1947)

Ingegerd Lindberg is coming to Stockholm from the countryside. The first person she meets at the Central Station is Curt Brehmer. ...

Dynamite (1947)

Young Allan feed on petty crime and theft. He spice his life by scaring people with stolen dynamite. ...

Begär (1946)

Carsten Berg returns home after 15 years abroad. He gets into a fight with his father, who dies of a heart attack. Carsten must take over his fathers business. He is informed that he is suffering from an incurable disease. ...

Brita i grosshandlarhuset (1946)

Brita moves from the countryside and her parent's cabbage patch to work as a housemaid in Stockholm. The big city overwhelms her at first and she falls in love with a young man. But one day Arvid, an infatuated young man from the old village also comes to ...

Money: A Tragicomic Saga (1946)

Orvar is a vagabond, walking the country roads and living on sunshine and generosity. One day he decides to find work somewhere to get some money. He becomes a helping hand for seven lumberjack brothers. The big and strong brothers really enjoy themselves, ...

Hans Majestät får vänta (1945)

The chamberlain Carl Johan Stjärna is a poor aristocrat who has to resort to borrowing money from his manservant Frans to afford champagne and restaurant visits. Frans has told his fiance Irene that he is an aristocrat which leads to some complications, n ...

Torment (1944)

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway. When Caligula learns that Jan-Erik is having an a ...

Herre med portfölj (1943)

Rolf Berger, a hard working and dutiful deputy judge at the court of appeal, has been married for many years with Eva. She has long ago accepted that he spends his evenings with his legal work. Rolf Berger has been invited to the 25th anniversary of his gr ...

När ungdomen vaknar (1943)

Liv and Kåre both come from broken families bursting with frustration and aggression's. Having found each other they now feel supported and loved. ...

There's a Fire Burning (1943)

An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance. ...

Katrina (1943)

Proud Katrina falls in love with Johan, who's a sailor, and follows him home to the island of Åland. She has been promised a paradise with blooming apple trees but are greeted by poverty and hard work. ...

Elvira Madigan (1943)

The tragic love story between a line dancer and an army officer. ...

Aktören (1943)

The actor Philip has an accident on the way to his own wedding and the shock makes him lose his voice. ...

Man glömmer ingenting (1942)

When Nora's father unexpectedly dies, she moves to her uncle Berthold and his wife Alice. Berthold is immediately attracted to the 19-year old girl, but his wife, jealous and alcoholic, notices it and becomes hostile to Nora. Nora begins her art studies to ...

Ungdom i bojor (1942)

A waitress finds out that her fourteen year old brother is a member of a youth gang doing burglaries in kiosks. Valdemar Jansson escapes prison and seeks out his fiancee Karin, but she does not want to know about him. She studies at the Social Institute an ...

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 ...

Löjtnantshjärtan (1942)

"Bleeding Hearts" - Comedy with charming hussar lieutenants, indulgent landlord daughters, wild rides and romantic mansion balls. ...

Det är min musik (1942)

Inga and her father, the violin maker Lars, are big music enthusiasts. One day they meet the violinist Jan-Erik. ...

Sextuplets (1942)

A local newspaper editor in northern Sweden starts to spread a rumor that sextuplets has been born. In reality it turns out that it's only two sets of twins. ...

We Home Toilers (1942)

The stern, but kind-hearted, Kristiana from the country takes place as a maid with the Larsson family in Stockholm, previously (in)famous for its rapid turnover of housemaids. ...

If I Could Marry the Minister (1941)

Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a beautiful young woman with firm opinions and she does not live up to the locals' picture of the ideal female teacher. She has an affair with the pastor, Ingva ...

The Fight Continues (1941)

Georg Hammar works at the General Hospital and is engaged to the famous professor Berg's daughter Inga. But he is also drawn to the nurse Maria. ...

Bara en kvinna (1941)

Art professor Tore Stenwall is engaged to one of his young students, Anna-Lisa. He shows her a portrait and tells the story of how it came to be. ...

Life Goes On (1941)

The Swedish officer Mikael Bourg has served with the French army in Africa. When he returns to Sweden after many years abroad to recover from malaria, he meets his son, a student who prefers partying with his frat friends instead of his bank job; a disappo ...

Emelie Högqvist (1939)

Emelie Högqvist is an actress at the Royal Theatre who gets involved in an intimate relationship with the Crown Prince Oscar. ...

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. ...

Lyckliga Vestköping (1937)

When the mine is closing down in the small community of Vestköping the town bank is also in danger. Sudden news of the return of one of the town's inhabitants who had emigrated to the USA and is said to be very wealthy improves spirits of everyone. ...

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 ...

Flickorna på Uppåkra (1936)

The widow Maja Brummell lives in Stockholm with her daughters Elsa, Brita, Ann-Marie, Svea and Ingrid. Mrs. Brummell has a lousy business sense. ...

65, 66, and Me (1936)

Wholesaler Pettersson ends up in the military after being mixed up with a soldier on the run, who has stolen his identity. ...

Poor Millionaires (1936)

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

Vår randade väg (1936)

A short film about the importance of traffic safety. ...

Kungen kommer (1936)

A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the audience notices the similarity in appearance between the leading actor Leonard Pettersson and the king Charles XV. With Pettersson dressed as the king and the ...

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. ...

The Marriage Game (1935)

The sculptress Tora Diidiken is married to the sculptor Gunnar Grahn and they both compete in a contest to design a statue for the public square in Hicksville. ...

Smålänningar (1935)

Gustav lives in Värnamo. He constructs a new boat engine, but needs time to complete it. The work has been financed by factory director "Hatt-Johan" Johansson who would like to sell the invention. Gustav's father returns from the United States and everyon ...

Hemslavinnor (1933)

The Rosenqvist family needs domestic help. ...

I married - never (1932)

Edit Carlson is having trouble courting car mechanic Helge Malm, whose motto is "me mary? - never!", and when he reveals that he's about to receive an inheritance, Edit's sister Tora sets her sight on him as well. ...

The Wrong Millionaire (1931)

The American boat is on its way to Gothenburg. On board are the Swedish-American millionaire Fridolf F. Johnson from Detroit (Håkan Westergren) and his male secretary of the same name (Fridolf Rhudin). The millionaire stays hidden in his cabin with the se ...