1950s Swedish-language Movies

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Wild Strawberries(1957)

1h 31min | Drama

4.1/5 (with 693 votes)

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, ...

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The Seventh Seal(1957)

| 1h 36min | Fantasy, Drama

4.1/5 (with 1,365 votes)

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, ...

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The Magician(1958)

| 1h 41min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 90 votes)

When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examiner) request that their troupe provide them a sample of their act, before allowing them public audiences. The scientific-minded disbelievers try to expose them as charlatans, but Vogler and his crew prove too clever for them.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Lars Ekborg, ...

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Smiles of a Summer Night(1955)

| 1h 49min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 102 votes)

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Ulla Jacobsson, Åke Fridell, ...

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Brink of Life(1958)

1h 24min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 36 votes)

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Erland Josephson, Max von Sydow, ...

Summer with Monika(1953)

1h 36min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 138 votes)

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Åke Fridell, Renée Björling, Dagmar Ebbesen, Naemi Briese, ...

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Miss Julie(1951)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.

Directed by Alf Sjöberg - With Anita Björk, Max von Sydow, Ulf Palme, Anders Henrikson, Inga Gill, Åke Fridell, ...

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Sawdust and Tinsel(1953)

1h 33min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 58 votes)

The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Gunnar Björnstrand, Kiki, Åke Grönberg, Anders Ek, ...

Summer Interlude(1951)

1h 36min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 62 votes)

A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Gunnar Olsson, Stig Olin, Renée Björling, ...

A Lesson in Love(1954)

1h 36min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a patient of his and Marianne has got herself involved with her former lover Carl-Adam, who's also David's best friend. When she travels to Copenhagen to meet Carl-Adam, David takes the same train as she does, making it look coincidental. Spending time together remembering their past and talking about their future, they come to understand each other again, which leads to a reconciliation.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne Lombard, Åke Grönberg, Olof Winnerstrand, ...

One Summer of Happiness(1951)

1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

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 of the youth, Kerstin's parents and the pastor of the village rant against the alleged immorality of the young people. Despite all the malice, Göran and Kerstin decide for their love. But this love should last only one summer.

Directed by Arne Mattsson - With Ulla Jacobsson, Folke Sundquist, Nils Hallberg, Edvin Adolphson, Erik Hell, Sten Lindgren, ...

Miss Chic(1959)

1h 31min | Comedy

1.9/5 (with 4 votes)

An agent on the brink of bankruptcy finds a reluctant singing talent on a TV quiz show.

Directed by Hasse Ekman - With Sickan Carlsson

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To Joy(1950)

1h 38min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 27 votes)

After discovering that his wife has been killed in an accident, Stig looks back on their relationship, beginning with when he and Marta were starting out as violinists together in an orchestra overseen by conductor Sonderby.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Maj-Britt Nilsson, Stig Olin, Birger Malmsten, Victor Sjöström, Erland Josephson, Ingmar Bergman, ...

Barabbas(1953)

1h 45min | Drama

3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

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

Directed by Alf Sjöberg - With Ulf Palme, Georg Årlin, Hugo Björne, Eva Dahlbeck, Sture Ericson, Sven-Eric Gamble, ...

Girl with Hyacinths(1950)

1h 29min | Drama, Mystery

3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Dagmar Brink, a young female pianist, dies by suicide in her Stockholm apartment. She leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbors, an author and his wife. Perplexed and curious, they investigate the girl's reasons for taking her life. As they visit Dagmar's friends, acquaintances and former boyfriends, her story unfolds. She stands out as loner, a woman no one could really grasp, always in want of something that nobody she met could make out.

Directed by Hasse Ekman - With Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Anders Ek, Birgit Tengroth, Marianne Löfgren, Gösta Cederlund, ...

Waiting Women(1952)

1h 47min | Drama, Comedy

3.3/5 (with 26 votes)

Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Rakel tells about the time she had an affair and confronted her husband with it. Marta's story is about how she at first refused to marry and had her child by herself. Karin tells about what happened when one time she and her husband got stuck in an elevator together. While the women tell their stories, Marta's younger sister Maj is planning to elope.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbeck, Birger Malmsten, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jarl Kulle, Ingmar Bergman, ...

Miss April(1958)

1h 38min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.

Directed by Göran Gentele - With Gunnar Björnstrand, Lena Söderblom, Jarl Kulle, Gaby Stenberg, Douglas Håge, Hjördis Petterson, ...

The Flute and the Arrow(1957)

1h 15min | Drama, Documentary, Adventure

3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

A film about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Arne Sucksdorff

Salka Valka(1954)

2h 12min

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri. She is doing well for herself as a partner in a small fishing boat, but people believe she is financed by her deceased mother's former fiance, Steinthór, who disappeared on their wedding day many years ago. Salka becomes infatuated with the idealistic Arnaldur who wants to start a workers union, much to the opposition of local entrepreneur Bogesen. The past comes to haunt her in the return of Steinthór but Salka fends off his advances only to lose the restless Arnaldur away. http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is.

Directed by Arne Mattsson - With Gunnel Broström

Dreams(1955)

1h 27min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 30 votes)

Susanne is a woman in her mid-30s and the owner of a modeling agency in Stockholm. She accompanies her prize model, Doris, on a trip to Gothenburg so that Doris can be photographed. While traveling, both women seek out romance, Susanne with a married lover and Doris with an older gentleman who sees his deceased wife in the young model. The two women struggle to understand their romantic motivations and in the process form an unlikely friendship.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Renée Björling, Ulf Palme, Inga Landgré, ...

The Blonde Witch(1956)

1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in a remote Swedish village, meets Ina, who has been raised in forested isolation by her haggish mother and believes herself to be a witch. He falls in love with her and tries to convert her to civilization; but in the meantime, his female boss, Kristina, has fallen in love with him, while the villagers turn against him for consorting with someone they believe is cursed by the Devil.

Directed by André Michel - With Marina Vlady, Maurice Ronet, Michel Etcheverry, Nicole Courcel, Ulf Palme, Erik Hell, ...

Mannequin in Red(1958)

1h 49min | Mystery, Crime, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 10 votes)

A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill her.

Directed by Arne Mattsson - With Karl-Arne Holmsten, Annalisa Ericson, Anita Björk, Lillebil Ibsen, Nils Hallberg, Gio Petré, ...

The Bread of Love(1953)

1h 30min | Drama, War

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Four Swedish volunteer soldiers are trapped in Russia. In front of them lies the front with enemy outposts and patrols, behind them the enemy minefields. Hope to return to their own lines decreases each day. Corpses of fallen, "dead of cold and hard as iron", forms the macabre landmarks in the winter landscape. Nearby is a burnt Russian village.

Directed by Arne Mattsson - With Folke Sundquist, Georg Rydeberg, Nils Hallberg, Erik Hell, Yngve Nordwall, Dagny Lind, ...

Girls Without Rooms(1956)

1h 18min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Fransiska is visited by a social worker when she's in the custody. She tells him her lives story, about her mother who was an alcoholic, her father a night watchman and how she and her five year old little sister was left. Her boyfriend was unemployed and needed money and to help him she stole money.

Directed by Arne Ragneborn - With Catrin Westerlund

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth(1952)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (Swedish: För min heta ungdoms skull) is a 1952 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Arne Mattsson - With Aino Taube, Georg Rydeberg, Nils Hallberg, Ib Schønberg, Naima Wifstrand, Wiktor Andersson, ...

Sängkammartjuven(1959)

1h 33min | Comedy

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Rich socialite must deny persistent rumours that she has an affair with a poor author.

Directed by Göran Gentele - With Jarl Kulle, Gaby Stenberg, Lena Söderblom, Holger Löwenadler, Lars Ekborg, Douglas Håge, ...

Night Light(1957)

1h 33min | Comedy, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Sixteen year old Maria arrives in Stockholm. She is going to stay with her aunt. Already at the Central station events occur that change her route.

Directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren - With Birger Malmsten, Gunnar Björnstrand, Lars Ekborg, Renée Björling

Young Summer(1954)

1h 32min | Drama

Helge Lysvik is a farmers son. He dreams of a future as a musician.

Directed by Kenne Fant - With Edvin Adolphson, Åke Claesson, Nils Hallberg, Gunvor Pontén, Bengt Blomgren, Elsa Ebbesen, ...

The Great Adventure(1953)

1h 17min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Drama, Documentary

3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. The cubs are attacked by the farmer and only one survives. An otter trapped in a burrow is rescued by 10-year-old Anders and his six-year-old brother, Kjell. In secret, the boys cage the animal and finally domesticate it. They obtain food for the Otter by fishing through the ice on a frozen lake. The boys manage to keep their secret from their family. On the eve of the May Day festival, Kjell reveals to family and friends the otter's presence. Anders is so distressed that he runs into the woods with the otter. The otter breaks away and returns to its life of natural freedom. The film was a prize winner at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Arne Sucksdorff - With Gunnar Sjöberg, Norman Shelley, Luis van Rooten, Arne Sucksdorff

Enchanted Journey(1954)

1h 45min | Drama, Romance / Love

A traveling theatre company comes to a small town and performs to a packed house. But during the show the theatre director decides to run away with the money.

Directed by Arne Mattsson - With Folke Sundquist

1950s Swedish-language Movies

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Wild Strawberries(1957)

The Seventh Seal(1957)

The Magician(1958)

Smiles of a Summer Night(1955)

Brink of Life(1958)

Summer with Monika(1953)

Miss Julie(1951)

Sawdust and Tinsel(1953)

Summer Interlude(1951)

A Lesson in Love(1954)

One Summer of Happiness(1951)

Miss Chic(1959)

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To Joy(1950)

Barabbas(1953)

Girl with Hyacinths(1950)

Waiting Women(1952)

Miss April(1958)

The Flute and the Arrow(1957)

Salka Valka(1954)

Dreams(1955)

The Blonde Witch(1956)

Mannequin in Red(1958)

The Bread of Love(1953)

Girls Without Rooms(1956)

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth(1952)

Sängkammartjuven(1959)

Night Light(1957)

Young Summer(1954)

The Great Adventure(1953)

Enchanted Journey(1954)

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