comedy/drama - American Swedish Historical Museum

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Welcome to ASHM’s Swedish Film Library. Here you will find a selection of all DVD’s
that are available for all museum members to loan. Select up to three movies you would
like to borrow and stop by the museum and check them out at the Museum’s front desk.
Each DVD is available to loan for two weeks at a time. Enjoy watching your films!
Titles
27 sekundmeter snö .................................. 5 I am Curious - Blue ................................ 16
Adam & Eva ............................................... 5 Italian for beginners ................................ 16
All things fair .............................................. 6 Jalla! Jalla! ................................................ 17
Bang bang orangutang ................................ 6 Jönssonligan & Dynamitharry ................. 17
Bekännelsen .............................................. 7 Kejsaren av Portugallien………………….….18
Black Jack .................................................. 7 Kitchen stories......................................... 19
Buss till Italien ........................................... 8 Klassfesten ............................................... 19
Danslärarens återkomst ............................ 8 Kommer du med mig då ........................ 20
Den tatuerade änkan…………………………...9 Komplett Galen ...................................... 20
Den tredje vågen ..................................... 10 Kopps ...................................................... 21
Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig............ 10 Kunglig Toilette………………………………...22
Faithless ................................................... 11 Livvakterna .............................................. 22
Familjehemligheter.................................. 11 Masjävlar.................................................. 23
Fyra nyanser av brunt .............................. 12 Midvinter Duell………………………….……...23
Grabben I graven bredvid ....................... 12 Miffo ........................................................ 24
Hans och hennes..................................... 13 My life as a dog ....................................... 25
Hassel - Förgörarna ................................. 13 Män som hatar kvinnor………………………25
Heartbreak hotel ..................................... 14 Offside ..................................................... 26
High Chaparall ........................................ 14 Om Sara .................................................. 27
Hotet ........................................................ 15 Paradiset .................................................. 27
I am Curious - Yellow ............................. 15 Potatis Handlaren………………………….…..28
Rånarna ................................................... 29
Saxofon Hallicken….………………………….29
Se upp för dårarna………………………….….30
Sex hopp & kärlek. ................................. 30
Show me love .......................................... 31
Sprängaren .............................................. 31
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Störst av allt ............................................. 32
Sånger från andra våningen .................... 32
Så som i himmelen ................................. 33
Sök ........................................................... 33
Tomten är far till alla barnen .................. 34
Under the sun ......................................... 34
Under Ytan.............................................. 35
Utanför din dörr...................................... 35
Varannan vecka ....................................... 36
Vuxna människor .................................... 36
Wallander - Blodsband .......................... 37
Wallander - Byfånen .............................. 37
Wallander - Den svaga punkten............. 38
Wallander - Innan frosten ...................... 38
Wallander - Jokern ................................. 39
Wallander - Mörkret .............................. 39
Wallander - Steget efter .......................... 40
Wallander - Täckmanteln ...................... 40
Änglagård ................................................ 41
Änglagård - Andra sommaren ............... 41
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Genre
Mystery/Thriller
Bekännelsen
Danslärarens återkomst
Den tredje vågen
Hassel - Förgörarna
Hotet
Livvakterna
Män som hatar kvinnor
Paradiset
Rånarna
Sprängaren
Wallander - Blodsband
Wallander - Byfånen
Wallander - Den svaga
punkten
Wallander - Innan frosten
Wallander - Jokern
Wallander - Mörkret
Wallander - Steget efter
Wallander - Täckmanteln
Comedy
Drama
Adam & Eva
27 sekundmeter snö
Bang bang orangutang
All things fair
Black Jack
Buss till Italien
Den tatuerade änkan
Faithless
Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig
Familjehemligheter
Fyra nyanser av brunt
Grabben i graven bredvid
Heartbreak hotel
Hans och hennes
Italian for beginners
I am Curious - Blue
Jalla! Jalla!
I am Curious - Yellow
Jönssonligan & Dynamitharry
Kejsaren av Portugallien
Kitchen stories
Kommer du med mig då
Klassfesten
Kunglig Toilette
Komplett galen
Midvinter Duell
Kopps
My life as a dog
Masjävlar
Om Sara
Miffo
Potatis Handlaren
Offside
Saxofon Hallicken
Se upp för dårarna
Sex hopp & kärlek
Tomten är far till alla barnen
Show me love
Utanför din dörr
Störst av allt
Varannan vecka
Sånger från andra våningen
Vuxna människor
Så som i himmelen
Änglagård
Sök
Änglagård - Andra sommaren
Under the sun
High Chaparall
Under Ytan
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27 sekundmeter snö
(mystery/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Tobias Falk
Starring
Anders Rosendahl, Elisabeth Carlsson
Run time
180 min
DVD release
2005
Plot summery
During a terrible snowstorm a group of skiers must take refugee in an old ski lodge. Trapped there for days, slowly
some of the group members are murdered. The group must figure out the culprit before it’s too late. A true ‘Who
dunnit’ - Agatha Christie style. In two parts.
Adam & Eva
(romantic comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Måns Herngren and Hannes Holm
Starring
Josefin Nilsson, Björn Kjellman, Tomas Von Bromssen
Run time
96 min
DVD release
1996
Plot summery
This romantic comedy centers around a young couple having been married for four years. The next stop is having
a baby, but Adam is not sure he is ready. Soon the relationship falls apart and when Adam realizes Eva is the one
he wants it might be too late.
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All things fair
(drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Bo Widerberg
Starring
Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Tomas Von Bromssen
Run time
192 min
DVD release
1995
Plot summery
A coming of age story during W.W.II, about a young man who falls in love with his teacher. They start a passionate relationship without anyone knowing or becoming suspicious , not even the woman's husband.
Bang bang orangutang
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish
Director
Simon Staho
Starring
Mikael Persbrandt, Jonas Karlsson, Lena Olin, Fares Fares
Length
106 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
A story of a man once sure of life; now unsure after losing his job, wife and home. But he will go to any steps,
even kidnapping, to not lose his daughter. A who’s who of Swedish actors appear.
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Bekännelsen
(psychological thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Magnus Krepper, Johanna Sällström
Length
180 min
Year produced
2001
Plot Summary
This is a three part series about a murder that happened one Summer in a small Swedish village. Family
members must protect themselves from the law and each other.
Black jack
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Helena Bergström, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Reine Brynolfsson
Length
107 min
Year produced
1990
Plot Summary
A divorced woman moves from Stockholm to a smaller town with her son. She finds a group of friends and they
become groupies to the band Black Jack. As the band is on verge of making it big, Helena Bergström’s character,
finds herself in between two men.
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Buss till Italien
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
Starring
Karl Linnertorp, Livia Millhagen, Adam Pålsson
Length
89 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
A coming age story of two teenagers from a small town in Sweden. The boys join the choir/acting troop, in order
to get a free trip to Italy, where they fall for their teacher.
Danslärarens återkomst
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, Norwegian
Director
Stephan Apelgren
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Lia Boysen, Göran Graffman, Peter Kneip
Length
169 min
Year produced
2004
Plot Summary
A thriller based on a novel by the author Henning Mankell. Police officer Stefan Lindman is trying to solve a
murder of his former friend Herbert. During the investigation he finds out that Herbert had been hiding many
things from him.
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Den tatuerade änkan
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Lars Molin
Starring
Mona Malm, Invar Hirdwall, Erland Josephson, Sven Wolter, Jan Malmsjö,
Niklas Falk.
Length
100 min
Year produced
1998
Plot Summary
Ester is the perfect grandmother everyone expects her to be. But she unexpectedly inherits an old aunt and gets a
big apartment and a lot of money. She decides to leave her husband, children and grandchildren to start her life
over.
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Den tredje vågen
(action)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English, French
Subtitles in
English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Anders Nilsson
Starring
Jacob Eklund, Marie Richardson, Irina Björklund
Length
114 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
Another movie featuring Johan Falks, the Swedish super cop. This action film is the next installment after
Livvakterna. This time Falks is taking on the European mafia. Scenes from London, Amsterdam, Munich and
Sweden. Like Born Identity films.
Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finish, Danish, Norwegian
Directors
Måns Herngren & Hannes Holm
Starring
Bibi Anderson, Gösta Ekman, Marie Richardson, Josefin Nilsson
Length
109 min
Year produced
1999
Plot Summary
This story is about one family from Stockholm and their trails and tribulations of being a family while caring for
loved ones and raising children.
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Faithless
(Drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Liv Ullman
Starring
Lena Endre, Krister Henriksson
Length
142 min
Year produced
2000
Plot Summary
A meditation of relationships written by Ingmar Bergman. Based a bit on Liv Ullman’s relationship with Ingmar
Bergman.
Familjehemligheter
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Kjell-Åke Anderson
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Rolf Lassgård, Maria Lundqvist
Length
101 min
Year produced
2001
Plot Summary
The film chronicles the life of a family in Central Sweden during the 1970’s.
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Fyra nyanser av brunt
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Tomas Alfredson
Starring
Robert Gustafsson, Jonas Inde, Johan Rheborg, Karl Linnertorp
Length
192 min
Year produced
2004
Plot Summary
The film is made by a very famous group of Swedish comedians. The story is about four independent but related
stories told in parallel. It is a cruel truth revealed about four fathers lives but in some way a black and subtle
humor shine its way through.
4 wins and 4 nominations of the Guldbagge Award.
Grabben i graven bredvid
(romantic/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Kjell Sundvall
Starring
Mikael Nyqvist, Elisabeth Carlsson, Annika Olsson
Length
90 min
Year produced
2002
Plot Summary
Two lonely people meet while visiting the graves of their parents. But can this farmer and city girl really make a
long lasting relationship?
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Hans och Hennes
(drama/comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Johanna Sällström, Ralph Larsson, Shanti Roney
Length
92 min
Year produced
2001
Plot Summary
Johan and Anna-Karin have a difficult time getting pregnant, and it puts a strain on their relationship since AnnaKarin desperately wants to be a mother.
Hassel - förgörarna
(action thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Mikael Hylin
Starring
Lars-Erik Berenett, Regina Lund, Thomas Hanzon
Length
107 min
Year produced
2000
Plot Summary
Stockholm police detective Hassel takes on the Russian mob, with help from a Russian policewoman with
revenge on her mind.
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Heartbreak hotel
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Helena Bergström, Maria Lundqvist
Length
106 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Two divorced women in their 40’s befriend one another after a rocky start. They search for love/relationships at
the disco Heartbreak Hotel.
High Chaparall
(TV comedy series)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English
Subtitles in
English
Director
Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson
Co-Starring
Vince Neil, Cory Feldman, Lorenzo Lamas, Gary Busey and more
Season
2, 2:1 and 2:2
Length
Season 2: 115 min , season 2:1: 225 min, season 2:2: 225 min.
Year produced
2004
Plot Summary
Two Famous Swedish journalists/entertainers move to Los Angeles in CA to film a weekly TV show. The
Swedes hang out with Hollywood B-celebrities in odd scenarios.
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hotet
(action thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Kjell Sundvall
Starring
Shanti Roney, Maria Bonnevie, Stefan Sauk, Göran Ragnarstam
Length
98 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
The Swedish military creates a great new technology and there are people who are willing to do anything to get
their hands on the new technology.
I am curious - Yellow
(drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Vilgot Sjöman
Starring
Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Length
121 min
Year produced
1967
Plot Summary
Twenty year-old Lena wants to know all she can about life and reality, so she collects information on everyone
and everything. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation.
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I am curious - Blue
(drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Vilgot Sjöman
Starring
Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Maj Hultén, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Length
107 min
Year produced
1968
Plot Summary
The sequel to “I am curious - Yellow”, with the same characters, only with some different scenes and a different
political slant. The political focus is personal relationships, religion, prisons and sex. Yellow and Blue are the
colors of the Swedish flag.
Italian for beginners
(comedy/drama)
Region #
1
Language
Danish, Italian
Subtitles in
English
Director
Lone Scherfig
Starring
Anders Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbaek, Ann Jørgensen
Length
118 min
Year produced
2000
Plot Summary
A group of Danes change their lives while taking Italian language lessons.
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Jalla Jalla!
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Josef Fares
Starring
Fares Fraes, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Notovny
Length
88 min
Year produced
2000
Plot Summary
Very popular Swedish film about immigrants trying to adapt to new life in Sweden. First film made by Josef
Fares.
Jönssonligan & dynamitharry
(comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Mikael Ekman
Starring
Gösta Ekman, Nils Brandt, Ulf Brunnberg and Björn Gustavsson
Length
101 min
Year produced
1982
Plot Summary
Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob a nightclub, but Vanheden’s constantly drunk cousin, Dynamit-Harry
ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested and locked up for 10 months. When he is released, his new plan is to rob a
cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.
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Kejsaren av portugallien
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Lars Molin
Starring
Ingvar Hirdwall, Cecilia Ljung, Rolf Lassgård, Per Oscarsson, Gunilla Nyroos,
Allan Svensson.
Length
164 min
Year produced
1992
Plot Summary
About a father who adores his daughter more than life itself. Refusing to accept her faith in life he sinks deeper
and deeper into madness and a fantasy world
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Kitchen Stories
(comedy/drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish, Norwegian
Subtitles in
English
Director
Bent Hamer
Starring
Tomas Norstrom, Reine Brynolfsson, Joachim Calmeyer
Length
95 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
In the 1950’s a Swedish efficiency expert is sent to Norway to help Norwegian farmers in the kitchen. Craziness
happens.
Klassfesten
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Norwegian
Directors
Måns Herngren & Hannes Holm
Starring
Björn Kjellman, Inday Ba, Cicilia Frode
Length
100 min
Year produced
2001
Plot Summary
This movie is about a 20 year high school reunion and redemption of a lost love.
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Kommer du med mig då
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish
Director
Kjell Grede
Starring
Shanti Roney, Tuva Novotny
Length
105 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
A reclusive Swedish artist finds love in impossible settings with life dramatically odd turns.
Komplett galen
(comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, Spanish
Subtitles in
English, Swedish, Spanish
Director
Lea Farmlorohde
Starring
Görel Crona, Rafael Edholm
Length
82 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
A documentary crew follows a husband and wife team as they try to rehearse a play they wrote. Filmed in a
mockumentary style, this erotic play creates some jealousy and has the actors looking for new places to rehearse,
ranging from a slaughter house to Spain.
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Kopps
(comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Josef Fares
Starring
Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Göran Ragnerstam, Sissela Kyle
Length
90 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
Winner of many film festival circuit awards. This film is about a police force in a small Swedish town where
there hasn’t been any crime for more than ten years, the officers must find ways to prove their importance to the
town, so that they don’t lose their jobs.
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Kunglig toilette
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Lars Molin
Starring
Ingvar Hirdwall, Gösta Bredefeldt, Claire Wikholm, Bertil Norström, Lars
Erik Bernett, Helge Skoog.
Length
57 min
Year produced
1986
Plot Summary
A story about a small town getting ready for a royal visit.
Livvakterna
(action thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English
Subtitles in
English, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Anders Nilsson
Starring
Kacob Eklund, Lia Boysen, Samuel Fröler, Alexandra Rapaport
Length
108 min
Year produced
2001
Plot Summary
Swedish super cop Johan Falk leaves the force to protect a friend from a European blackmailer.
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Masjävlar
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Maria Blom
Starring
Sofia Hedin, Kajsa Ernst, Ann Petren, Lars Aronsson
Length
98 min
Year produced
2004
Plot Summary
A young Swedish woman living in Stockholm returns home to Dalarna to attend a birthday party. Family duties
take over and she must take a hard look at her life and where it is that she is going. Family drama in a small town
in Sweden.
Midvinter duell
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Lars Molin
Starring
Ingvar Hirdvall, Mona Malm, Tommy Johnson, Torsten Wahlund, Li Brådhe.
Length
52 min
Year produced
1983
Plot Summary
Ego Lundin decides to fit the city officials to prove a point.
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Miffo
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Livia Millhagen, Ingvar Hirdvall
Length
105 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
The story, set in Gothenburg, is about a new priest trying to find his way when he falls for a foul mouthed
drinking handicapped woman.
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My life as a dog
(drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Lasse Hallström
Starring
Anton Glanzelius, Tomas Von Bromssen, Ing-Marie Carlsson
Length
101 min
Year produced
1985
Plot Summary
Tells the story of Ingemar, a 12-year-old boy, who is sent to live with his uncle on the countryside when his
mother falls ill. He finds unexpected adventure with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. Both
humourus and tragic, this film is a bittersweet evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood.
män som hatar kvinnor
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish.
Director
Mårten Klingberg
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Torkel Petersson, Göran Ragnerstam
Length
146 min
Year produced
2008
Plot Summary
A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing , or dead
for forty years by a young female hacker. Based on Stieg Larssons best selling novel.
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Offside
(comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Mårten Klingberg
Starring
Jonas Karlsson, Torkel Petersson, Göran Ragnerstam
Length
99 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
The story is about a small town soccer team that enlists a washed up former English league star to help them win.
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Om Sara
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Othman Karim
Starring
Linda Zilliacus, Alexandra Skarsgård
Length
115 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
This movie looks at a woman named Sara, and her life struggles with her mother, career and relationships.
Paradiset
(action/thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Norwegian, Finish, Danish
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Helena Bergström, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson
Length
115 min
Year produced
2003
Plot Summary
A journalist helps uncover the Yugoslavian Mafia in Sweden.
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Potatishandlaren
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Lars Molin
Starring
Ingvar Hirdwall, Göran Forsmark, Eva Gröndahl, Claire Wikholm, Bertil Norström,
Lars Erik Berenett, Helge Skoog.
Length
48 min
Year produced
1995
Plot Summary
A story about a farmer and his grown-up daughter Märta, a fortyish spinster, still helping her widowed father on the family farm.
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Rånarna
(action/thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Peter Lindmark
Starring
Mikael Persbrandt, Sofia Helin, Stefan Sauk, Stina Ekblad
Length
100 min
Year produced
2004
Plot Summary
A gang of brutal bank robbers are having their way and one female police officer may be closer to the gang than
she thinks.
Saxofonhallicken
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Lars Molin
Starring
Allan Svensson, Kim Anderzon, Gino Amil, Eva Gröndahl, Mona Seilitz, LarsErik Berenett, Gunvor Ponten, Lena T Hansson, lottie Ejebrant, Lennars R
Svensson, Lars Hansson, Björn Granath.
Length
52 min
Year produced
1986
Plot Summary
A story about a hotel and it’s intriguing guests.
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Se upp för dårarna
(Comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian.
Director
Helena Bergström
Starring
Ninja Zanjani, Rakel Wärmländer, Korhan Abay, Zinat Pirzadeh, Dan Ekborg,
Birgitte Söndergaard, Mattias Redbo, Stella Enciso, Lars Bethke, Rasim Öztekin.
Length
100 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
Two girls of different background, one a immigrant from Turkey and the other a girl that needs to get out of her fathers shadow both
apply to the police academy were they become close friends.
Sex, hopp and Kärlek
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Lisa Ohlin
Starring
Ing-Marie Carlsson, Krister Henriksson, Mira Eklund
Length
93 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Winner of Montreal world film festival 2005 award, this drama takes a long hard look of life, love
future and past.
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Show me love
(Drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Lukas Moodysson
Starring
Alexandra Ahlstrom, Rebecca Liljeberg
Length
89 min
Year produced
2000
Plot Summary
The movie chronicles the struggle of a young lesbian teenager going to high school in a small town in north of
Sweden.
Winner of a Berlin Film Festival.
Sprängaren
(action thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Helena Bergström, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson
Length
123 min
Year produced
2001
Plot Summary
A serial bomber is on the loose in Stockholm with the police hot on his trail.
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Störst av allt
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Lars-Lennart Forsberg
Starring
Sven Wollter, Frida Hallgren, Sven-Bertil Taube
Length
95 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Aron Johansson is a Swedish self centered politician with a checkered past, but all of that changes when a young
female reporter is determined to uncover his past.
Sånger från andra våningen
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Roy Andersson
Starring
Lars Nordh, Stephan Larsson, Torbjörn Fahlström
Length
94 min
Year produced
2000
Plot Summary
A story about the need for love and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation. It is a story about
many different characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend.
Winner of 5 Guldbagge Awards
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Så som i himmelen
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Kay Pollack
Starring
Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm
Length
132 min
Year produced
2004
Plot Summary
Nominated for a 2005 Best Foreign Film Oscar, this story about a world famous conductor returning home to a
small Swedish town won over audience world wide. With failing health, the conductor falls in love and takes over
the town choir taking them from bad to competition worthy.
Sök
(drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Maria Von Heland
Starring
Lia Boysen, Amanda Ooms, Mikael Persbrandt
Length
94 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
A dark drama about a 38 year old woman trying to net date, but all she finds is men with problems, who causes
her problems. The more she seeks, the more bad things happen around.
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Tomten är far till alla barnen
(comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Kjell Sundvall
Starring
Peter Haber, Katarina Ewerlöf, Alexandra Dahlström, Dan Ekborg
Length
95 min
Year produced
1999
Plot Summary
Sara invites all her ex-husbands families to come and celebrate Christmas with her new family. This is an effort to
give the children the best Christmas celebration ever, but too many things are revealed and the whole celebration
becomes chaotic.
Under the sun
(drama)
Region #
1
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström, Johan Widerberg
Length
118 min
Year produced
1998
Plot Summary
Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. He is unable to take care of the household, so
the young housekeeper Ellen helps him. Ellen takes over both the house and the hearts belonging to Olof and
his brother Erik.
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Under ytan
(dark drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English
Director
Daniel Fridell
Starring
Mikael Persbrandt, Johanna Sällström, Tove Appelqvist
Length
103 min
Year produced
1997
Plot Summary
Two sisters with a tough childhood upbringing get involved and manipulated by a drug dealer, turning them into
drug addicts and smugglers.
Utanför din dörr
(romantic comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
English and Swedish
Director
Martin Söder and Eric Donell
Starring
Lina Englund, Eric Donell, Malin Svarfar-Karlsson
Length
96 min
Year produced
2002
Plot Summary
A young man leaves a good job in Stockholm for the small town life to find meaning in his life and maybe even
love.
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Varannan vecka
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Norwegian
Directors
Måns Herngren, Felix Herngren, Hannes Holm
Starring
Måns Herngren, Felix Herngren, Cicilia Frode
Length
97 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
Thirty something wrestle with dating, divorce and parenting.
Vuxna människor
(comedy)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Directors
Fredrik Lindström and Felix Herngren
Starring
Felix Herngren, Karin Bjurström, Mikael Persbrandt
Length
91 min
Year produced
1999
Plot Summary
Thirty something wrestle with love, growing older and working.
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Wallander - Blodsband
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Kjell-Åke Andersson
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace
Length
89 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
In this installment of author Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander, the detective finds a
boat with blood on it, and must solve the mystery.
Wallander - byfånen
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Jørn Faurschou
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace, Anders Ekborg
Length
91 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Just one movie in a series written about Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander. Kurt is
part of the Ystad police force and in Byfånen, Kurt chases after bank robbing mental disturbed twins.
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Wallander - den svaga punkten
(thriller/mystery)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Jonas Grimås
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace
Length
87 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Another movie in a series written about author Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander.
Kurt is part of the Ystad police force trying to solve a murder of a horde breeder with a past secret life.
Wallander - innan frosten
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Kjell-Åke Andersson
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace
Length
93 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
In this installment of author Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander, the detective is chasing
down a satanic cult.
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Wallander - jokern
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Director
Stephan Apelgren
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace
Length
89 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
In this installment of author Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander, is chasing down a
killer of a murder outside a restaurant. Veteran Swedish actors Jacob Eklund and Göran Ragnerstam star in this
installment.
Wallander - mörkret
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Norwegian, Finish, Danish
Director
Anders Engström
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace
Length
87 min
Year produced
2006
Plot Summary
In this installment of author Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander, the detective finds a
container full of dead immigrants, and they stumble onto a smuggling ring.
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Wallander - Steget efter
(thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish
Director
Birger Larsen
Starring
Rolf Lassgård, Marie Richardson, Klas Abrahamsson
Length
100 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Based on Henning Mankell’s best selling crime novel “One step behind”. Detective Kurt Wallander tries to
solve the murders of three young adults at a Midsummer fest.
Wallander - täckmanteln
(mystery/thriller)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Stephan Apelgren
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace
Length
89 min
Year produced
2005
Plot Summary
Another story about Henning Mankell’s great Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander. A girl has committed suicide
on a school in Skåne. The squad is determined to solve the case and discovers that the girls on the school are
being exploited and abused.
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Änglagård
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Sven Wollter, Ernst Gunther, Tord Peterson
Length
126 min
Year produced
1992
Plot Summary
The story takes place in a small Swedish town during one Summer. The town’s riches statesman dies and he has
no heirs. The small town is turned upside down, when an unknown grand daughter shows up to claim the estate.
Änglagård - Andra sommaren
(comedy/drama)
Region #
2
Language
Swedish, English
Subtitles in
Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Director
Colin Nutley
Starring
Helena Bergström, Ernst Gunther, Tord Peterson
Length
130 min
Year produced
1994
Plot Summary
This is a sequel to the very popular Änglagård. All of the towns people are back, only this time some of them
take a trip to New York City.
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