Erik Hell

Erik Hell

Born: August 11, 1911
Died: March 11, 1973
Erik Hell was a Swedish stage and screen actor. He started out as a glass factory workers at Emmaboda, before he decided to become an actor, graduating from the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1942. His film debut was in Alf Sjöberg's "Den blomstertid..." (1940). Erik Hell appeared in almost 100 feature films and television productions.

Movies for Erik Hell...

The Lie
Title: The Lie
Character: Georg
Released: October 28, 1970
Type: Movie
A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
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Ann and Eve
Title: Ann and Eve
Character: Wilhelm Braun
Released: August 3, 1970
Type: Movie
The story concerns the Yugoslavian holiday of two toothsome Swedish girls. One of the girls, played by Maria Liljedahl, is (metaphorically speaking) a world-champion in the promiscuity sweepstakes, bedding men (and women) in great profusion. Somehow, the movie also manages to be about film reviewers and film directors. Variety) commented '...the film's inherently good visual and physical qualities are themselves dissipated in [the director's] cynicism, ennui, and involuted intellectual mirror tricks.'
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Ann and Eve
Title: Ann and Eve
Character: Col. Braun
Released: August 3, 1970
Type: Movie
The story concerns the Yugoslavian holiday of two toothsome Swedish girls. One of the girls, played by Maria Liljedahl, is (metaphorically speaking) a world-champion in the promiscuity sweepstakes, bedding men (and women) in great profusion. Somehow, the movie also manages to be about film reviewers and film directors. Variety) commented '...the film's inherently good visual and physical qualities are themselves dissipated in [the director's] cynicism, ennui, and involuted intellectual mirror tricks.'
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The Passion of Anna
Title: The Passion of Anna
Character: Johan Andersson
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is grieving the recent deaths of her husband and son. She appears zealous in her faith and steadfast in her search for truth, but gradually her delusions surface. Andreas and Anna pursue a love affair, but he is unable to overcome his feelings of deep humiliation and remains disconnected. Meanwhile, the island community is victimized by an unknown person committing acts of animal cruelty.
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The Rite
Title: The Rite
Character: Judge Dr. Abrahamson
Released: March 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Their relationships are complicated: Sebastian, volatile, a heavy drinker, in debt, guilty of killing his former partner, is having an affair with that man's widow. She is Thea, high strung, prone to fits, and seemingly fragile, currently married to Sebastian's new partner, Hans. Hans is the troupe leader, wealthy, self-contained, and growing tired. The judge plays on the trio's insecurities, but when they finally, in a private session with him, perform the masque called The Rite, they may have their revenge.
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Carmilla
Title: Carmilla
Character: Gunnar Wahlström
Released: December 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Carmilla falls for her stepfather and seduces him. When he is killed in a car accident, she decides to take revenge against the driver, but this only leads to a deeper tragedy.
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Komedi i Hägerskog
Title: Komedi i Hägerskog
Character: Väg-Larsen
Released: November 25, 1968
Type: Movie
Narcissa and Elina work in a small town social service office and have various erotic encounters with the people who visit it.
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Waltz of Sex
Title: Waltz of Sex
Character: Oskar Kron
Released: September 22, 1968
Type: Movie
When a vagrant family arrives to the village Vindinge one hot summer in the 1920's, the parish is spiced up with sex and alcohol. Based on a novel by Swedish Academy member Artur Lundkvist.
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The Vicious Circle
Title: The Vicious Circle
Character: The father
Released: October 4, 1967
Type: Movie
Maria, a young woman is processing her life trauma. She travels head-first to a small village and finds shelter at an inn, inhabited by a dysfunctional family. Marias arrival stirs a lot of emotion.
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Henpecked
Title: Henpecked
Released: September 25, 1967
Type: Movie
An engineer and an actor, two extremely similar men, change their identity with each other.
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Fadren
Title: Fadren
Released: January 30, 1967
Type: Movie
A woman drives her husband into an uncertainty that ends with scorn, confusion and stroke.
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Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Title: Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Character: Tryggve Holm
Released: January 16, 1967
Type: Movie
People on a train get murdered. Who is the murderer? Everybody on the train is a suspect. One of them is the homosexual dope fiend played by Heinz Hopf. Things might get out of hand in this exciting thriller in true Hitchcockian style.
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Doktor Knock
Title: Doktor Knock
Character: Parpalaid
Released: April 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Doctor Knock takes over a medical clinic in a small town and provides a medical revival.
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The Island
Title: The Island
Character: Pettersson
Released: January 31, 1966
Type: Movie
In this somber drama, residents of a small island accuse a nobleman of killing a priest when the man of the cloth disappears. The two were seen arguing, and the nobleman is the main suspect. The priest is only away on a sabbatical trying to regain his faith, but the islanders continue to put pressure on the innocent noble.
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Bödeln
Title: Bödeln
Character: The Hangman
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: Movie
"The Hangman" - The events take place in two periods of time. In the Middle Ages a group of men sit and discuss the evil at the tavern. With the hangman close by. 1930s: a dance hall where many people gathered. A jazz orchestra of colored musicians entertain. When the musicians take a break to eat, they are denied this by a Nazi.
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I, a Woman
Title: I, a Woman
Character: Siv's Father
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Liv is a frankly sexual being. She finds herself in a series of sexual relationships with men who, she says, fall too much in love with her and become opressive. Finally she meets a man who is very much like her, but that brings its own problems.
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Gustav Vasa
Title: Gustav Vasa
Character: Måns Nilsson
Released: September 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his foreign debts.
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Morianna
Title: Morianna
Character: Ragnar Synnéus
Released: August 15, 1965
Type: Movie
The family of an old, loathed millionaire named Verner Vade are sick of his dictatorship, and are just waiting for him to fall over and die. When he is attacked one night and disappears, a nosey cops start to investigate. A few days later Verner comes home again, wounded, and is back to his old, angry routines. And the family have had enough.
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Nattcafé
Title: Nattcafé
Character: Helge
Released: January 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night
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Den bergtagna
Title: Den bergtagna
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Depicts a woman who commits suicide after being betrayed by a man who, by playing on her low self-esteem, has made herself her superior - and thus deprived her of all right to exist.
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Dear John
Title: Dear John
Character: Yngve Lindgren
Released: November 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Divorced skipper John meets Anita, a single mother, at a port and spends the weekend with her.
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491
Title: 491
Character: Policeman
Released: March 16, 1964
Type: Movie
A study in forgiveness as oppression and goodness as provocation. Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment where they are assigned to live together in a rundown apartment in the heart of Stockholm, Sweden. The six boys are being supervised by two forgiving and uneasy social workers. Their need to continue to commit petty crimes escalates out of boredom with the situation. One night they run into a young girl in trouble.
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Det är hos mig han har varit
Title: Det är hos mig han har varit
Released: February 4, 1963
Type: Movie
"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li.
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Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Title: Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Character: The Hunter
Released: September 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Nils lives with his parents in the south of Sweden. He is a naughty boy and teases like the animals on the farm. They should not have him and be happy if he is bewitched one day with his hamster Crumb for punishment by a gnome.
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Pärlemor
Title: Pärlemor
Released: October 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Set in th 1930's depression times. A wealthy industrialist suffers a stroke. His wife takes over both family and business. The son worships his mother, but is forced to choose sides when he falls in love with the poor Aina.
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Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
Title: Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
Character: Egon Ström
Released: August 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects...
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Rider in Blue
Title: Rider in Blue
Character: Kurt Forsberg
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: Movie
When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army's riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. She gets involved in the strange murder of the Blue Rider. Unknown to everyone at Strömsholm.
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En drömmares vandring
Title: En drömmares vandring
Character: Erik Axel Bom
Released: March 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored by this he travels to Stockholm to try to get his poems published. On the train he meets a rich, sophisticated art patron who encourages him and grinds his literary and philosophical formation.
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The Blonde Witch
Title: The Blonde Witch
Character: Pullinen
Released: June 6, 1956
Type: Movie
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.
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Salka Valka
Title: Salka Valka
Character: Customs Inspector
Released: November 16, 1954
Type: Movie
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
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Storm over Tjurö
Title: Storm over Tjurö
Character: Vicar
Released: July 19, 1954
Type: Movie
Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
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Enchanted Journey
Title: Enchanted Journey
Released: April 19, 1954
Type: Movie
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.
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The Bread of Love
Title: The Bread of Love
Character: Bouncer
Released: October 23, 1953
Type: Movie
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.
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Det var dans bort i vägen
Title: Det var dans bort i vägen
Released: January 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Film adaptation of a Gustav Fröding poem.
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For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth
Title: For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth
Character: Blind musician
Released: December 17, 1952
Type: Movie
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.
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Hård klang
Title: Hård klang
Character: Johan
Released: September 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A German opened a quarry some 50 years ago, after realizing the value of granite. Now WW1 begins.
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Ubåt 39
Title: Ubåt 39
Character: First Mate
Released: August 25, 1952
Type: Movie
About U-Boat 39 the first U-Boat sunk in WW2 by the UK Carrier Ark Royal.
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Helen of Troy
Title: Helen of Troy
Character: Slaver driver
Released: December 26, 1951
Type: Movie
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.
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One Summer of Happiness
Title: One Summer of Happiness
Character: Torsten, farm worker
Released: December 17, 1951
Type: Movie
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.
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Krane's Confectionery
Title: Krane's Confectionery
Character: Stivhatten
Released: November 7, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman who has sacrificed everything for her family meets a man who makes her reassess her life
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Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
Title: Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
Character: Erik Andersson
Released: December 26, 1949
Type: Movie
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.
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Realm of Man
Title: Realm of Man
Character: Aron Loväng
Released: November 19, 1949
Type: Movie
A man is forced to leave his family estate and start again.
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Port of Call
Title: Port of Call
Character: Berit's father
Released: October 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.
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On These Shoulders
Title: On These Shoulders
Released: October 4, 1948
Type: Movie
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 farm.
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A Guest Is Coming
Title: A Guest Is Coming
Character: Edvin
Released: November 3, 1947
Type: Movie
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.
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A Ship to India
Title: A Ship to India
Character: Pekka
Released: September 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent. Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boat he captains. Amidst all the tensions on the small boat, Johannes and Sally fall in love with each other.
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Det vackraste på jorden
Title: Det vackraste på jorden
Released: September 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Bengt, a ship mechanic , and his wife Karin has been relocated to a modern apartment house in Stockholm. On the ground floor is a tobacconist, whose owner Frithiof is also the deputy landlord of the house.
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Barbacka
Title: Barbacka
Released: November 18, 1946
Type: Movie
Connie is growing up on an estate and cling especially to Gunnar. When Connie mention that she has met a man, Gunnar gets angry and repels her. Connie decides to retaliate by taking over Gunnar's sister's husband, Boris, who is the owner of the estate.
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När ängarna blommar
Title: När ängarna blommar
Released: November 11, 1946
Type: Movie
The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.
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The Balloon
Title: The Balloon
Character: The Lover
Released: October 7, 1946
Type: Movie
Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.
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Money: A Tragicomic Saga
Title: Money: A Tragicomic Saga
Released: January 10, 1946
Type: Movie
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, joking with the small and meek Orvar. Orvar does not know that he has inherited a large fortune but the seven brothers do and they begin to treat him with the greatest courtesy. They convince him to write his last will, making them his heirs, and then begin to make plans on how to kill him.
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Oss tjuvar emellan eller en burk ananas
Title: Oss tjuvar emellan eller en burk ananas
Character: Nisse (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1945
Type: Movie
Max Kvarne is an international adventurer who stole 25,000 pounds in 100-pound banknotes at a London coup.
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Den osynliga muren
Title: Den osynliga muren
Character: Walter Corell
Released: August 21, 1944
Type: Movie
"The Invisble Wall" - In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.
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Lev farligt
Title: Lev farligt
Character: Parachute Saboteur
Released: April 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Iben Holt, a rich bohemian, lives in an occupied country. On his way home from a party he hears an explosion and sees flames rising from a factory. At home awaits another surprise.
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Klockan på Rönneberga
Title: Klockan på Rönneberga
Character: Löjtnant Gerhard Grijp, senare ryttmästare
Released: March 13, 1944
Type: Movie
Rönneberga is an old family manor. When Lennart Heijken is born, his proud father buys his newborn a grandfather's clock that will follow him through his life and see him become a student, an officer, a married man, and eventually an old man.
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Kungajakt
Title: Kungajakt
Released: January 21, 1944
Type: Movie
The film takes place in the 1780s. The Russians plan to overthrow Gustav III from the Swedish throne and Lieutenant Rehusen tries to stop them, while fighting for his king, he also fights for his love.
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There Burns a Fire
Title: There Burns a Fire
Character: Jodl (uncredited)
Released: August 23, 1943
Type: Movie
An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance.
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The Heavenly Play
Title: The Heavenly Play
Character: Jon Persson
Released: December 21, 1942
Type: Movie
"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. Mats can not understand the divine justice and decides to go to paradise and ask God himself. It becomes a journey where he meets the prophets, king Solomon and finally God himself.
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Ride Tonight!
Title: Ride Tonight!
Character: Hans of Lenhovda
Released: November 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Oppressed by landowners, a peasant uprising ensues as an outlaw farmer refuses to pay taxes in this film adapted from Vilhelm Moberg's novel.
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Yellow Ward
Title: Yellow Ward
Character: First Mate
Released: January 10, 1942
Type: Movie
A chief physician at a women's clinic is against abortion. He strongly influence the patients not to abort. But there are doctors who think differently.
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Snapphanar
Title: Snapphanar
Character: Swedish soldier
Released: December 26, 1941
Type: Movie
In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak attacks on the invading army.
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Den blomstertid...
Title: Den blomstertid...
Character: gruvarbetare
Released: October 28, 1940
Type: Movie
On an island in the Stockholm archipelago lives a man named Albin who has fallen in love with the new school teacher named Eva. Because of the Winter War the island is isolated and smuggling is rampant, the leader of this operation is named Fritjof and he is also interested in Eva.