Lena Nyman

Lena Nyman

Born: May 23, 1944
Died: February 4, 2011
in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sverige
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Anna Lena Elisabet Nyman (23 May 1944 – 4 February 2011) was a Swedish film and stage actress.

Having had her first film roles in 1955, Nyman had a role in Vilgot Sjöman's 491 (1964) and got her breakthrough in his I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967), where she, in pseudo-documentary fashion, played a character of the same name as herself, and its sequel I Am Curious (Blue) (1968). She later participated in many of the films and stage productions of Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson, such as Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975) and The Adventures of Picasso (1978). Nyman co-starred with Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann in Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (1978).

In 2004, Nyman received the royal medal Litteris et Artibus, and in 2006 she was the recipient of the Eugene O'Neill Award.

Nyman died on 4 February 2011, aged 66, after a long battle with several illnesses including cancer, COPD and Guillain–Barré syndrome.

Movies for Lena Nyman...

Lena
Title: Lena
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Follows the story of the beloved and internationally acclaimed Swedish actress Lena Nyman, based on 17 paper bags with diaries that she left behind.
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White Trash
Title: White Trash
Character: Edith
Released: February 3, 2006
Type: Movie
A single dog hairdresser meets romance when spending a weekend at a health resort.
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Illusive Tracks
Title: Illusive Tracks
Character: Märit
Released: December 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Christmas 1945. In a train from Stockholm to Berlin are a motley collection. It is the failure of the author Gunnar who wants to leave his old life and make a contribution in Berlin; physician Henry who plan to marry Marie and likewise Henry's current wife Karin, who he plans to kill during the journey, the middle-aged gay couple Pompe and Sixten, a soldier going to Uppsala but is on the wrong train: the cheerful and cynical old Margaret, and a dressed elf and a surly conductor. With the train are also a number of Baltic refugees accompanied by two nuns to be sent to Germany.
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The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
Title: The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA Obscenity Codes.
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Powder
Title: Powder
Released: February 8, 2001
Type: Movie
A tiny theatrical company turns into a war zone of egos as a new play goes into rehearsal in this broad comedy from Sweden. A camera crew from a television outlet is on hand to shoot a commercial as a harried director tries to put her cast through their paces. Not everyone, however, feels like cooperating; her two leading men seem to be competing over who gets most of the spotlight, much to the annoyance of the female star, while the troupe's makeup artist has a plan of his own.
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Pettson & Findus - Kattonauten
Title: Pettson & Findus - Kattonauten
Character: Miss Fellini (voice)
Released: October 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Eccentric old farmer Pettersson and his cat, Findus, have hilarious adventures camping in the woods while waiting for a letter from the king.
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Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen
Title: Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen
Character: (voice)
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Regal is an eagle who is afraid to fly. A little bird offers to help him, but Regal does not believe he can. Will the eagle finally learn to fly?
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Nallars väntan
Title: Nallars väntan
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Short film.
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The Porridge Faggot
Title: The Porridge Faggot
Character: Birgit
Released: December 17, 1997
Type: Movie
Asker is always aftemoney and everybody knows he doesn't have any scruples. He gets accused of stealing a lottery ticket from the mentally-handicapped Musse. Simultaneously he meets a man at a café named Claes Douglas who promises to pay Asker if he does a favour for him.
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Cheek to Cheek
Title: Cheek to Cheek
Character: Margaretha
Released: December 3, 1997
Type: Movie
The faded dragshow entertainer Ragnar Rönn is both broke and lonely. He is becoming extremely unpopular. Noone comes to his shows. Perhaps it might have to do with the fact that he is completely unruly and bitter. One day he runs into the middle-aged funeral entrepreneur Margaretha.
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Such Is Life
Title: Such Is Life
Character: Siv Matsson
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Tin-Tin is a bar pianist, living with the radio talk show host Paul in a relationship gone stale. Still, her parents are expecting grandchildren. Then a self-assured Norwegian business man turns up giving her the eye.
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I Am Curious, Film
Title: I Am Curious, Film
Character: The Guide
Released: October 28, 1995
Type: Movie
The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries
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Stjärnbilder
Title: Stjärnbilder
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1995
Type: Movie
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.
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The Dream House
Title: The Dream House
Character: Sanna
Released: October 28, 1993
Type: Movie
Göran buys a house in a suburb. It is in need of some repairs, but Göran believes himself capable of repairing it himself with the help of some cheap craftsmen. However, the house is much worse than he thought. At the same time, a gang of crooks is searching for the dynamite they hid in the basement some time ago. Göran has to rescue both his wallet from greedy craftsmen as well as his marriage with Tina.
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Title: Kvällspressen
Character: Anna Lena Fekelius
Released: March 30, 1992
Type: TV
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Uppfinnaren
Title: Uppfinnaren
Released: October 10, 1991
Type: Movie
"The Inventor" - About "Arbman Development" an inventory company initiated by PR-guru Leon Nordin. AD produced a total of 173 inventions, including a banknote counter that made confetti out of money.
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T. Sventon och fallet Isabella
Title: T. Sventon och fallet Isabella
Character: Fröken Jansson
Released: February 7, 1991
Type: Movie
The horse Isabella is the circus director Gustavsson's pride. But the master criminal Ville Vessla has an evil plan for Isabella.
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Bobby Fischer bor i Pasadena
Title: Bobby Fischer bor i Pasadena
Character: Ellen, the daughter
Released: October 21, 1990
Type: Movie
During one evening, night and morning we follow the decay of an upperclass family's last convulsive attempt to reconcile and reach mutual respect.
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Title: Ture Sventon privatdetektiv
Character: Fröken Jansson
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Ronja Rövardotter
Character: Lovis
Released: December 25, 1986
Type: TV
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Peas & Whiskers
Title: Peas & Whiskers
Character: Boel
Released: February 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
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Bella och Gustav - om en liten vecka
Title: Bella och Gustav - om en liten vecka
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Gustav invites Bella to his birthday party. But it's a whole week left and the impatient Bella will not wait.
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Title: Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Character: Lovis
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.
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Sköna juveler
Title: Sköna juveler
Character: Lee
Released: September 21, 1984
Type: Movie
In a dystopian future two private detectives try to find a stolen bracelet.
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Miss Fleggman's Mustache
Title: Miss Fleggman's Mustache
Character: Frida Fleggman
Released: September 13, 1984
Type: Movie
A Swedish comedy classic.
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Haren och vråken
Title: Haren och vråken
Character: Ulla Winblad
Released: April 18, 1984
Type: Movie
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The School of Wives
Title: The School of Wives
Character: Agnes
Released: December 25, 1983
Type: Movie
The elderly Arnolphe has decided to marry a young woman, Agnes, whom he has fallen in love with. She is too young and innocent to realize what plans he has for her. But Agnes and Arnolphe's young friend, the dandy Horace, have fallen in love with each other. Their love is a threat to Arnolphe's attempt at getting married. Can the cunning Arnolphe stop them?
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P & B
Title: P & B
Character: Mia Edling / Ingegerd Borglind
Released: December 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam and exploit loopholes that exist.
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Raskenstam
Title: Raskenstam
Character: Malla af Tidaholm
Released: August 19, 1983
Type: Movie
The story of the charlatan Gustaf Raskenstam life and times during World War II, who for financial gain seduced a large number of women.
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One-Week Bachelors
Title: One-Week Bachelors
Character: Maggan
Released: December 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gary makes a mess of everything and can't avoid Lasse.
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The Simple-Minded Murderer
Title: The Simple-Minded Murderer
Character: Woman Without Legs
Released: February 12, 1982
Type: Movie
The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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Title: Ringlek
Character: Skökan
Released: January 5, 1982
Type: TV
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Ringlek
Title: Ringlek
Character: The prostitute
Released: January 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters, shown before or after a sexual encounter. A prostitute is cheated out of her money by a drug-dealer, in the next scene the dealer seduces a maid, who in turn is hit by the son of her employer, and so on, until an actress engages in a little hanky-panky with the count, who - and this is where the circle joins - in a final scene ends up at the prostitute's apartment.
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Rasmus and the Vagabond
Title: Rasmus and the Vagabond
Character: Merchant's wife
Released: December 12, 1981
Type: Movie
9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.
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Stängda dörrar
Title: Stängda dörrar
Character: Estelle Rigault
Released: November 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.
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Title: The Guldbagge Awards
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: TV
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.
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Queen Christina
Title: Queen Christina
Character: Drottning Kristina
Released: April 28, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Drottning Kristina
Character: Drottning Kristina
Released: April 28, 1981
Type: TV
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SOPOR
Title: SOPOR
Character: Crown Princess Victoria
Released: March 21, 1981
Type: Movie
One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They demand that the robots in the industry are replaced by humans to create job opportunities. They take the royal family as hostages.
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Lysistrate
Title: Lysistrate
Character: Lysistrate
Released: March 15, 1981
Type: Movie
The women of Athens plotting to end the war with Sparta by refusing to have sex until there is peace.
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Sverige åt svenskarna
Title: Sverige åt svenskarna
Released: July 31, 1980
Type: Movie
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
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Räkan från Maxim
Title: Räkan från Maxim
Character: 'Räkan'
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A comedy by Hans Alfredson.
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Walk On Water If You Can
Title: Walk On Water If You Can
Character: Orlanda
Released: September 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Literature graduate Orlando begins a love affair with the Foreign Ministry official Anders. She follows him to Argentina. There she learns that he is already married.
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Min älskade
Title: Min älskade
Character: Sonja
Released: March 12, 1979
Type: Movie
"My Love" - A drama rich in symbols about an unsuccessful Norwegian bookseller. With a bag filled with quirky literature he wanders through Stockholm, trying to find book buyers.
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The Making of 'Autumn Sonata'
Title: The Making of 'Autumn Sonata'
Character: Self
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
On-set documentary of the making of Ingmar Bergman's 1977 film Autumn Sonata starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman, examining every aspect of the production. Unusual for this kind of documentary, there is no post-production commentary or interviews.
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Autumn Sonata
Title: Autumn Sonata
Character: Helena
Released: October 8, 1978
Type: Movie
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.
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The Adventures of Picasso
Title: The Adventures of Picasso
Character: Sirkka
Released: May 20, 1978
Type: Movie
Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is discovered by a rich American millionaire and starts to earn money. But he wastes his talent by painting plates. He meets the famous people of the 1920s; Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler and Churchill.
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Tribadernas natt
Title: Tribadernas natt
Character: Caroline Marie David
Released: March 24, 1978
Type: Movie
Depicts the explosive relationship between August Strindberg and Siri von Essen in 1889 while Siri is rehearsing a lead role in a play written by Strindberg.
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Nationalmonumentet
Title: Nationalmonumentet
Character: Dora Svensson
Released: October 19, 1977
Type: Movie
The sculptor Erik Some gets commissioned to create a national monument. His sculpture gets rejected but it's the starting point for a lot of political and light-hearted complications.
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Svea hund på Göta Lejon
Title: Svea hund på Göta Lejon
Character: Various
Released: July 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Svea hund, complete title Svea Hund på Göta Lejon (Svea Dog at Göta Lejon), was a Swedish variety show produced by AB Svenska Ord. It was written by Hans Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson, commonly known as Hasseåtage and directed by Tage. The show premièred on 15 February (although it had a sneak première on 9 February) 1976 on the theater Göta Lejon in Stockholm. It was the last of the three "Dog-revues"; the first was Gröna hund (Green Dog) the second being Gula Hund (Yellow Dog). Both Hasse and Tage starred in various roles. Other cast members were Gösta Ekman, Monica Zetterlund, Lena Nyman, and Tommy Körberg. The song quartet EBBA (Lena Eriksson, Lars Bagge, Kersint Bagge and Bo Andersson) and Gunnar Svenssons Bandhundband.
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Release the Prisoners to Spring
Title: Release the Prisoners to Spring
Character: Frida
Released: December 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who have committed crimes should be locked up. One day their own house is burgled by Harald. He is sentenced to prison. Acting in accordance with her philosophy, Frida decides to use all means possible to make it possible for Harald to escape.
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The White Wall
Title: The White Wall
Character: Berit
Released: March 24, 1975
Type: Movie
A day in the life of Monika, an ordinary, modern (ca.1975) Swedish woman. Her surroundings are a lot sleeker than her daily existence, though; she's unemployed, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the midst of what ought to be the good life.
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The glass in the ear
Title: The glass in the ear
Released: July 31, 1974
Type: Movie
Glaset i örat is a revue by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. It was recorded at Berns in Stockholm 1973 and on tour during the spring of 1974.
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The Father
Title: The Father
Character: Bertha
Released: October 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The Cavalry Captain and his brother, the Chaplain, discusses whether an adjutant is the father or not of the child one of the maids is expecting.
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I Am Curious (Blue)
Title: I Am Curious (Blue)
Character: Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Released: March 11, 1968
Type: Movie
The same movie with the same characters, cast and crew as I am Curious (Yellow), but with some different scenes and a different political slant. The political focus in Blue is personal relationships, religion, prisons and sex. Blue omits much of the class consciousness and non-violence interviews of the first version. Yellow and Blue are the colors of the Swedish flag.
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
Title: I Am Curious (Yellow)
Character: Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Released: March 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
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491
Title: 491
Character: Steva
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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Guest of Reality
Title: Guest of Reality
Character: Signe
Released: November 5, 1961
Type: Movie
A story about a boy named Anders, who lives in an ordinary Swedish family in an apartment at the train station. Through his childhood, he experiences life's glorious scents of beautiful flowers and green forest, close and warm relationships with his grandparents and joyful play with his siblings. He has a strong friendship with his father and a great love for his mother. Still he lives in fear of death. He is afraid of losing all of this that is so valuable to him. In his thoughts and fears, he often turns often God, just as his sister, mother and grandparents, and ask Him for help and protection.
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Title: Julkalendern
Character: Fröken Jansson
Released: November 27, 1960
Type: TV
An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
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Musik ombord
Title: Musik ombord
Character: Yvonne Wickström
Released: October 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent wants her to return and she finally agrees to take part in a charity concert
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Farligt löfte
Title: Farligt löfte
Character: Helen Tomason
Released: October 24, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman is murdered and a little girl is the only one who can reveal the perpetrator.