Karl-Arne Holmsten

Karl-Arne Holmsten

Born: August 14, 1911
Died: February 22, 1995
in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden
Karl-Arne Holmsten was a Swedish stage and screen actor. He made his film debut in Ragnar Arvedson's "Kustens glada kavaljerer" in 1938. Karl-Arne Holmsten portrayed the elegant detective John Hillman in five films by Arne Mattsson, based on Folke Mellvig's novels. He also played Maria Lang's detective Christer Wijk in two films.

Movies for Karl-Arne Holmsten...

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Title: Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
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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Two Vikings
Title: Two Vikings
Character: Olav
Released: March 3, 1965
Type: Movie
The viking chief Hjorvard has two wild sons, Glum and Garm, both notorious berserkers.
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Älskling på vift
Title: Älskling på vift
Character: Knut Hammar
Released: September 21, 1964
Type: Movie
What happens if a regular housewife picks up in a local beauty contest - and wins? How will it be when the husband forbids her to go to the finals in Mallorca - but she is going anyway?
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The Yellow Car
Title: The Yellow Car
Character: John Hillman
Released: June 29, 1963
Type: Movie
On a tourist trip abroad the passengers on the coach witness an assassination attempt on the President Hurkas. One of the tourists has evidence against the perpetrators, and is killed when the coach reaches Sweden. Another passenger observes how one of the perpetrators is picked up by a yellow car. She is kidnapped and locked up in a mental hospital.
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Det är hos mig han har varit
Title: Det är hos mig han har varit
Character: Lindgren
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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Lady in White
Title: Lady in White
Character: John Hillman
Released: July 2, 1962
Type: Movie
A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.
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Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
Title: Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
Character: Christer Wijk
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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When Darkness Falls
Title: When Darkness Falls
Character: Christer Wijk
Released: December 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
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Sommar och syndare
Title: Sommar och syndare
Character: Emil
Released: September 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Emil and Ove are two happily married men. Both are currently bachelorssince their wives are on holiday in Denmark. One day Emil almost run over a beautiful woman at Nybroplan in Stockholm. She is a outstanding redhead.
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Rider in Blue
Title: Rider in Blue
Character: John Hillman
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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Just a Waiter
Title: Just a Waiter
Character: Birger Norberg
Released: September 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Matilda Roos, singer and diva. Fabian is too insensitive to notice that Annie, who works in the kitchen, is in love with him. Encouraged by Matilda, Fabian leaves the hotel and goes to Stockholm to become famous. But, as he soon learns, it is more difficult than he first thought.
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Crime in Paradise
Title: Crime in Paradise
Character: Einar Hansson
Released: September 7, 1959
Type: Movie
While four men blow up a safe, a night watchman is accidentally killed. They get away with the loot. Ten years later, the stepson of the dead night watchman receives vital information.
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Swinging at the Castle
Title: Swinging at the Castle
Character: Conke Lundberg
Released: March 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.
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Mannequin in Red
Title: Mannequin in Red
Character: John Hillman
Released: December 19, 1958
Type: Movie
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.
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Vi på Väddö
Title: Vi på Väddö
Character: Bengt Wolinder
Released: October 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Law graduate Ylva Markner spends the summer on the island of Väddö, where she gets involved in a quarrel concerning a last will.
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Fridolf sticker opp!
Title: Fridolf sticker opp!
Character: Egon Lönn
Released: August 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A comedy about the shunned office worker Fridolf who gets into trouble when a rationalization expert audits the colonial goods company. It doesn't get any better when Fridolf invites the clerk Lisa, who is newly employed and feels lonely, to his home, a visit that his jealous wife Selma does not appreciate.
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The Lady in Black
Title: The Lady in Black
Character: John Hillman
Released: February 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.
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Klarar Bananen Biffen?
Title: Klarar Bananen Biffen?
Character: Hamrin, direktör
Released: September 2, 1957
Type: Movie
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Mamma tar semester
Title: Mamma tar semester
Character: Gunnar Broms
Released: August 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Sylvia returns to Sweden after having lived abroad for six years. She visits her sister Karin, and is shocked to see how her husband and children regard her as a live-in housekeeper. She convinces Karin to take a vacation with her in Stockholm.
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My Passionate Longing
Title: My Passionate Longing
Released: November 19, 1956
Type: Movie
The nurse Nina becomes sterile after an illegal abortion and keep it a secret from her husband.
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Den tappre soldaten Jönsson
Title: Den tappre soldaten Jönsson
Character: 58 Jönsson
Released: October 21, 1956
Type: Movie
About a love triangle between the soldiers 32 Svensson and 58 Jönsson and the girl Blenda. Both men ends up in jail, for different reasons. Further adventures and incidents occur.
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Sju vackra flickor
Title: Sju vackra flickor
Character: Stig Lindberg
Released: July 22, 1956
Type: Movie
Unsuccessful composer Stig disguises himself as a woman to play in ex-fiancee Sonja's seven piece women's orchestra, which is temporarily short one member, at a hotel. When Stig's jealous, and unsuccessful actress, wife Eva finds out about it she too disguises herself as the opposite sex by posing as a hotel porter. Additional complications arise and hilarity ensues!
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Ljuset från Lund
Title: Ljuset från Lund
Character: Bengt Lundberg
Released: December 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A horse wanders from town to the countryside. Here lives Sten Stensson Steen, a bachelor at law and philosophy. He is writing a social psychological report on the youth problem.
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Darling of Mine
Title: Darling of Mine
Character: Jack Harris
Released: July 22, 1955
Type: Movie
The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an interview with him. She finds out secret information about his next movie, and to stop her from revealing it, Jack Harris gets her alone with him on an isolated island in the archipelago. Romance blossoms... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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Flottans Muntergökar
Title: Flottans Muntergökar
Character: Lt. Bob Björk
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Bob and Bernard serve as lieutenants on a cruiser. They intend to enjoy themselves.
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Skrattbomben
Title: Skrattbomben
Character: John
Released: December 26, 1954
Type: Movie
Gus and Holger are inventors in their free time. One day they realize that they have invented a laugh bomb; a machine that makes all the people around laugh.
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The Yellow Squadron
Title: The Yellow Squadron
Character: Colonel
Released: November 29, 1954
Type: Movie
The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.
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Young Man Seeking Company
Title: Young Man Seeking Company
Character: Erik
Released: November 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A lonely young man falls in love with a girl he has observed from a distance. One day he stops her on the street and asks if she has lost a piece of jewelry.
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Dance on Roses
Title: Dance on Roses
Character: Stig Broman
Released: August 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Marianne is a dancer at the Lilla Teatern. The theatre has financial troubles and its existence is under threat. Marianne falls in love with Stig Broman, the owner of the theatre. After a few problems, the actors manage to set up a show, with Marianne as leading lady, which will decide the fate of the theatre.
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Resan till dej
Title: Resan till dej
Character: Staffan Bendix
Released: December 19, 1953
Type: Movie
The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes a breakthrough.
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Klasskamrater
Title: Klasskamrater
Character: Anders Björk
Released: November 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Newly graduated teacher Anna-Greta is courted by a senior student.
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Waiting Women
Title: Waiting Women
Character: Eugen Lobelius
Released: November 3, 1952
Type: Movie
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.
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Ubåt 39
Title: Ubåt 39
Character: Herman Friberg
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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Klackarna i taket
Title: Klackarna i taket
Released: June 9, 1952
Type: Movie
A collection of funny scenes from Swedish comedies.
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One Fiancé at a Time
Title: One Fiancé at a Time
Character: Arne Stockman, ingenjör, Lillans fästman
Released: May 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Lilian is engaged to engineer Arne. To make him more interested in her, she meets a few other men.
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Säg det med blommor
Title: Säg det med blommor
Released: January 28, 1952
Type: Movie
Kirre buys a flower for his fiancee Gun on the anniversary of their engagement. Gun's mother, an illusion-free elderly lady, believes that this attention will disappear when they marry.
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Tull-Bom
Title: Tull-Bom
Character: Narrator
Released: June 25, 1951
Type: Movie
Bureacratic customs officer searching for a missing girl.
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Puck heter jag
Title: Puck heter jag
Character: Roger Lindman
Released: March 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Romance blossoms between single seamstress Puck and the art critic, Roger. He is engaged to Elsa, whose wedding dress Puck is involved with designing.
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Kyssen på kryssen
Title: Kyssen på kryssen
Character: James Deckert
Released: December 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Lasse Brenner is a serious filmmaker (spoof on Ingmar Bergman) who is forced to direct a lighthearted comedy. The filming takes place in different cities across Europe and North Africa so Brenner and the crew have to sail on a cruse ship. Brenner's wife suspects he has an affair with the lead actress, so she also boards the ship undercover to keep an eye on him.
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Ung och kär
Title: Ung och kär
Character: Freddie Rundhult
Released: November 11, 1950
Type: Movie
The two young attachées Freddie Rundhult and Rutger af Utterfeldt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are rivals for the beautiful operetta singer Alice.
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Fianceé for Hire
Title: Fianceé for Hire
Character: Allan Winkler
Released: August 28, 1950
Type: Movie
A secretary transforms their defunct legal agency into a service where you can get anything, from childcare to gardening to even a fiancée.
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Girl with Hyacinths
Title: Girl with Hyacinths
Character: Willy Borge
Released: March 6, 1950
Type: Movie
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.
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Love Wins Out
Title: Love Wins Out
Character: Bertil Burman
Released: December 26, 1949
Type: Movie
The year is 1946. Dr. Bertil Burman works at a Red Cross Hospital in Vienna. One day, a barely teenage girl, Leni Rosner, collapses at his reception.
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Lång-Lasse i Delsbo
Title: Lång-Lasse i Delsbo
Character: Narrator
Released: October 29, 1949
Type: Movie
it's the 1840s and a rural parish plagued by drinking and fighting gets a new vicar who has decided to instill law, order and fear of God into the parishioners.
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Kvinna i vitt
Title: Kvinna i vitt
Released: September 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Doctor Karin Lange arrives at a hospital to begin work but faces opposition from the head of surgery who believes women are not suited to the medical profession.
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Farlig vår
Title: Farlig vår
Character: Bo Hagberg
Released: February 28, 1949
Type: Movie
A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as customers. The murderer stole a picture of Gullan after he killed her, a picture which later is found in a rented tuxedo when the tuxedo is returned. Four students decide to solve the case, but it seems that the truth is even closer than they first suspected... Plot by Mattias Thuresson
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Var sin väg
Title: Var sin väg
Character: läkare på Södersjukhuset
Released: February 16, 1948
Type: Movie
A drama about a doctor and his wife. She used to be an actress, but became a housewife when she married. When she resumes her acting career the marriage crashes.
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Tappa inte sugen
Title: Tappa inte sugen
Character: Alla Berger
Released: December 22, 1947
Type: Movie
In a movie studio, a fight scene is underway. The hero, played by Allan Bergner, will make an impression on the heroine, played by Ylva Vendel. But Allan is not prepared to give more than one pale hint of fight; he wants to be presentable in later scenes as well. The director wears his hair.
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A Guest Is Coming
Title: A Guest Is Coming
Character: Ragnar af Ernstam
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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Försummad av sin fru
Title: Försummad av sin fru
Released: October 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Pelle (Karl-Arne Holmsten) and Siska (Irma Christenson) Hedberg are both journalists on the same newspaper. Pelle is an editor and Siska writes a relationship advice column. They're also newlyweds. And they love each other and are very happy together. But Siska often works late. Which leaves Pelle home alone. And after a while he starts to feel neglected. So he writes a letter about his problem to Siska’s relationship column. And HILARITY ensues in this ZANY ROM-COM!
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Daddy Wanted
Title: Daddy Wanted
Character: Tom Hallman
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist, Lydia. By mistake he try to pay off the wrong manicurist, Mary, who by coincidence has a fiancé named Tom.
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The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
Title: The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
Character: Ragnar Lejoncrona
Released: March 24, 1947
Type: Movie
The police is looking for a female burglar all dressed in white.
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Hu!
Title: Hu!
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Documentary on workers with dangerous jobs.
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Hotell Kåkbrinken
Title: Hotell Kåkbrinken
Character: Åke Lundström
Released: December 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Laban Lundström is the porter at Hotell Kåkbrinken. The hotel is threatened by wholesaler Sjökvist, who wants to pull down the house and build a new and modern house instead.
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Blåjackor
Title: Blåjackor
Character: Klas Bergsten
Released: October 23, 1945
Type: Movie
"Sailors" - A musical comedy about Kalle Svensson, a sergeant in the navy, and his loved one Nanette Raquette who works as a gymnastics teacher.
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The Director is Busy
Title: The Director is Busy
Character: narrator
Released: September 29, 1945
Type: Movie
About hobbies. The Swedish King Gustaf V enjoys embroideres. The CEO Arvid Öhlin plays with his toy trains. The countess Ebba Bonde collects porcelain parrots, white the count Carl Bonde is fond of miniature books. And so on.
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Wandering with the Moon
Title: Wandering with the Moon
Character: Lieutenant Ekberg
Released: August 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Dan, aged 19, leaves his home after a quarrel with his father. At the side of the country road he meets a traveling theater company who has run out of money. He falls in love with the young actress Pia and together they leave, meeting a string of peculiar characters: a vagabond, a friendly vicar and a cynical adventurer.
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The Emperor of Portugallia
Title: The Emperor of Portugallia
Character: August i Nol
Released: December 26, 1944
Type: Movie
The poor farmer Jan is getting very old when he becomes father to the girl, Klara Gulla. First, he sees the child as a burden, but when he receives the newborn child in his arms he is overjoyed. He does everything in his power for her during her. But when she as an adult leaves home, Jan can not come over the loss of her.
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Dolly tar chansen
Title: Dolly tar chansen
Released: November 6, 1944
Type: Movie
Dolly Holm work as a waitress, but her big dream is to stand on stage and act.
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Like Everyone Else
Title: Like Everyone Else
Character: Kurre Östberg
Released: September 9, 1944
Type: Movie
Kurre and Inga are engaged to be married. However, as they are very poor, they can't afford it just yet. They live separate, both in small apartments with a friend. Inga works at an office and Kurre at a small factory. Inga has a liability to be late in the mornings and this gets her into some trouble at the office, because of her very strict boss. This, along with the fact that another girl starts to court Kurre puts their relationship to the test, a crisis which is easier said than done to solve.
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Den osynliga muren
Title: Den osynliga muren
Character: Stefan Becker
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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Gröna hissen
Title: Gröna hissen
Character: Peter, Lillans man
Released: July 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Ulla thinks her husband Billy is boring and starts dating other men. Lillans husband Peter is having important meetings, including girls. Billy and Lillan decides to pretend to be in love, to rouse jealousy of Ulla and Peter.
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När ungdomen vaknar
Title: När ungdomen vaknar
Character: Tore
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Liv and Kåre both come from broken families bursting with frustration and aggression's. Having found each other they now feel supported and loved.
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En flicka för mej
Title: En flicka för mej
Released: August 25, 1943
Type: Movie
The story about Klas Ekengren, the mayor of a small Swedish town, and his mother Alma.
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Life and Death
Title: Life and Death
Character: Löjtnant Lönnbäck
Released: July 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Thriller set in northern Sweden during WWII where a regiment of ski-borne soldiers and guests in a tourist hotel experience and investigate acts of treason.
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Örlogsmän
Title: Örlogsmän
Character: Arne Ramberg
Released: January 25, 1943
Type: Movie
The trio Erik, Arne and Ingrid have been friends since childhood, the two boys always competing for the affection of Ingrid. At the naval academy Erik gets into a fistfight and is expelled, to instead become a captain of a trading ship. Before he leaves Ingrid and Erik are engaged in secret. Later, when Erik is believed to be lost at sea, Ingrid instead gets engaged with Arne.
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Kvinnan tar befälet
Title: Kvinnan tar befälet
Released: December 26, 1942
Type: Movie
A story about a gang of youngsters living in a boarding house in Stockholm.
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Rospiggar
Title: Rospiggar
Character: Karl-Erik Olovsson
Released: September 3, 1942
Type: Movie
A lonely fisherman drowns and his elderly brother Efraim is left to do an inventory of the estate. He discovers that his brother had a son, Karl-Erik. Keeping it a secret, he travels to Stockholm to employ the young man as a hired hand. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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We Home Toilers
Title: We Home Toilers
Character: Gunnar Andersson
Released: April 4, 1942
Type: Movie
The stern, but kind-hearted, Kristiana from the country takes place as a maid with the Larsson family in Stockholm, previously (in)famous for its rapid turnover of housemaids.
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Magistrarna på sommarlov
Title: Magistrarna på sommarlov
Character: Gösta Holmgren
Released: November 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Inga Danell's summer vacation is near. But unfortunately both Inga and her brother Acke have bad grades and are forced to study by the help of a tutor.
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Ung dam med tur
Title: Ung dam med tur
Released: September 29, 1941
Type: Movie
The office worker Eva is told that she has inherited a massive amount of money in the United States.
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Fröken Kyrkråtta
Title: Fröken Kyrkråtta
Character: Lasse Berg
Released: April 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Banking director Anders Berg in Gothenburg has found reason to terminate his former secretary Vivi Lundgren, who obviously did everything to vamp him.
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A Sailor on Horseback
Title: A Sailor on Horseback
Character: Karl Gustav
Released: December 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by Karl Gustav posing as the heir of the castle.
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Hanna in High Society
Title: Hanna in High Society
Released: November 4, 1940
Type: Movie
When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel's relatives try everything to have the last will canceled.
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Blyge Anton
Title: Blyge Anton
Character: Arne Boman
Released: May 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Anton, a very shy bookkeeper, must show his mettle when him and his colleagues at work ask for a raise but instead are laid off.
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Frestelse
Title: Frestelse
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
A young Norwegian woman lives in a remote fishing village Dreaming of life in the big city, she sends her photo to a beauty contest. She is appointed to represent Norway in a competition for the "Nordic Venus".
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Emelie Högqvist
Title: Emelie Högqvist
Character: Christer Örnclou
Released: December 26, 1939
Type: Movie
Emelie Högqvist is an actress at the Royal Theatre who gets involved in an intimate relationship with the Crown Prince Oscar.
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To Help the Lady of the House
Title: To Help the Lady of the House
Character: Åke Willman
Released: September 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Ingrid Eriksson, a social worker, decides to find out something about the problems facing housemaids and gets herself a job as one at the home of John Willman's family. John's son, Åke, falls in love with her and numerous complications arise before the course of true love runs smoothly.
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Spöke till salu
Title: Spöke till salu
Released: August 16, 1939
Type: Movie
The Creutzerhjelm's are in search of an authentic haunted castle. Therefore, the owner of the castle SkiöldBorg decides to play ghost himself to sell his castle.
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Du gamla du fria !
Title: Du gamla du fria !
Released: December 26, 1938
Type: Movie
A humorous story concerning the return of a prosperous Swedish native, Charlie Johnson, to his native country after many years in America. The acceptance and acclamation of himself and his American-born daughter provide many situations involving them, their relatives and the townspeople.
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Kustens glada kavaljerer
Title: Kustens glada kavaljerer
Released: November 5, 1938
Type: Movie
The comic misadventures of two young boys and an anti-militaristic grocer who are recruited under protest for naval training.