Karin Swanström

Karin Swanström

Born: June 13, 1873
Died: July 5, 1942
in Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden
Karin Sofia Swanström was a Swedish actress, director, producer and theatre director. She was artistic leader and production director at the Swedish Film Industry (SF) between 1933 and 1941. Her film debut was in filmed in Mauritz Stillers "De landsflyktige/The fugitives" (1921), this role was followed by almost another 50 films. Karin Swanström directed 4 productions 1923-1926.

Movies for Karin Swanström...

Stiller-fragment
Title: Stiller-fragment
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Available episodes of missing movies by Mauritz Stiller.
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Morgondagens melodi
Title: Morgondagens melodi
Released: March 23, 1942
Type: Movie
The schoolgirl Maj-Lis comes from a wealthy family and is unhappy with her life. Emmy, her friend at school, tells Maj-Lis about her lousy job at the Vidi department store. Maj-Lis then decides to apply for a job at Vidi to learn more.
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June Night
Title: June Night
Character: Mrs. Cronsiöö
Released: April 3, 1940
Type: Movie
A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.
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Steel
Title: Steel
Character: Mrs. Gouveng
Released: February 18, 1940
Type: Movie
The Forshyttan steel-mill has been owned by the Ancker family for generations. But competition is hard. When the son Bengt Ancker comes back from abroad he has an idea for success: a lighter steel with better quality. But a lot of money is necessary to develop his idea and the only way to raise the necessary capital is to sell the company to their competitor - Manchester Steel Company. But the workers are concerned that this could threaten their job-security
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Sjöcharmörer
Title: Sjöcharmörer
Character: Mrs. Ebba Österman
Released: October 21, 1939
Type: Movie
A bus company wants to acquire traffic rights on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. The steam boats will be replaced by buses, but Captain Johansson and his daughter Eva are at the forefront of the protests.
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Styrman Karlssons flammor
Title: Styrman Karlssons flammor
Character: Mrs. Ragna Doring
Released: September 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Kalle and his girlfriend Blenda is on his way home from Tivoli, when he says that he will be away for two years as mate on a sailing ship, but swears her eternal fidelity. During the trip takes on board Bessie that has wrecked his vessel, the Donald withstand the temptation of a beautiful woman on board while Blenda waiting at home?
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Den stora kärleken
Title: Den stora kärleken
Released: March 7, 1938
Type: Movie
The maid Agnes lives a rather lonely and boring life.
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Ryska snuvan
Title: Ryska snuvan
Character: Mrs. Brodin
Released: February 22, 1937
Type: Movie
"The Russian Cold" - Kalle Brodin, the leader of the Swedish communists, just released from a short prison term, don't know what to do with the directives that comes from Moscow.
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Familjens hemlighet
Title: Familjens hemlighet
Released: December 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Arvid and Lilli Ekman is a senior couple with one single adult son, Arne. They find out that the son is secretly engaged with the young Margit Berg - and that they already have a three-year-old son together.
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Äventyret
Title: Äventyret
Released: October 5, 1936
Type: Movie
At the home of the famous scientist Count Knut Lagercrona the wedding preparations has begun. The Counts daughter Heléne Von Bohren is about to marry the young lawyer Sebastian Lavenius.
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Släkten är värst
Title: Släkten är värst
Character: Anna
Released: July 27, 1936
Type: Movie
A bachelor in Stockholm must invent a family to be able to get financial support from his aunt Anna. Everything is going well until she arrives on an unexpected visit.
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Bröllopsresan
Title: Bröllopsresan
Character: Countess Julia Lejonsköld
Released: April 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Director Björkman travels to Copenhagen with his daughter Astrid, who is together with a certain Count Erik Lejonsköld. They will take their father-in-law's car and go on a honeymoon to the Riviera. But "Count" gets a telegram from London calling him to a business meeting. Dad Björkman and the daughter decide to go to the Riviera while the suitor must come later. The real Count Erik Lejonsköld comes home to his office in Stockholm and is congratulated on the wedding by his staff. But he did not get married at all, it was a scammer instead of Henry. Erik searches the newspaper notice his wedding announced in Copenhagen and sees a chance to expose the imposter.
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On the Sunny Side
Title: On the Sunny Side
Character: Margareta Ribe
Released: February 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Eva Bergh works as a bank clerk, but dreams of becoming an artist. At a party she meets the rich Harald Ribe and he instantly falls in love with her. When he proposes to marry her she has no work or place to live and she accepts. At Harald's estate she can live comfortably, but she misses her old friends.
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The Marriage Game
Title: The Marriage Game
Character: Carolina Berg
Released: November 25, 1935
Type: Movie
The sculptress Tora Diidiken is married to the sculptor Gunnar Grahn and they both compete in a contest to design a statue for the public square in Hicksville.
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Kärlek efter noter
Title: Kärlek efter noter
Released: September 2, 1935
Type: Movie
The Karlsson family has a grocery store, but the son Bertil wants to set up an operetta on stage.
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Swedenhielms
Title: Swedenhielms
Character: Marta Boman
Released: April 8, 1935
Type: Movie
The Swedenhielms is an old aristocratic family. The head of the family is professor Rolf Swedenhielm. His three children Bo, Julia and Rolf Jr also live in the house. They also have an excellent house maid, Boman. Because of the family's extravagance, they are heading for bankruptcy. But perhaps their problems would be solved if Rolf was awarded the Nobel Prize?
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Do You Remember?
Title: Do You Remember?
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since been lost and the only surviving fragments can be found in this film.
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Fasters millioner
Title: Fasters millioner
Character: Aunt Héléne
Released: August 6, 1934
Type: Movie
The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding.
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Giftasvuxna döttrar
Title: Giftasvuxna döttrar
Character: Mrs Emma Lindberg
Released: April 9, 1933
Type: Movie
Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.
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Servant's Entrance
Title: Servant's Entrance
Character: Laura Persson, cook
Released: December 12, 1932
Type: Movie
Helga Breder is a young, spoiled girl. To her beloved Jörgen she says that she, as a modern young woman, is multi-talented and can do whatever she likes. Jörgen bets that she can't work as a house-maid but, if she manages it, he will buy her a diamond ring. Helga becomes a house-maid at Vinger Mansion and falls in love with an inventor, Bertil Frigård, who lives there.
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Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
Title: Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
Released: September 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A traveling theatre company comes to Lund and one of the smallest hotels in town. A female actress gets a key by mistake to a room where Sten Stensson Stéen lives.
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Svärmor kommer
Title: Svärmor kommer
Released: April 18, 1932
Type: Movie
John and Ulla are happily married and live in the villa Fridhem. Via telegram, John gets the news that his dreaded mother-in-law will come to visit.
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Svarta rosor
Title: Svarta rosor
Released: February 29, 1932
Type: Movie
The waitress Inga is pregnant and the father, the sailor Edvin, tells her to find someone who can handle the child instead of him.
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Halfway to heaven
Title: Halfway to heaven
Character: Madame Jenny
Released: December 26, 1931
Type: Movie
Love triangle in an acrobatic trapeze act results in a missed catch and a death, but was it on purpose?
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Longing for the Sea
Title: Longing for the Sea
Character: Honorine
Released: November 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Marius is torn between the love for Fanny on land and the desire to go out to sea.
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One Night
Title: One Night
Character: Minka
Released: September 13, 1931
Type: Movie
The Beckius family is living near the border to Russia. The youngest son, Armas, is living a wild life that eventually leads to a break with the family after which he joins the Russian Revolution. When he returns to his home country a few years later the family on the enemy's side.
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Tired Theodore
Title: Tired Theodore
Released: August 31, 1931
Type: Movie
Teodor is afraid to tell his rich wife that he works extra nightly at the sinful hotel Babylon.
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Television: Swedish Version
Title: Television: Swedish Version
Released: April 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A young inventor has constructed a television set. His landlady has become very skeptical of both him and his invention, perhaps mainly due to the fact that he is constantly broke and hasn't paid the rent in months. Adding to the irritation is that the hostess's daughter loves the young man and is trying to convince her employer, the director, to finance the whole thing. The director wants both her and the television set, but his evil investment doesn't come to fruition thanks to the latter.
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The General
Title: The General
Released: April 16, 1931
Type: Movie
Maria, a young Russian student, is loved by Viktor Sabline, a Russian scientist. They marry and immediately afterwards, the World War breaks out and Viktor is drafted as lieutenant.
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Manslaughter
Title: Manslaughter
Released: March 5, 1931
Type: Movie
Sonja is a spoiled young lady who thinks she can get anything for money. She is living a life in luxury. One day she meets a lawyer who is a public prosecutor. They fall in love.
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When Roses Bloom
Title: When Roses Bloom
Character: Grevinnan Charlotte
Released: July 30, 1930
Type: Movie
André is a young attorney who has opened his own office in Paris without any success. One day he finds a will in an old book in an antique shop that reveals a hidden treasure at the castle Brignolles. The first 100% talkie film in Swedish film history.
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Gustaf Wasa, Part Two
Title: Gustaf Wasa, Part Two
Character: Sigbrit
Released: March 18, 1928
Type: Movie
King Christian II rides busy street by Sweden which he now put under him, while he remembers what he did against the Swedes at the Stockholm Bloodbath. In dala heels walk a lonely man, dressed as a peasant. It's the one the Danes would prefer to get hold of - Gustaf Eriksson Vasa . He goes from Rankhyttan to Ornäs , where he is kindly received by the farmer Arendt Persson, but Arendt is a deceitful man who has thought enter Wasa to the Danish bailiff. But Arendt's wife helps Wasa to escape and he continues his long journey.
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Gustaf Wasa, Part One
Title: Gustaf Wasa, Part One
Character: Sigbrit
Released: March 4, 1928
Type: Movie
The story takes its beginning in 1518 , the Danish King Christian II has taken Sweden. Sten Sture the younger appeal to all loyal subjects to resist. The offer reaches the farmer Mats Waltersson in Dalarna , Sweden's heart and he gathers his men. Dalmas were going from house to house, they do not want a Dane on the throne. At Brännkyrka outside Stockholm is a battle between the Danes and Swedes. Swedes win and the Swedish riksbaneret out during the Battle of Gustav Eriksson Vasa.
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His Majesty the Barber
Title: His Majesty the Barber
Released: February 13, 1928
Type: Movie
A handsome barber in Sweden doesn't know he's actually the Crown Prince of a Balkan kingdom in this charming Swedish-German comedy that effortlessly weaves together multiple Ruritanian tropes.
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Parisiennes
Title: Parisiennes
Character: Rose Duval
Released: January 23, 1928
Type: Movie
A house in Paris happens to have two families living there with the same last name. In one apartment lives opera singer Gambetta Duval with his two daughters, Jeanne and Nita. In the second apartment lives old lady Duval with her grandchild Philippa and an her lodger, the physician Leon Monnier. Jeanne is secretly in love with Dr. Monnier who is secretly in love with Nita, who is secretly having an affair with the great playwright Armand de Marny.
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A Perfect Gentleman
Title: A Perfect Gentleman
Character: Charlotte Ponson
Released: December 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Social comedy-drama. Aristocrat's boredom in marriage of convenience and sacrif ice of self on behalf of wife's lover.
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Spökbaronen
Title: Spökbaronen
Released: October 17, 1927
Type: Movie
Baron Conrad Wirvelpihl get hit in the head and lose his memory.
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Sealed Lips
Title: Sealed Lips
Released: October 3, 1927
Type: Movie
The film is based on a story by Guy de Maupausant. The story details several years in the life of convent-bred Angela (Mona Mårtenson) who leaves her convent in Italy to go live with her aunt Peppina (K. Swanstrom), whose husband Giambastista wants to take advantage of her. She flees and takes refuge with the painter Frank Wood ( handsome Louis Lerch) and winds up in a romance with Wood. Alas, Wood is already married, and when Martenson finds out, she returns to the convent in disgrace. On the verge of shutting herself off from the world and taking her vows as a nun, the heroine once again crosses the path of Wood, who is now free to marry her. Sandra Milowanoff has a big scene where she commits suicide on discovering that her husband no longer loves her.
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His English Wife
Title: His English Wife
Character: Mrs. Brock, Cathleen's mother
Released: January 17, 1927
Type: Movie
London socialite Cathleen Paget's adventures in love and misfortune a year after the death of her husband. Ivor Willington and Lionel Jesop play cards for who will be given the shot at flirting with Paget, as to claim her wealth. But when her brother Bruce has lost the family fortune in bad business, Cathleen is suggested to court Nordic giant Birger Holm. The two marry and the families financial problems seem to be at bay, although the life in the northern Sweden is wearing Cathleen down as she misses parties, friends and dancing at the Savoy Hotel.
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A Sister of Six
Title: A Sister of Six
Character: Countess Emilie Hohenstein
Released: December 28, 1926
Type: Movie
A silent romantic comedy
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Only a Dancing Girl
Title: Only a Dancing Girl
Released: November 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.
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The Girl in Tails
Title: The Girl in Tails
Character: Hyltenius
Released: September 5, 1926
Type: Movie
Katja is about to graduate, but she has nothing to wear for the graduation ball. Her father, the eccentric inventor Carl Axel Kock does not spend much of his income on Katja while her brother Curry gets everything he wants. So on the day of the ball, Katja simply dresses up in her brother’s brand new evening attire and attends the dance, smokes cigars, drinks brandy–and causes a scandal.
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Styrman Karlssons flammor
Title: Styrman Karlssons flammor
Released: October 26, 1925
Type: Movie
Karl Alfred Karlsson goes on an adventure on the seven seas.
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The Flying Dutchman
Title: The Flying Dutchman
Released: September 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Pelle Frisk is second-in-command on the S/S Hispania. He is a fighter and a ladies man and known as "The Flying Dutchman".
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Kalle Utter
Title: Kalle Utter
Released: February 2, 1925
Type: Movie
Kalle Utter is theologian student at Uppsala University sometime during the latter half of the 19th century.
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Skeppargatan 40
Title: Skeppargatan 40
Released: January 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Erhard Malm is studying to become an engineer, but support himself as a tutor at Consul Frendin. The consul's daughter Ruth and Erhard get interested in each other.
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The Young Nobleman
Title: The Young Nobleman
Released: November 11, 1924
Type: Movie
A young Countess meets a young Count and they share a common interest in fast cars.
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The Saga of Gosta Berling
Title: The Saga of Gosta Berling
Character: Gustafva Sinclaire
Released: March 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is finally defrocked. He becomes a tutor of countess Marta's stepdaughter and they fall in love. But the countess has a plan of her own.
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Anna-Clara och hennes bröder
Title: Anna-Clara och hennes bröder
Released: November 19, 1923
Type: Movie
A series of events during a summer in Anna-Clara's life.
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Hemslavinnor
Title: Hemslavinnor
Released: September 24, 1923
Type: Movie
Grethe decides to go the big city to find a job as a domestic help.
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In Self Defence
Title: In Self Defence
Released: November 7, 1921
Type: Movie
A wealthy Russian family is faced with change and challenges as events unfold during the First World War.