Hampe Faustman

Hampe Faustman

Born: July 3, 1919
Died: August 22, 1961
in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Born as Erik Stellan Chatham. His parents was the artists Gösta Chatham and Mollie Faustman. Hampe Faustman was a Swedish director, writer and actor. He appeared in 23 feature films and directed 20 films between during the 1940s and 50s. Faustman is best known for his socially engaged films. Producer Lorens Marmstedt contracted Faustman to Terrafilm which gave him artistic freedom. He died of pneumonia at 42.

Movies for Hampe Faustman...

A Matter of Morals
Title: A Matter of Morals
Character: Kronstad
Released: May 31, 1961
Type: Movie
1960 USA/Sweden film directed by John Cromwell
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It Happens Tonight
Title: It Happens Tonight
Released: December 20, 1957
Type: Movie
Lars Ekborg and Sven Eric Gamble portray bumbling criminals who get involved in a safe-cracking heist.
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Kärlek på turné
Title: Kärlek på turné
Released: November 28, 1955
Type: Movie
"Love on Tour" - A traveling theatre company has arrived at an outdoor stage. They are ready for the rehearsal. But one of the actors is missing.
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Hon kom som en vind
Title: Hon kom som en vind
Character: Funfair visitor
Released: November 26, 1952
Type: Movie
"She Came Like a Wind" - Fabian Rosander works at a factory and is close to 50 years old. When a new employee named Lilly, a young beautiful girl, comes to the factory Fabians life takes a new turn.
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Vagabond Blacksmiths
Title: Vagabond Blacksmiths
Released: February 7, 1949
Type: Movie
Midsummer Eve in Malmfors in the 1880s. The holiday is celebrated with a big party. Three blacksmiths leave the ironworks and become drifters, seeking out jobs elsewhere. During their travels, they come across beautiful girls as well as jobs in different ironworks, where the workers are organizing, monitored by a brutal police force.
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Lars Hård
Title: Lars Hård
Character: Priest at prison
Released: August 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.
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While the Door Was Locked
Title: While the Door Was Locked
Character: Tomas Ekberg
Released: December 26, 1946
Type: Movie
The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.
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Harald Handfaste
Title: Harald Handfaste
Character: Farmer at feast (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Harald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He becomes the leader of a band of highwaymen and they start dealing with the evil bailiff. However, the bailiff will stop at nothing to catch Handfaste and show the people who is in charge. He even attempts to marry Handfaste's beloved Karin, and when she refuses to subdue, the bailiff decides to execute both her, her father and a monk who has been helping them.
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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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Crime and Punishment
Title: Crime and Punishment
Character: Rodja Raskolnikov
Released: October 16, 1945
Type: Movie
A Swedish version of Crime and Punishment. Raskolnikov, a poor student, is planning to assassinate a hated pawnbroker.
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Vi behöver varann
Title: Vi behöver varann
Released: September 20, 1944
Type: Movie
A female reporter invents a story about a man who threatens to take his life to protest the injustices of society. But the scam is about to be revealed. She is forced to persuade a tramp to play the fictional man.
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Den osynliga muren
Title: Den osynliga muren
Character: Patrol Commander
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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Mitt folk är icke ditt
Title: Mitt folk är icke ditt
Released: June 19, 1944
Type: Movie
The Nazis seize power and occupies a country. A celebrated pianist returns home from abroad during this time of national crisis and reconnects with Major von Ritter who leads the occupation and whom she had a passionate love affair in the past.
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His Excellency
Title: His Excellency
Character: Prison guard
Released: March 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Celebrated elderly Austrian poet opposes nazism, while his daughter admires and falls in love with leading nazi activist, who eventually becomes concentration camp commander with his father-in-law as prisoner.
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Älskling, jag ger mig
Title: Älskling, jag ger mig
Character: Bertil Hellman
Released: November 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Marianne is not very interested in love, but still has company with Bertil. It's only when he decides to try his luck over in America that she realizes how much she likes him.
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There Burns a Fire
Title: There Burns a Fire
Character: Georg Brandt (as Erik Faustman)
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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Katrina
Title: Katrina
Character: Einar
Released: March 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Proud Katrina falls in love with Johan, who's a sailor, and follows him home to the island of Åland. She has been promised a paradise with blooming apple trees but are greeted by poverty and hard work.
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Women in Captivity
Title: Women in Captivity
Character: Roland
Released: March 12, 1943
Type: Movie
A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, a young honest woman gone wrong.
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Vi mötte stormen
Title: Vi mötte stormen
Released: January 9, 1943
Type: Movie
Documentary footage mixed with acted scenes portray events of the Second World War from a Swedish perspective.
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En vår i vapen
Title: En vår i vapen
Character: Furir Åke Berglund
Released: January 4, 1943
Type: Movie
During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.
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Ride Tonight!
Title: Ride Tonight!
Character: Bo Eriksson
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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En kvinna ombord
Title: En kvinna ombord
Character: Martin Frost
Released: January 10, 1941
Type: Movie
In the beginning of WW II a Swedish ship in a northern French port is exposed to German air raids. The captain take a chance to leave the port without permission. A stranded woman seize the chance to get home to Sweden.
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They Staked Their Lives
Title: They Staked Their Lives
Character: Freedom fighter
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
"With life at stake"- Max is illegal arms dealers and lives with Wanda, a spy for the dictatorship in which they live. She is ordered by her superiors to reveal the actions and members resistance group. The freedom fighter John falls in love with Wanda.