Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Twelfth Night

January 1967 •Swedish

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Easter

October 1988 •Swedish

Drama about a family going through a crisis during the Easter weekend.

Revisorn

December 1990 •Swedish

When the people of a small corrupt town find out a secret inspector will be arriving shortly they panic, something which a lazy civil servant takes full advantage of and lets them believe that he is that inspector.

Ett Dockhem

December 1970 •Swedish

Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.

Från regnormarnas liv

February 1998 •Swedish

The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.

Midsommardröm i fattighuset

December 1980 •Swedish

Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows up dreaming about her future.

Kamraterna

October 1982 •Swedish

Axel and Bertha are a married couple who are both artists in 1880s Paris, the film addresses the topic of gender equality in marriage and society, for example the property rights of married women.

Stängda dörrar

November 1981 •Swedish

Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.

Kams - tokerier från Ådalen

May 1985 •Swedish

Jonas has to stay at home on the farm and look after his seven younger siblings, because stepfather and stepmother are going to a wedding with eldest daughter Anna. But Jonas is curious about how the party goes and when it might be his turn to get married.

I denne verden er alt mulig

January 1983 •Norwegian

Drama about a group of young people in 1933 Berlin in search of an identity find themselves drawn to dangerous movements in society.

Miss Julie

December 1969 •Swedish

Television adaptation of Strindberg's play about the midsummer romance between the noblewoman and the valet.

Den beslöjade damen

February 1977 •Swedish

Fredrik is a male feminist who has a big fight with his wife one morning. When a widow shows up in their home and starts telling his wife how great it is to be a widow he flees the apartment but finds himself constantly followed by a gang of women.

Diskrummet

November 1974 •Swedish

About the people at the bottom of the hierarchy working in a restaurant.

Nattcafé

January 1965 •Swedish

Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night

Trummor i natten

May 1972 •Swedish

After the first world war Andreas returns to Berlin to find it in chaos after the fall of the empire. The main battle is between the Spartacists and the Freikorps and Andreas needs to find a place for himself in the conflict for the future of Germany.

Medea

March 1963 •Swedish

Medea is a powerful witch who gets revenge on her cheating husband Jason by killing their children.

Gustav Vasa

September 1965 •Swedish

Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his foreign debts.

Dacke

April 1961 •Swedish

Nils Dacke, leader of the revolt against Gustav Vasa, is torn between his anger over social injustice and royal oppression, and his doubt in the power of himself and weapons.

Семь крестиков в записной книжке

July 1983 •Russian

Orestea

January 1972 •Italian

The story of the “Oresteia” begins with King Agamemnon's return to Argos after the fall of Troy. The chorus, composed of old Argives, recalls the sacrifice offered to the gods by Agamemnon, in Aulis, of his daughter Iphigenia to gain their favor.