Allan EdwallFilmography

Malarpirater

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Kristian Almgren, Peter Stormare

Synopsis: In this children's adventure story, based on a beloved novel by Sigfrid Siwertz, three youngsters steal a small boat to play on Lake Malarn and soon capsize it. Later, they steal a larger boat and quickly discover that the lake is much larger than they had imagined. They learn about issues of Read More

The Sacrifice

Actors: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: The Sacrifice, director Andrei Tarkovsky's final film, begins in Bergmanesque fashion on a small, remote island, where friends and family gather for drama critic Alexander's (Erland Josephson) birthday celebration. The revelry is interrupted by a radio announcement: World War III has begun, and Read More

Ronja Rövardotter

Actors: Lena Nyman, Per Oscarsson, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: Well-known Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (the "Pippi Longstocking" series) wrote the screenplay for this entertaining fantasy about Ronya, a 10-year-old girl (Hanna Zoetterberg) who lives quite happily in her father's castle and has no problems until she comes across Birk (Dan Hafström), a Read More

P&B

Actors: Stellan Skarsgård, Allan Edwall, Lena Nyman, Lill Lindfors, Björn Gustafson

Synopsis: Pettersson (Stellan Skarsgård) and Bendel (Allan Edwall) (the latter a refugee from a Polish dictatorship, the former a confirmed amateur capitalist) get together in the big city to see what they can skim off the top and are successful until their luck changes and the two men are back on the Read More

Ake og hans värld

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Martin Lindström, Loa Falkman, Katja Blomquist, Ulla Sjöblom, Suzanne Ernrup

Synopsis: Ake and His World is a long, lyrical study of a Swedish country doctor of the 1930s. Ake is the doctor's six year old son, from whose point of view this film is told. Ake watches in innocent bemusement as his busy father weighs life and death issues on a daily basis. It's possible that this Read More

P & B

Limpan

Crew: Book Author, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Allan Edwall, Börje Ahlstedt, Ove Sprogøe

Synopsis: Based on the lead actor's own novel, Limpan may take itself too seriously while proposing to be a comedic satire on the nature of bureaucracy. The basic story is that "Loafie" Lindberg Allan Edwall is an alcoholic who manages to escape from his treatment center, but when he changes his mind and Read More

Fanny & Alexander

Actors: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt, Allan Edwall

Fanny & Alexander

Actors: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: Though he made allusions to his own life in all of his films, Fanny and Alexander was the first overtly autobiographical film by Ingmar Bergman. Taking his time throughout (188 minutes to be exact), Bergman recreates several episodes from his youth, using as conduits the fictional Ekdahl family. Read More

Rasmus På Luffen

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Erik Lindgren, Allan Edwall, Jarl Kulle, Hakan Serner

Synopsis: Rasmus (Erik Lindgren) is a little orphan whose need for companionship leads him to seek the friendship of a hobo accordian player (Allan Edwall). The two hit it off quite well, and the hobo decides he has to somehow try to find a home for himself and the boy - though that does not look like a Read More

Tuppen

Actors: Magnus Haerenstam, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: Cederkvist (Magnus Haerenstram) starts strutting around an all-women textile mill soon after he arrives as the regional "efficiency expert" determined to whip the plant into clock-work order and bed down whomever he can. (The time is WW II and all the men are apparently away fighting.) Naturally Read More

Sopor

Actors: Brasse Braennstrom, Grynet Molvig, Lena Nyman, Gösta Ekman, Jr., Allan Edwall

Synopsis: The title of this comedy is the first indication of the absurd: "sopor" means "trash" in Swedish and the acronym that is the film's title is playing with words to name a make-believe organization that stands up for the lowly or forgotten in society. About 1000 children of SOPOR unload from the Read More

Du aer inte klok, Madicken

Actors: Bjorn Granath, Lis Nilheim

Synopsis: Seven year-old Maggie (Jonna Liljendahl) deals with life at home and school in this engaging children's comedy drama from the popular stories by Astrid Lindgren. Her father is an editor for the newspaper "The Workers' Herald," while her mother, sister, and kindly housekeeper all show their concern Read More

Sverige åt svenskarna

Actors: Per Oscarsson, Ernst Gunther, Sonya Hedenbratt, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund

Synopsis: 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 Read More

Den Allvarsamme Leken

Actors: Stefan Ekman, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: In this romantic drama, Arvid (Stefan Ekman) works at a newspaper in turn-of-the-century Sweden. In no rush to marry, his puts off his beloved Lydia's pleas for an engagement. She marries someone else, and he decides to marry for money. Some years later, Arvid sees Lydia at a performance of the Read More

Elvis! Elvis!

Actors: Lele Dorazio, Lena-Pia Bernhardsson, Fred Gunnarsson, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: In this story, a 7-year old boy, named for the King of Rock 'n Roll by his fanatical mother, has trouble communicating with everyone but his grandparents. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bröderna Lejonhjärta

Actors: Staffan Götestam, Lars Söderdahl, Allan Edwall, Gunn Wållgren, Per Oscarsson

Synopsis: This lavish period piece was filmed throughout Denmark, Sweden and Finland, and is based on a children's book by Astrid Lindgren. "Lionheart" refers not to the "Richard" variety, but to the Lion brothers: two boys who suffered illness and poverty in Stockholm in 1910. They are reunited after death Read More

Nybyggarna

Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Hans Alfredson, Monica Zetterlund

Synopsis: This is the second installment of the Swedish epic which began with The Emigrants. Nybyggarna is a chronicle of the life and times of the Swedish immigrants in Minnesota, covering the time period up to and beyond the Civil War. Even though they did not come to America to become Americans, they are Read More

Emil Och Griseknoen

Actors: Jan Ohlsson, Bjorn Gustafsson, Lena Wisborg, Allan Edwall

The Emigrants

Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Jan Troell, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: Director/writer Jan Troell's expansive saga deals with the Larsen family, who during the 19th century famine in Sweden emigrate to the more fertile fields of Minnesota. With painstaking detail, the director follows the Larsens as they make the perilous (and, to some of their fellow immigrants Read More

Ministern

Klabautermanden

Actors: Lise Fjeldstad, Claus Nissen, Allan Edwall, Peter Lindgren

Synopsis: In this dark, foreboding sea story, a veteran sea captain abducts his niece for what he believes is his last chance at love. As the sad demon of the ocean Klabautermanden watches the passing of doomed ships, the niece awakens in her uncle's cabin. She makes him marry her but never allows the Read More

Haer Har Du Ditt Liv

Actors: Eddie Axberg, Ulla Sjöblom, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Ulf Palme

Synopsis: Based on Eyvind Johnson's book Romanen om Olof, Here's Your Life is an epic drama considered a masterpiece in Sweden. Filmed in widescreen with black-and-white and color film stocks, it was released in 1966 in Sweden with a three-hour running time. In 1968, it was cut down considerably for the Read More

4 x 4

Actors: Max von Sydow, Allan Edwall, Karl Erik Flens

Synopsis: Although shown at the 1965 Moscow Film Festival as an entry from Norway, this gang-directed effort came from four different countries. From Sweden, "Stop At Murlande" is directed by Jan Troell and stars Max Von Sydow. "The Summer War" from Denmark is directed by Palle Kjaerulff-Schmidt. From Read More

För Att Inte Tala Om Alla Dessa Kvinnor

Actors: Bibi Andersson, Carl Billquist, Jarl Kulle, Harriet Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Karin Kavli

Synopsis: What is so rare, and cherishable, as an Ingmar Bergman comedy? All These Women concerns the sexual misadventures of cello-playing Jarl Kulle. Amidst his many romantic pursuits, the egotistical Kulle endeavors to get his life story published, "bribing" a writer by agreeing to perform the latter's Read More

Kort Ar Sommaren

Actors: Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Claes Gill

Synopsis: In this Scandinavian melodrama, a Swedish lieutenant journeys to a lonely island off the coast of Lapland for a summer of badly needed rest and relaxation. Once there, the soldier rents a hunting lodge from an aging local. Soon he encounters his landlord's lovely daughter who, while finding the Read More

Briggen Tre Liljor

Winter Light

Actors: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, Allan Edwall

Synopsis: The Winter Light is the second in a trilogy of dramas by acclaimed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman that explores religious faith and doubts in a visceral, visual, and provocative manner. The first, Through a Glass Darkly, was an international success and heralded this new phase in the director's Read More

The Devil's Eye

Actors: Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Nils Poppe, Gertrud Fridh, Sture Lagerwall

Synopsis: Acceding to the literal interpretation of the folk-saying "A virgin is a sty in the devil's eye," Satan employs a reincarnated Don Juan (Jarl Kulle) to seduce Britt-Marie, the young daughter (Bibi Andersson) of a country parson. Poor Don Juan falls in love with the girl, however, while his servant Read More

The Virgin Spring

Actors: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Brigitta Pettersson, Birgitta Pettersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Axel Duberg

Synopsis: Inspired by a medieval Swedish ballad, Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukallan) begins with a scene of unspeakable brutality and ends with an image of uncommon beauty. 15-year-old Birgitta Peterson, on her way to church to light candles for the Virgin Mary, is raped and murdered by two Read More

The Show-Off

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, Henry Wadsworth, Lois Wilson, Grant Mitchell

Synopsis: In this comedy, based on a popular play by George Kelly, an office clerk masquerades as a railroad magnate to impress a young woman. Though the enamored girl believes his every word, her mother is not so easily fooled. Still she says nothing and the emboldened fellow begins making even more Read More