Edvin AdolphsonFilmography

Boy of Two Worlds

Synopsis: In this youthful adventure, a young orphan is sent to live in a Danish village where he is cast out because his mother was a West Indian. With nowhere to turn, the ingenious survivor begins devising a new life outside of town. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Brollopsbesvar

Actors: Jarl Kulle, Christina Schollin, Edvin Adolphson, Isa Quensel

Synopsis: An aging butcher marries a very young, pregnant woman in this Nordic drama. The woman really loves the baby's father, a simple farmhand, but unfortunately, he refuses to marry her. Following her wedding, a big banquet is held and much liquor is consumed. As the guests become increasingly Read More

Lila

Actors: Erika Remberg, Joachim Hansen, Birger Malmsten, Edvin Adolphson

Synopsis: At the heart of this standard drama is a conflict between the modern world with all its conveniences and problems, and the world of the remote Lapps in northern Finland. Lila (Erika Remberg) was just a wee tot when her parents who were trying to settle in Lapland were horribly killed by a pack of Read More

Änglar, Finns Dom?

Actors: Jarl Kulle, Christina Schollin, Edvin Adolphson, Isa Quensel, Gunnar Sjöberg

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a young heir sets off to prove he can make a fortune on his own by working from the ground up at a bank. To assist his rise, he woos the daughter of a wealthy client. At first it's only business, but in time he comes to love her. When he eavesdrop on a conversation in the Read More

Of Love and Lust

Actors: Mai Zetterling, Anita Björk, Anders Henrikson, Gunnel Broström, George Fant

Synopsis: This effective literary drama is one of the later films in the long career of Swedish director Anders Henrikson whose cinematic work began in 1936 and continued through 1965. The film is based on two stories by writer August Strindberg, ~On Payment~ and ~The Doll's House~ (not Ibsen's famous play Read More

Paw

Actors: Jimmy Sterman, Edvin Adolphson, Asbjoern Andersen

Synopsis: A young boy (Jimmy Sterman), the result of a union between a Danish sailor and a woman from the Virgin Islands (a former Danish crown colony) is brought to Denmark to live with paternal relatives in a pleasant country town. Of course, the mere presence of the boy forces the good citizens to Read More

Far Jag Lana Din Fru?

Actors: Edvin Adolphson, Sven Lindberg, Bengt Brunskog, Elsa Prawitz, Annalisa Ericson

Synopsis: Though not especially innovative or original, this romantic comedy by director Arne Mattsson features Sven Lindberg as Bertil Lund, an up-and-coming executive in a company that specializes in baby products. Bertil's problem is that he could be tapped for the V-P slot if only he were married and Read More

Synnove Solbakken

Actors: Gunnar Hellstrom, Harriet Andersson, Edvin Adolphson

Synopsis: Synnove Solbakken (The Girl of Solbakken) stars Synnove Strigen as the title character. Set at the turn of the century, the story focuses on a drunken lout (played by director Gunnar Hellstrom) who takes out his frustrations on everyone around him. He relents only upon finding out that someone Read More

Laila

Synopsis: Filmed in 1958 and released to US television in 1963, Make Way for Lila is a lively Swedish "mountain" drama. Erika Nemberg plays Lila, who as a foundling was adopted and raised by a Lapland chieftain. Growing to maturity in the frozen Northlands, Lila enjoys an adventuresome existence. Obedient Read More

Vingslag I Natten

Hon Dansade en Sommar

Actors: Folke Sundquist, Ulla Jacobsson, Edvin Adolphson, Irma Christensson, Goesta Gustafsson

Synopsis: Better known as One Summer of Happiness, Hon Dansade en Sommar was the most popular and financially successful of Swedish director Arne Mattson's romantic films. Based on the novel by Per Olof Ekstrom, the story revolves around the romance between college graduate Goran (Folke Sundquist) and Read More

Singoalla

Actors: Viveca Lindfors, Michel Auclair, Louis Seigner, Henri Nassiet, Fernand Rauzena, Marie-Helene Daste

Synopsis: An established film favorite in both her native Sweden and Hollywood, Viveca Lindfors made her French film debut in Singoalla. Lindfors plays the title character, a wild-eyed gypsy lass who falls in love with a nobleman (Michel Auclair) The plot thickens when the nobleman's son (Johnny Chambot) Read More

Folket I Simlangsdalen

Actors: Edvin Adolphson, Eva Dahlbeck, Carl-Henrik Fant, Peter Lindgren

Synopsis: People from Simlangs Valley is the English-language title of this leisurely Scandinavian drama. Several subplots are woven into a cogent tapestry of Swedish rural life, with emphasis on characterization rather than plot. Carl Strohm stands out as Jan, a backwoods activist who tirelessly lobbies Read More

Ingen Vag Tillbaka

Crew: Director

Actors: Edvin Adolphson, Arnold Sjostrand

Synopsis: Edvin Adolphson was both star and director of the Swedish Ingen Vag Tillbaka. The title translates as No Road Back, and the story deals with Danish resistance activities during WWII. Having already proven their courage and resilience by publicly standing by their Jewish friends and neighbors, the Read More

Supe for Tva

Actors: Edvin Adolphson, Gaby Stenberg, Douglas Håge

Synopsis: Supe for Tva (Supper for Two) was directed by Ragnar Arfvedsson, who also essayed one of the leading roles. Based on the French play L'Inevetable M. Dubois, the story concerns a whirlwind romance amongst the rich and famous of Southern Europe. In a rare move for its time, this Swedish production Read More

Begar

Actors: Edvin Adolphson, Gunn Wållgren, Olof Winnerstrand, Hilda Borgström

Synopsis: Begar (Desire) was based on a novel by Hans Severinsen. In near-excruciating detail, the film details the decline and fall of a drunkard, played by Olof Winnerstrand. Hilda Borgstroem co-stars as the woman who does her best to remain faithful to the tosspot Winnerstrand, but she's fighting a Read More

Asa-Hanna

Actors: Edvin Adolphson, Aino Taube, Anders Henrikson

Synopsis: As was customary in his 1940s films, Anders Henrikson both directs and co-stars in Asa-Hanna. The film concerns the trials and tribulations of a "typical" Swedish family over a period of several years. Adept at both comedy and drama, Henrikson was in his dramatic mode throughout this picture Read More

Kungliga Patrasket

En Dag Skall Gry

Great John Ericsson

Actors: Anders Henrikson, Hilda Borgström, Carl Barcklind

Synopsis: The Swedish historical drama The Great John Ericsson was better known to English-speaking filmgoers as Victor of Hampton Roads. The great Scandinavian director Victor Sjostrom plays the title character, a celebrated 19th-century Swedish inventor. Ericsson's fame rests largely on his development of Read More

Dollar

Synopsis: A Swedish production with English subtitles, Dollar focuses on a businessman's wife (Ingrid Bergman) who suspects her husband of adultery. She decides to catch him in the act at a ski lodge. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

En Enda Natt

Synopsis: Filmed in Sweden in 1938 as En Enda Natt, Only One Night was released in the US in 1942 to capitalize on the popularity of its star, Ingrid Bergman. Actually, Bergman's role is secondary: the film's true star is Edvin Adolphson, playing the illegitimate son of wealthy Olof Sandborg. Taking on the Read More

Ryska Snuvan

Klart Till Drabbning

Crew: Director

Actors: Weyler Hildebrand, Thor Modeen

Synopsis: Most of Klart Till Draggning (Ready For Action) takes place on a Swedish battleship, where all the sailors sing and dance in celebration of their mother country. Whenever the ship pulls into port, dozens of beautiful girls climb on board, all with marriage on their minds. The Scandinavian comedy Read More

On the Sunnyside

Actors: Lars Hanson, Ingrid Bergman, Karin Swanstrom, Edvin Adolphson, Marianne Lofgren

Synopsis: Based on a play by Helge Krog, Pa Solisdan (On the Sunny Side) was one of Gustav Molander's most popular films. Lars Hanson stars as wealthy Harold Ribe, who steals naïve provincial girl Eve (Ingrid Bergman) away from lothario novelist Joachim Brink (Edvin Adolphson). Feeling that Eve lacks Read More

Flickornas Alfred

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Flickornas Alfred (The Girls' Alfred) focuses on the trials and tribulations (mostly the latter) of young lawyer Alfred Bjork. Of dubious parentage, our hero lives with his two maiden aunts in a house owned by the powerful Baron von Harrebrow. When Alfred's childhood friend Marta Roos shows up to Read More

The Count of the Old Town

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Adapted from a play by Arthur and Sigfried Fischer, the story concerns several smugglers who swindle the inhabitants of a rural village for all they're worth. The citizens then unite to get their money back. Ingrid Bergman makes her film debut playing a maid. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Count of the Monk's Bridge

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This Swedish comedy is Ingrid Bergman's first film. The film is loosely structured and centers around a gang of drinking buddies on a pub crawl through 1934 Stockholm. As they weave from bar to bar, they manage to keep ahead of the police who want to stop the noisy party. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

Nar Rosorna Sla-Ut

Crew: Director

Actors: Nils Wahlbom, Uno Henning

Synopsis: Nar Rosorna Sla-Ut is the Swedish-language version of the French production A Hole in the Wall. Uno Henning plays an enterprising attorney who discovers that several priceless jewels previously owned by Marie Antoinette are hidden in the walls of a provincial family mansion. Henning manages to get Read More

Brokiga Blad

Crew: Director

Actors: Valdemar Dahlquist, Sigurd Wallen, Gösta Ekman

Synopsis: The title of this Swedish film translates as Scattered Pages, suggesting perhaps a elegiac, Bergmanesque drama. Instead, the film is a musical revue, short on plot but long on entertainment. The story opens as a group of actors tear a passion to tatters in a dramatic scene. They are interrupted by Read More

Vem doemer

Synopsis: Jenny Hesselquist and Gosta Eckman star in this drama about a young woman who contemplates the murder of her much-older husband after she falls in love with a dashing young soldier. When her resentment of the husband becomes more than the woman can bear, she buys a ring filled with poison from a Read More