Åke Fridell Movies

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges...

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical...

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an...

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's...

One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.

A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

Rönneberga is an old family manor. When Lennart Heijken is born, his proud father buys his newborn a grandfather's clock that will follow him...

Structured as six interconnected episodes, Rabies depicts cruelty as a contagious force: each character, wounded or humiliated, passes that violence...

Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy...

A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf...

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing...

A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.

A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.

A film sketch about sound recording.

A philandering cab driver decides to help his girlfriend's attractive sister, who is in trouble with drug dealers.

During a witch trial in the seventeenth century a woman is accused of being a witch and burned at the stake. The witch curse the village priest who...

Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.

A TV drama about an old man who doesn't want to retire.

A love story about a young woman's relationship with two men, the lawyer she was previously married to and a romantic Swedish actor. At the same...