Diskrummet

Nattcafé

January 1965 •Swedish

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

Körsbärsträdgården

August 1970 •Swedish

Television adaptation of Chekhov's story about the spoiled widow Madame Ranevskaya.

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.

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.

Seven Crosses in a Notebook

July 1983 •Russian

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.

Twelfth Night

January 1967 •Swedish

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Ett Dockhem

December 1970 •Swedish

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

Easter

October 1988 •Swedish

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

Han som fick leva om sitt liv

December 1987 •Swedish

The story of a man who has committed a crime but gets the chance to live his life again and avoid all of his past mistakes.

Misantropen

January 1963 •Swedish

Alceste has a very low opinion about humanity and is always brutally honest. This gets him into a lot of trouble.

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.

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

February 1983 •Swedish

A young girl is torn between marrying the old man herr Sleeman for money or the young hunter out of love.

Medea

March 1963 •Swedish

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

Färdknäpp

December 1991 •Swedish

Dennis feels he's had enough of the cozy middle-class life in the suburbia. Before the middle-age (and John Denver's records) puts him down he wants to break away from everything. Unfortunately his wife Pauline and their friends William and Jane don't make it easy for him. To make matters worse, there seems to be some young punks vandalizing the neighborhood, but it's definitely not the ones everyone seem to believe it is.

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.

Muntra fruarna i Windsor

April 1998 •Swedish

A light hearted adaptation of Shakespeare's play about middle class life in Elizabethan England.

Miss Julie

December 1969 •Swedish

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

I lodjurets timma

November 1989 •Swedish

A boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal in the cells of prisoners.