Tag Archives: Swedish movies

elegy in red (film: Viskningar och rop – Ingmar Bergman, 1972)

Posted on April 15, 2024 by admin

If we really want to place ‘Cries and Whispers‘ (the original Swedish title is ‘Viskningar och rop‘), the film made in 1972 by Ingmar Bergman, in a category or genre of films, the most appropriate categorization would be ‘family drama’ … Continue reading →

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adrift in space (film: Aniara – Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja, 2018)

Posted on January 8, 2021 by admin

‘Aniara‘, the film made in 2018 by the Swedes  Pella Kagerman and Hugo Lilja has the ambition of being a cosmic saga of proportions, a film in which a lot of talent, energy and hopes have been invested. The action … Continue reading →

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the land of the living dead (Film: Du levande / You, the living – Roy Andersson, 2007)

Posted on December 27, 2019 by admin

Swedish director Roy Andersson is 76 years old. He made his first feature film in 1969, and has since made six more films, most recently this year. Seven films in half a century. ‘Du levande‘ (‘You, the living‘) from 2007 … Continue reading →

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the history that repeats itself (Film: The Emigrants – Jan Troell, 1971)

Posted on December 1, 2019 by admin

‘The Emigrants‘ (‘Utvandarna‘ in Swedish) directed by Jan Troell was released in 1971 and is based on a series of novels written by Vilhelm Moberg and published between 1949 and 1959. The story takes place one hundred years earlier, sometime … Continue reading →

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these horses don’t gallop (Film: Ut og stjæle hester / Out Stealing Horses – Hans Petter Moland, 2019)

Posted on November 25, 2019 by admin

Watching movies at a festival such as the Nordic film festival that is currently taking place in several cinematheques in Israel, among which the one in my city sometimes has disadvantages. The second movie (or the next ones!) seen on … Continue reading →

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the enigmas of ‘Persona’ (Film: Persona – Ingmar Bergman, 1966)

Posted on May 18, 2019 by admin

‘Persona‘ is one of the most enigmatic movies in the history of cinema. Those who read the chronicles written right after the 1966 release of the film or the articles dedicated to it in the books of cinema history will … Continue reading →

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the last masterpiece (Film: Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman, 1982)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by admin

Released in 1982, ‘Fanny and Alexander‘ was created in two formats, as some of the other later work of Ingmar Bergman  – as a TV series and as a big screen feature film. I have seen this later version yesterday at … Continue reading →

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End of the Millennium (Film: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, 2009)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by admin

I did not see yet the American remake version of the first series in the ‘Millennium’ adaptation.  I am hearing good things about it, but frankly speaking I enjoyed so much the Swedish version that I am a little bit … Continue reading →

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Film: The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)

Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin

With a new director (Daniel Alfredson) taking charge of the second film in the Scandinavian version Millennium series, The Girl Whi Played with Fire is not at all a disappointment but is less striking and less memorable than the first … Continue reading →

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