Directing

Håkan Alexandersson

Born April 21, 1940 · Mariestad, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Died March 1, 2004 · aged 63

Håkan Alexandersson was a multi artist and a man of many talents. He was considered one of the more remarkable and the most wayward visionaries in the Swedish film. Among other things, he worked as a film director, screen writer, author, producer, actor, photographer, artist and musician. He studied at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, in the late 1950's. Håkan Alexandersso…

Known For

Tabu

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.

Du gamla, du fria

Du gamla, du fria · 1972

Du gamla, du fria

A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace the working class, escalates and the group split up.

Tårtan

Tårtan · 1973

MovieComedyTV Movie

Never Travel on a One Way Ticket

Never Travel on a One Way Ticket · 1987

Never Travel on a One Way Ticket

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

A hardboiled story that takes place in a far future when most things are over. What’s left is greed, cruelty, sexuality, fire and a tad of poetry.

Evert

A crime is defined as an act which follows by a punishment, according to applicable law. Therefore it can not be a crime unless you are punished. But then it will not be the perfect crime either. Just perfect.

Werther

Werther · 1990

The neurotic director Max Karlsson tries to do a film of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". He finds all actors for his melodrama - except Lotte, the wonderful girl who is an object of two mens love. He auditions a number of girls. But when he finds the right one nothing goes the way he had figured.

Spårvagn till havet

Spårvagn till havet · 1987

Spårvagn till havet

The bohemian filmmaker and composer Manfred is plagued by an event in the past. At the age of sixteen, his father died. When Manfred was coming from Karlsruhe with his father's grave urn, to spread ashes over the ocean, the tram collided.

Blushing Charlie

Blushing Charlie · 1970

Blushing Charlie

Truckdriver and bachelor Charlie meets homeless and seven months pregnant Pia. They both dream of finding someone to share their lives with. Charlie then faces a dilemma whether to take part in a demonstration in favor of Cuba, and in addition with his employer's truck.

Filmography

Sort

Tabu

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.

Production Design

Du gamla, du fria

Du gamla, du fria · 1972

Du gamla, du fria

A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace the working class, escalates and the group split up.

Tårtan

Tårtan · 1973

MovieComedyTV Movie

Writer

Never Travel on a One Way Ticket

Never Travel on a One Way Ticket · 1987

Never Travel on a One Way Ticket

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

A hardboiled story that takes place in a far future when most things are over. What’s left is greed, cruelty, sexuality, fire and a tad of poetry.

Director

Evert

A crime is defined as an act which follows by a punishment, according to applicable law. Therefore it can not be a crime unless you are punished. But then it will not be the perfect crime either. Just perfect.

Director

Werther

Werther · 1990

The neurotic director Max Karlsson tries to do a film of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". He finds all actors for his melodrama - except Lotte, the wonderful girl who is an object of two mens love. He auditions a number of girls. But when he finds the right one nothing goes the way he had figured.

Director

Spårvagn till havet

Spårvagn till havet · 1987

Spårvagn till havet

The bohemian filmmaker and composer Manfred is plagued by an event in the past. At the age of sixteen, his father died. When Manfred was coming from Karlsruhe with his father's grave urn, to spread ashes over the ocean, the tram collided.

Director

Blushing Charlie

Blushing Charlie · 1970

Blushing Charlie

Truckdriver and bachelor Charlie meets homeless and seven months pregnant Pia. They both dream of finding someone to share their lives with. Charlie then faces a dilemma whether to take part in a demonstration in favor of Cuba, and in addition with his employer's truck.

The Laundry

The Laundry · 1985

Lisa is a little girl looked after by Dr. Flower, since he believes that the Mona Lisa's mother, who runs a laundry, is not a good and orderly mother.

Director

School Master - an Inch from Black

School Master - an Inch from Black · 2005

School Master - an Inch from Black

Schoolmaster Hoffmann on his way far down in the basement to the Janitors office to get coal for his chilly classroom, hears no warning signals. Gorm, the janitor, manipulates the gullible Hoffmann into signing a contract with a dark context.

Screenplay

A Summer of Love

A Summer of Love · 1979

A Summer of Love

MovieRomanceDrama

David, a middle-aged researcher, lives happily with his wife Ingrid and their kids. By a coincident he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Eva. Their relationship will only last a few months.

Writer

Hasan the Rose

Hasan the Rose · 1980

A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth is that he is a total failure. He is counting on that his compatriots have saved big money working in Sweden. Money he intend to spend on making a film.

The customer

Stortjuven

Stortjuven · 1979

Peter, 13, lives with his mother and brother Göran in a Stockholm suburb. He often skip school. After committing a theft in the classroom Peter is transferred to another school. His problems escalate.

Production Design

Tårtan

Tårtan · 1973

SeriesComedyFamily

Three sailors, Janos, Frasse and Hilding, going ashore after many years at sea. They take over a bakery. But it is not always that easy to become bakers. Many difficulties and challenges await them in their new profession.

Director

Privatdetektiven Kant

Privatdetektiven Kant · 1983

Privatdetektiven Kant

1983 Swedish TV serial

Creator