Staffan Lamm

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Staffan Lamm

Born February 11, 1937 · Stockholm, Sweden (age 89)

Staffan Lamm is a Swedish filmmaker, writer, photographer, producer and actor. He is known for documentaries about people of unusual background and life history. Staffan Lamm parents are child psychiatrist Gustav Jonsson and psychoanalyst Esther Lamm.

Known For

MirageMirage · 1959
Mirage
8.01959
MovieDrama
A young man comes to Stockholm, Sweden and experiences several bizarre and surrealistic situations.
Anna CasparssonAnna Casparsson · 1960
Anna Casparsson
1960
MovieDocumentary
A documentary film about the 99 year old artist Anna Casparsson. She is interviewed by Peter Weiss in her home in Saltsjöbaden. “I shot 'Anna Casparsson' together with Staffan Lamm. I had wanted to complete the film, but somehow I did not get around to it and then she died shortly afterwards.” -Peter Weiss
StripStrip · 1966
Strip
1.01966
MovieDocumentary
The work of strippers in the Phoenix Club of Old Compton Street, Soho. Includes interviews with the girls, the stage show and backstage scenes.
Sabotörernas kungSabotörernas kung · 1997
Sabotörernas kung
1997
MovieDocumentary
"King of Saboteurs" - Ernst Wollweber, German communist, active in Sweden during the Second World War, eventually Stasi commander in the GDR, finally purged and forgotten. Ernst Friedrich Wollweber (1898 - 1967) was State Secretary of State Security from 1953 to 1955 and Minister of State Security of the German Democratic Republic from 1955 to 1957. He rose quickly through the party ranks and by 1921 had become a member of the KPD's Central Committee and Political Secretary of Hesse-Waldeck. When the KPD was outlawed in Germany after the Reichstag fire of February 1933, Wollweber was forced to flee to Copenhagen and later to Leningrad. From 1936 to 1940, Wollweber organized the "Organisation Against Fascism and in Support of the USSR", better known as the Wollweber League. After World War II, Wollweber returned to Germany and joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1946.
ImmigrantsImmigrants · 1965
Immigrants
1965
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A fascinating, unsettling study of immigration in 1960s English cities.
FantasternaFantasterna · 1986
Fantasterna
1986
MovieDocumentary
A personal film essay on some Swedish outsider artists. Staffan Lamm retells how he encountered their work, which happened over a period of more than forty years, and what it meant to him.
Hallo BabyHallo Baby · 1976
Hallo Baby
5.01976
MovieDrama
About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.
Chelsea Bridge BoysChelsea Bridge Boys · 1965
Chelsea Bridge Boys
1965
MovieDocumentary
About a group of "Rockers" who belong to a British motorcycle club. Included are interviews with both male and female bikers. The film is largely based on candid interviews where the bikers respond to questions about politics, society, freedom and independence.

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Sabotörernas kungSabotörernas kung · 1997
Sabotörernas kung
1997
MovieDocumentary
"King of Saboteurs" - Ernst Wollweber, German communist, active in Sweden during the Second World War, eventually Stasi commander in the GDR, finally purged and forgotten. Ernst Friedrich Wollweber (1898 - 1967) was State Secretary of State Security from 1953 to 1955 and Minister of State Security of the German Democratic Republic from 1955 to 1957. He rose quickly through the party ranks and by 1921 had become a member of the KPD's Central Committee and Political Secretary of Hesse-Waldeck. When the KPD was outlawed in Germany after the Reichstag fire of February 1933, Wollweber was forced to flee to Copenhagen and later to Leningrad. From 1936 to 1940, Wollweber organized the "Organisation Against Fascism and in Support of the USSR", better known as the Wollweber League. After World War II, Wollweber returned to Germany and joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1946.

Director

Extradition of the BaltsExtradition of the Balts · 1970
Extradition of the Balts
8.01970
MovieDrama
Latvian soldiers seek political asylum in Sweden after their country falls under Russian control at the end of World War II. They had been forced into military service by the Nazis to fight against the Russians. Fearing reprisals from the Russians for fighting against them, they struggle desperately to stay in Sweden. After a hunger strike, suicides, and political intervention by Sweden fails to keep them from their former enemy, they are ultimately given over to the Russian authorities. The men are sentenced to hard labor in prison camps and later released, and Latvians are plunged into repression by the aftermath of the bloody war. The cycle of political unrest was still apparent more than 50 years after the conflict.

Cinematography