Acting
Margaretha Krook
Born October 15, 1925 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died May 7, 2001 · aged 75
Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook (15 October 1925 – 7 May 2001) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1974. In 1976, she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress for the film Release the Prisoners to Spring.[
Known For
Persona · 1966Persona
★ 8.11966
MovieDrama
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
Sverige åt svenskarna · 1980Sverige åt svenskarna
★ 3.21980
MovieComedyHistory
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
Storm over Tjurö · 1954Storm over Tjurö
★ 6.31954
MovieDrama
Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
Stängda dörrar · 1981Stängda dörrar
★ 9.01981
MovieDramaTV Movie
Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.
Rika barn leka bäst · 1997Rika barn leka bäst
★ 3.61997
MovieComedy
Six women get fired from a bank while the director gets a huge raise.
Barabbas · 1953Barabbas
★ 6.61953
MovieDrama
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
The Adventures of Picasso · 1978The Adventures of Picasso
★ 7.01978
MovieComedy
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.
Good-Bye Nana · 1970Good-Bye Nana
★ 8.01970
MovieDrama
A film that questions the right of parents to force their children into the adult world's rational behavior. A 6-year-old revolt by going to a lawyer and ask for a divorce from their parents.
Movies
Persona · 1966Persona
★ 8.11966
MovieDrama
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
Sverige åt svenskarna · 1980Sverige åt svenskarna
★ 3.21980
MovieComedyHistory
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
Storm over Tjurö · 1954Storm over Tjurö
★ 6.31954
MovieDrama
Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
Stängda dörrar · 1981Stängda dörrar
★ 9.01981
MovieDramaTV Movie
Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.
Rika barn leka bäst · 1997Rika barn leka bäst
★ 3.61997
MovieComedy
Six women get fired from a bank while the director gets a huge raise.
Barabbas · 1953Barabbas
★ 6.61953
MovieDrama
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
The Adventures of Picasso · 1978The Adventures of Picasso
★ 7.01978
MovieComedy
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.
Good-Bye Nana · 1970Good-Bye Nana
★ 8.01970
MovieDrama
A film that questions the right of parents to force their children into the adult world's rational behavior. A 6-year-old revolt by going to a lawyer and ask for a divorce from their parents.
Medea · 1963Medea
★ 7.01963
MovieTV MovieDrama
Medea is a powerful witch who gets revenge on her cheating husband Jason by killing their children.
The Cherry Orchard · 1970The Cherry Orchard
★ 7.01970
MovieDramaTV Movie
Television adaptation of Chekhov's story about the spoiled widow Madame Ranevskaya.
Karlsson on the Roof · 2002Karlsson on the Roof
★ 4.32002
MovieFamilyAnimation
A beautiful, wise and fairly fat man at his best age — that’s Karlsson on the Roof. And he isn’t very shy. His door sign says "The world’s best Karlsson". One day he just flew threw the window into Little Brothers bedroom.
The Man Who Quit Smoking · 1972The Man Who Quit Smoking
★ 6.31972
MovieComedy
The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar · 2026Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
2026
MovieDocumentary
She has been on stage for over sixty years and has played all the great female roles. Now she is working on a new play, but at the same time she is facing the end at the age of 83 – and it doesn’t feel nice. Already in 1969, Marie met her great love, the actor Jan Malmsjö. Now she talks about the great passion that struck her even though she was already married, and about what everyday love looks like in older age.
Och ge oss skuggorna · 1993Och ge oss skuggorna
★ 8.51993
MovieDrama
It is the 61st birthday of the American author Eugene O'Neill. He is sick, old and his name has started to fade from the public consciousness. His wife Carlotta Monterey is far from supporting, in fact she constantly reminds him of his shortcomings and unfulfilled dreams. Their sons, Eugene Jr. and Shane come to congratulate him (and perhaps expecting to get some money). But they are unable to help their father, since they have their own problems: Eugene Jr. is an alcoholic, Shane is doing drugs.
The Best Intentions · 1992The Best Intentions
★ 7.01992
MovieDramaRomance
In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social differences, Henrik and Anna fall in love, wed and move to the country. They lead a quiet life as Henrik works as a priest, but it isn't long before the simple people and plain surroundings make Anna long for a more lavish lifestyle, which causes marital stress.
The Magic Circle · 1970The Magic Circle
★ 6.51970
MovieCrime
Loosely based on the Sala gang, a group of five people that committed murders and thefts in Sweden in the 1930s.
Miss Julie · 1951Miss Julie
★ 6.61951
MovieDramaRomance
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca · 1989The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca
★ 5.71989
MovieComedyCrime
Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm. However, Wall-Enberg talks him into doing a break-in at Las Palmas cathedral in Mallorca. Once persuaded, he can't resist the temptation and travels to Mallorca as well. However, Wall-Enberg obviously can't be trusted. Sickan is framed, caught and put in jail. While being escorted home to Sweden again, Vanheden and Harry sets up a plan to break him free. Sickan, once free, wants payback. The gang discover that an antiques dealer called Germann has something to do with the whole thing and that she's also collaborating with Wall-Enberg. The gang then decide to take a closer look at her and her antiques and they discover that there's a heist being planned against the cathedral in Palma.
Onkel Vanja · 1994Onkel Vanja
★ 8.01994
MovieDramaTV Movie
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm.
Talk's cheap · 1981Talk's cheap
★ 9.01981
MovieComedy
SG and Acke are two aged photographers dreaming about their big scoop. They no longer get the major assignments and feel that time has passed them by. At a party Acke takes a photo of a company leader getting intimate with one of the guests. Now they get their big chance, or so they think.
Änkan · 1969Änkan
★ 9.01969
MovieComedy
Farce about an out of work actor that one day gets the chance to play the role he never got to play before.
Brink of Life · 1958Brink of Life
★ 7.51958
MovieDrama
This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood.
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing · 1969The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
★ 7.31969
MovieComedyDrama
A sleepy village around 1910. Jacob, the owner of a book store in a small town is a member of a club who baths together every Sunday. He is uninterested in women until Amelie Arbel moves into the town. She is both rich and seductive and he marries her. After the marriage he discovers that she can be very troublesome.
Peas & Whiskers · 1986Peas & Whiskers
★ 6.31986
MovieComedy
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
TV Shows
Gösta Berlings saga · 1986Gösta Berlings saga
★ 9.51986
SeriesDrama
Ringlek · 1982Ringlek
★ 4.51982
SeriesDrama
Scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters, shown before or after a sexual encounter. A prostitute is cheated out of her money by a drug-dealer, in the next scene the dealer seduces a maid, who in turn is hit by the son of her employer, and so on, until an actress engages in a little hanky-panky with the count, who - and this is where the circle joins - in a final scene ends up at the prostitute's apartment.
Bombi Bitt och jag · 1968Bombi Bitt och jag
★ 7.51968
SeriesDramaComedy
Bombi Bitt is a wild rascal in the 1930's in Southern Sweden. Eli, the proper son of the station master, becomes his admiring partner.
Kära farmor · 1990Kära farmor
★ 7.01990
Series