John Ekman

Acting

John Ekman

Born November 16, 1880 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died November 22, 1949 · aged 69

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Ekman (15 November 1880 – 22 November 1949) was a Swedish silent film actor. He appeared in 81 films between 1912 and 1949. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ekman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The AvengerThe Avenger · 1915
The Avenger
★ 6.01915
MovieDrama
Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death
The Phantom CarriageThe Phantom Carriage · 1921
The Phantom Carriage
★ 7.71921
MovieDramaFantasy
An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.
The Hermit’s WifeThe Hermit’s Wife · 1916
The Hermit’s Wife
1916
MovieDrama
Set at a recreational resort in the mountains, where a group of people have their lives and loves interveined.
Daughter of the HighlandsDaughter of the Highlands · 1914
Daughter of the Highlands
1914
MovieDrama
A young doctor is found unconscious in the mountains and is brought to a Sami village.
The Unknown WomanThe Unknown Woman · 1913
The Unknown Woman
1913
MovieDrama
A rich young man falls for a beautiful girl and meets with trouble. An adaptation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Das fremde Mädchen.
The Outlaw and His WifeThe Outlaw and His Wife · 1918
The Outlaw and His Wife
★ 7.21918
MovieDrama
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.
The StormbirdThe Stormbird · 1914
The Stormbird
1914
MovieDrama
Olga is a young student and a revolutionary agitator in Russian ruled Poland.
To JoyTo Joy · 1950
To Joy
★ 6.81950
MovieRomanceDrama
A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in flashback and shaped by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the film examines ambition, love, and loss in early Ingmar Bergman.

Filmography

Sort