Acting
Alexander von Baumgarten
Born August 12, 1884 · Stockholm, Sweden
Died February 3, 1959 · aged 74
Alexander von Baumgarten was a Swedish stage and screen character actor.
Known For
Far till sol och vår · 1957Far till sol och vår
★ 6.71957
MovieCrimeComedy
Martin Wide inherits a bus from his dying grandfather. He restores it from being a hen house into a tourist bus. He puts an ad in the newspaper about "travels to the sun" and also advertises for a stewardess at the same time. The female reporter Vera Boman signs up for the job, in order to expose the "tourist travel hoax". The two, together with passengers of various kinds set off from a snowy Sweden towards Paris. During the trip, Vera starts to realize that Martin is not a "tourist cheater" but a kind and thoughtful travel arranger, who tries to tend to all his passengers as best as he can, even when the situations become difficult to handle. In addition, a famous Swedish diamond has just been stolen and it turns out that both the thieves and the private detectives who are after them, are passengers on the bus.
This Can't Happen Here · 1950This Can't Happen Here
★ 5.31950
MovieMysteryThriller
A story of two married refugees from the dictatorship; their quiet life in a new free country is impossible due to the husband's dark secret.
Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket · 1949Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
★ 9.01949
MovieDrama
Erik, a poor inventor meets the clerk Lillemor and fall in love. Erik's becomes invention is ready for the market. He contacts a director who might be interested. Erik is attracted almost immediately by the director's wife.
Barabbas · 1953Barabbas
★ 6.61953
MovieDrama
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
I dur och skur · 1953I dur och skur
★ 5.21953
MovieComedyMusic
"In rain and shine" - Sid och Filibert are identical twins. Sid is a theater manager and composer and when his brother arrives to Stockholm for a position at the Museum of Natural History, Filibert is mistaken for Sid.
Money: A Tragicomic Saga · 1946Money: A Tragicomic Saga
★ 7.21946
MovieComedy
Orvar is a vagabond, walking the country roads and living on sunshine and generosity. One day he decides to find work somewhere to get some money. He becomes a helping hand for seven lumberjack brothers. The big and strong brothers really enjoy themselves, joking with the small and meek Orvar. Orvar does not know that he has inherited a large fortune but the seven brothers do and they begin to treat him with the greatest courtesy. They convince him to write his last will, making them his heirs, and then begin to make plans on how to kill him.
The Balloon · 1946The Balloon
★ 7.51946
MovieDramaFantasy
Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.
Sjösalavår · 1949Sjösalavår
★ 10.01949
MovieMusicComedy
The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other. The Troubadour is tired of all economical problems. It disturbs the peace he needs to be able to write new songs, and without new songs he cannot earn the money he needs to pay the bills. To get peace and inspiration for his writing, he makes a quick decision to go to Buenos Aires. By phone he persuades his publisher to prepay 7000 kronor for some future book. On the little ferry from the islands in the sea to Stockholm city the Troubadour is carried away by his imagination into the fictitious world of his main character Fritiof Andersson. Colorful scenes from various songs are enacted before his dreaming eyes. In Stockholm he spends the night at the inn Gyldene Freden. ...
Filmography
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This Can't Happen Here · 1950This Can't Happen Here
★ 5.31950
MovieMysteryThriller
A story of two married refugees from the dictatorship; their quiet life in a new free country is impossible due to the husband's dark secret.
The Captain of the Mrofnimok Gadyn
Barabbas · 1953Barabbas
★ 6.61953
MovieDrama
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
Supervisor at Copper Mine on Cyprus
Daddy Wanted · 1947Daddy Wanted
★ 5.51947
MovieComedy
Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist, Lydia. By mistake he try to pay off the wrong manicurist, Mary, who by coincidence has a fiancé named Tom.
Russian Weapons Buyer (uncredited)
Tull-Bom · 1951Tull-Bom
★ 5.71951
MovieComedy
Bureacratic customs officer searching for a missing girl.
Jacques - French smuggler













