Acting

Edvin Adolphson

Born February 26, 1893 · Furingstad, Vikbolandet, Östergötlands län

Died October 31, 1979 · aged 86

Gustav Edvin Adolphson was a Swedish stage and screen actor and director. He made his stage debut in 1912, his first film "Thomas Graal's Best Child" (1918), and directed the first Swedish sound film, "Säg det i toner/ The Dream Waltz" in 1929. He was actress Harriet Bosse's third husband (1927–1932) and is father of actress Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) and songwriter/composer Olle Adolphson (1934…

Known For

Pärlemor

Pärlemor · 1961

Set in th 1930's depression times. A wealthy industrialist suffers a stroke. His wife takes over both family and business. The son worships his mother, but is forced to choose sides when he falls in love with the poor Aina.

The Phantom Carriage

The Phantom Carriage · 1921

The Phantom Carriage

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.

Fröken Kyrkråtta

Fröken Kyrkråtta · 1941

Fröken Kyrkråtta

Banking director Anders Berg in Gothenburg has found reason to terminate his former secretary Vivi Lundgren, who obviously did everything to vamp him.

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Song of the Scarlet Flower · 1956

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Olof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver and his reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide.

Sällskapslek

Sällskapslek · 1963

In a magnificent villa a 25-year-old son of Count lives with his family. He falls in love with an elementary school teacher. So does even his father the Count.

Darling of Mine

Darling of Mine · 1955

Darling of Mine

The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an interview with him. She finds out secret information about his next movie, and to stop her from revealing it, Jack Harris gets her alone with him on an isolated island in the archipelago. Romance blossoms... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

The Road to Klockrike

The Road to Klockrike · 1953

The Road to Klockrike

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants.

General von Döbeln

General von Döbeln · 1942

General von Döbeln

MovieDramaHistory

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.

Filmography

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Pärlemor

Pärlemor · 1961

Set in th 1930's depression times. A wealthy industrialist suffers a stroke. His wife takes over both family and business. The son worships his mother, but is forced to choose sides when he falls in love with the poor Aina.

Gustaf Odenstam

The Phantom Carriage

The Phantom Carriage · 1921

The Phantom Carriage

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.

Man at the Inn (uncredited)

Fröken Kyrkråtta

Fröken Kyrkråtta · 1941

Fröken Kyrkråtta

Banking director Anders Berg in Gothenburg has found reason to terminate his former secretary Vivi Lundgren, who obviously did everything to vamp him.

Anders Berg

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Song of the Scarlet Flower · 1956

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Olof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver and his reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide.

Malm

Sällskapslek

Sällskapslek · 1963

In a magnificent villa a 25-year-old son of Count lives with his family. He falls in love with an elementary school teacher. So does even his father the Count.

Gustav Grepe

Darling of Mine

Darling of Mine · 1955

Darling of Mine

The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an interview with him. She finds out secret information about his next movie, and to stop her from revealing it, Jack Harris gets her alone with him on an isolated island in the archipelago. Romance blossoms... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Writer

The Road to Klockrike

The Road to Klockrike · 1953

The Road to Klockrike

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants.

Rat trap maker

General von Döbeln

General von Döbeln · 1942

General von Döbeln

MovieDramaHistory

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.

Georg Carl von Döbeln

Rolling Sea

Rolling Sea · 1950

"Rolling Sea" - After a longer stay at the hospital, the young Martin comes to Gothenburg and notice that his fiancee Sonja has met another man.

Henry Lilja

Giftas

The General's daughter, Helene, grows up in a safe world. She doesn't want to get married or have kids. She meets a man who talks about platonic love which seems to fit her nice. They get married but when he wants to get more intimate with her she rejects him. August Strindberg's short story "Mot betalning" from the collection "Giftas 2".

General Jakob, Helene's Father

On the Sunny Side

On the Sunny Side · 1936

On the Sunny Side

MovieDramaRomance

Eva Bergh works as a bank clerk, but dreams of becoming an artist. At a party she meets the rich Harald Ribe and he instantly falls in love with her. When he proposes to marry her she has no work or place to live and she accepts. At Harald's estate she can live comfortably, but she misses her old friends.

Joakim Brink

Johan Ulfstjerna

Johan Ulfstjerna · 1936

Johan Ulfstjerna

It's the last night of 1899. In Helsingfors they celebrate the new millennium. The students at the university are dancing and among them is Helge Ulfstjerna.

One Summer of Happiness

One Summer of Happiness · 1951

One Summer of Happiness

MovieDramaRomance

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the jammed adult world. While Persson has an understanding of the youth, Kerstin's parents and the pastor of the village rant against the alleged immorality of the young people. Despite all the malice, Göran and Kerstin decide for their love. But this love should last only one summer.

Anders Persson

The Pot Journey

The Pot Journey · 1950

The Pot Journey

Based on the novel by Edith Unnerstad about a man, Pip Larsson, who invents a new kind of pot which makes a sound when the stuff you are cooking is ready. As he can't pay the bills he and his family get evicted but luckely they have a couple of carriages they can live in and travel round the country, selling the new kind of pots Pip Larsson has invented.

Do You Believe in Angels?

Do You Believe in Angels? · 1961

Do You Believe in Angels?

MovieComedyRomance

Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Viktor Günther

Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström

Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström · 1923

Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström

Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström goes out for a long walk with Stockholm as a goal. On the way they buy a lottery ticket and wins a lot of money.

Sten Stensson Stéen from Eslöv

Sten Stensson Stéen from Eslöv · 1924

Sten Stensson Stéen from Eslöv

MovieDramaComedy

When Sten, at a mature age, is to study for his preliminary degree at the University of Lund, he is given a place to stay with Mrs. Lindgren on Adelgatan. His entrance into the city of learning is somewhat embarrassing,

Löfman - Godsägare

The Great John Ericsson

The Great John Ericsson · 1937

The Great John Ericsson

MovieDramaHistory

In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.

Only One Night

Only One Night · 1939

MovieRomanceDrama

Funfair worker Valdemar is unknowingly the illegitimate son of a rich landowner, colonel Von Brede. The colonel knows and employs Valdemar as his stable master. The colonel has a young and beautiful ward, Eva, but will she and Valdemar fall in love with each other?

Valdemar Moreaux

Singoalla

Singoalla · 1949

MovieAdventureDrama

Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.

Latzo

Flames in the Dark

Flames in the Dark · 1942

Flames in the Dark

MovieDramaThriller

Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school threatens his possesive and chronically ill mother that he will get married. She gets a stroke and dies. Sjögren is affected by feelings of guilt, envy and hatred towards the surroundings. A series of mysterious fires have taken place around the school the last few months. One of the students has seen Sjögren setting fire to a barn. But can he convince the trusted biology teacher Nordmark, expert of the criminal mind?

Rolf Nordmark

Laila

Winter in Lapland, a settler and his wife just had their newborn daughter baptized. On the way home through the wilderness, they are chased by a pack of wolves. The little baby falls out of the sledge and parents plunges off a cliff.

Aslak Logje

The Count of the Old Town

The Count of the Old Town · 1935

The Count of the Old Town

MovieCrimeComedy

A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.

Director

A Wild Bird

A Wild Bird · 1921

A woman searches for the child she gave up at birth.

Guest

Hemsöborna

Hemsöborna · 1966

Carlsson arrives at the widow Flod's farm in the Stockholm archipelago to help in the running of it. He is met with resistance by the widow's jealous son Gusten who is more interested in fishing than farming. When it is decided to hire out some houses for summer guests from the city the equilibrium is disturbed.

Erik Nordström, prästen

Markurells i Wadköping

Markurells i Wadköping · 1968

Markurells i Wadköping

Mr. Markurell the innkeeper has great aspirations for his son and he doesn't hesitate to pull a few strings to ensure his son's success at school, causing great scandal in the process.

Harald Hilding Markurell