Acting
Sigurd Wallén
Born September 1, 1884 · Tierp, Uppsala län, Sweden
Died March 20, 1947 · aged 62
Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 1884 – 20 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.
Known For
Hur tokigt som helst · 1949Hur tokigt som helst
★ 10.01949
MovieComedy
"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted by a publisher. The failure makes him depressed, but he is living it up by meeting a good friend Calle, who invites him home. Poppe stays for a few days as a male housewife. Calle has a music store and there the two friends can go crazy among all the instruments.
Det är min musik · 1942Det är min musik
★ 10.01942
MovieComedy
Inga and her father, the violin maker Lars, are big music enthusiasts. One day they meet the violinist Jan-Erik.
Samvetsömma Adolf · 1936Samvetsömma Adolf
★ 10.01936
MovieComedy
Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur.
Hemsöborna · 1944Hemsöborna
★ 6.01944
MovieDrama
In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
The Great John Ericsson · 1937The Great John Ericsson
★ 7.01937
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.
I mörkaste Småland · 1943I mörkaste Småland
★ 7.01943
MovieComedy
Albert Engström's anecdotes of Småland have been put together to make a comedy film about Johannes and Cornelius, two smallholding farmers and best friends.
The Boys at Storholmen · 1932The Boys at Storholmen
★ 10.01932
MovieComedy
The Sjölund family on Lillholmen in the archipelago of Stockholm is quite religious and is considered suitable for dealing with odd specimens of wild youth placed there by one of Stockholm's youth associations for young girls.
Giftasvuxna döttrar · 1933Giftasvuxna döttrar
★ 9.01933
MovieComedy
Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.
Movies
Hur tokigt som helst · 1949Hur tokigt som helst
★ 10.01949
MovieComedy
"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted by a publisher. The failure makes him depressed, but he is living it up by meeting a good friend Calle, who invites him home. Poppe stays for a few days as a male housewife. Calle has a music store and there the two friends can go crazy among all the instruments.
Det är min musik · 1942Det är min musik
★ 10.01942
MovieComedy
Inga and her father, the violin maker Lars, are big music enthusiasts. One day they meet the violinist Jan-Erik.
Samvetsömma Adolf · 1936Samvetsömma Adolf
★ 10.01936
MovieComedy
Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur.
Hemsöborna · 1944Hemsöborna
★ 6.01944
MovieDrama
In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
The Great John Ericsson · 1937The Great John Ericsson
★ 7.01937
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.
I mörkaste Småland · 1943I mörkaste Småland
★ 7.01943
MovieComedy
Albert Engström's anecdotes of Småland have been put together to make a comedy film about Johannes and Cornelius, two smallholding farmers and best friends.
The Boys at Storholmen · 1932The Boys at Storholmen
★ 10.01932
MovieComedy
The Sjölund family on Lillholmen in the archipelago of Stockholm is quite religious and is considered suitable for dealing with odd specimens of wild youth placed there by one of Stockholm's youth associations for young girls.
Giftasvuxna döttrar · 1933Giftasvuxna döttrar
★ 9.01933
MovieComedy
Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.
Vi går landsvägen · 1937Vi går landsvägen
★ 8.01937
MovieDrama
Three drifters walks on a country road. Loffe is about 35 years, Maggan about 50 years and Novisen about 25 years. They arrive to a mansion with a castle ruin by a lake. Loffe says he is the eldest of children born on the estate.
Med folket för fosterlandet · 1938Med folket för fosterlandet
★ 8.01938
MovieCrimeDrama
This film depicts every noteworthy event (in the eyes of the film-makers) in Sweden from the death of King Oscar II, in 1907, to the celebration of the 80th birthday of King Gustave V in Stockholm in June of 1938. This film is comprised largely of newsreel clips intermixed with the fictional story of the family lives of a working man and a well-to-do newspaper editor through two generations, with a special significance in the showing of the development of the social-democratic form of government in Sweden.
Servant's Entrance · 1932Servant's Entrance
★ 8.01932
MovieComedy
Helga Breder is a young, spoiled girl. To her beloved Jörgen she says that she, as a modern young woman, is multi-talented and can do whatever she likes. Jörgen bets that she can't work as a house-maid but, if she manages it, he will buy her a diamond ring. Helga becomes a house-maid at Vinger Mansion and falls in love with an inventor, Bertil Frigård, who lives there.
Andersson’s Kalle · 1934Andersson’s Kalle
★ 7.01934
MovieComedy
Mrs. Andersson’s Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.
The Outlaw and His Wife · 1918The 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.
A Woman's Face · 1938A Woman's Face
★ 6.01938
MovieDramaCrime
A cynical woman with a disfigured face—a hardened criminal—gets an opportunity to change her ways when she meets a sympathetic plastic surgeon. She leaves her old life behind, but soon her old friends catch up with her.
När ängarna blommar · 1946När ängarna blommar
★ 7.01946
MovieDrama
The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.
June Night · 1940June Night
★ 6.11940
MovieDrama
A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.
Sigge Nilsson och jag · 1938Sigge Nilsson och jag
★ 5.71938
Movie
Sigge and Putte has moved to a private school, where they fight and get up to mischief.
Ville Andeson’ Adventures · 1929Ville Andeson’ Adventures
★ 9.01929
MovieComedy
Ville Andeson is a young and naughty kid.
Sons of Ingmar · 1919Sons of Ingmar
★ 6.81919
MovieDrama
Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.
Alla tiders Karlsson · 1936Alla tiders Karlsson
★ 7.01936
MovieComedy
Åke is employed as a singer in a revue tour and his uncle Karlsson becomes the tour bus driver.
The Count of the Old Town · 1935The Count of the Old Town
★ 5.21935
MovieCrimeComedy
A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.
Karl Fredrik Reigns · 1934Karl Fredrik Reigns
★ 6.71934
MovieDramaComedy
A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.
Imprisoned Women · 1943Imprisoned Women
★ 5.31943
MovieDrama
A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, a young honest woman gone wrong.
Man of the Forest · 1940Man of the Forest
★ 7.01940
MovieComedy
Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.