Acting
Elsa Prawitz
Born February 22, 1932 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died May 1, 2001 · aged 69
Elsa Prawitz was a Swedish stage and screen actress, writer, theatre executive and radio presenter. She made her screen debut in "Frånskild/Divorced" (1951) and graduated from The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. Elsa Prawits often took on roles as sensually challenging women, not least in a series of films directed by Arne Mattsson.
Known For
Woman of Darkness · 1966Woman of Darkness
★ 7.11966
MovieCrimeDrama
Sweden 1889. The young Per Nilsson has a very dominant mother, Anna Månsdotter. His father died many years ago and he and his mother have for a long time been in a incestuous relationship. But Per marries Hanna for the sake of her money and Anna is mean and evil towards her, and Per refuses to have sex with her. She starts to suspect that something is going on between her husband and stepmother.
When Darkness Falls · 1960When Darkness Falls
★ 5.61960
MovieCrime
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
The Doll · 1962The Doll
★ 6.31962
MovieDramaFantasy
A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...
Divorced · 1951Divorced
★ 7.01951
MovieDramaRomance
Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness.
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person · 1967Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
★ 7.01967
MovieComedyMystery
People on a train get murdered. Who is the murderer? Everybody on the train is a suspect. One of them is the homosexual dope fiend played by Heinz Hopf. Things might get out of hand in this exciting thriller in true Hitchcockian style.
Whoops! · 1955Whoops!
★ 5.81955
MovieComedyMystery
A comedy mystery involving the composer and cartoonist Hubert Yrhage, the journalist Gary Lundberg, anticartoon campaigner Lena Lett, the mysterious Jens Myskovich and music publisher Darling Karlsson. Yrhage receives his manuscripts from an 11 year-old whose inspiration comes from the mysterious events at a boarding house where several of the characters stay.
Den tappre soldaten Jönsson · 1956Den tappre soldaten Jönsson
★ 8.01956
MovieComedy
About a love triangle between the soldiers 32 Svensson and 58 Jönsson and the girl Blenda. Both men ends up in jail, for different reasons. Further adventures and incidents occur.
Det är hos mig han har varit · 1963Det är hos mig han har varit
★ 3.01963
MovieDrama
"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li.
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Divorced · 1951Divorced
★ 7.01951
MovieDramaRomance
Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness.
Elsie, Hans fru, Gertruds dotter
Enchanted Journey · 1954Enchanted Journey
★ 8.01954
MovieDramaRomance
A traveling theatre company comes to a small town and performs to a packed house. But during the show the theatre director decides to run away with the money.
Birgitta Hassel, Porslins-Birgitta / Louise von Bogenhusen














