Birger Lensander

Acting

Birger Lensander

Born October 31, 1908 · Södertälje, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died March 3, 1971 · aged 62

No biography available.

Known For

Only a MotherOnly a Mother · 1949
Only a Mother
★ 6.81949
MovieDrama
A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
Wonderful Adventures of NilsWonderful Adventures of Nils · 1962
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
★ 6.11962
MovieAdventureFamily
A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.
Here Is Your LifeHere Is Your Life · 1966
Here Is Your Life
★ 7.11966
MovieDramaAdventure
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.
Miss JulieMiss Julie · 1951
Miss Julie
★ 6.61951
MovieDramaRomance
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
While the City SleepsWhile the City Sleeps · 1950
While the City Sleeps
★ 6.71950
MovieDramaCrime
Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Woman of DarknessWoman of Darkness · 1966
Woman 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.
Lazy LenaLazy Lena · 1947
Lazy Lena
★ 8.01947
MovieComedy
Mattsson is a fisherman and widower in the Stockholm archipelago. He has two adult daughters that help run the household, Magda and Lena. Lena prefers to shirk her duties and read romance novels. She is being courted by the neighbour boy Per who covers for her whenever he can.
The Master Detective Lives DangerouslyThe Master Detective Lives Dangerously · 1957
The Master Detective Lives Dangerously
★ 6.61957
MovieFamilyCrime
When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.

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SjösalavårSjösalavår · 1949
Sjösalavår
★ 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. ...