Directing

Hampe Faustman

Born July 3, 1919 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died August 22, 1961 · aged 42

Born as Erik Stellan Chatham. His parents was the artists Gösta Chatham and Mollie Faustman. Hampe Faustman was a Swedish director, writer and actor. He appeared in 23 feature films and directed 20 films between during the 1940s and 50s. Faustman is best known for his socially engaged films. Producer Lorens Marmstedt contracted Faustman to Terrafilm which gave him artistic freedom. He died of pneu…

Known For

En vår i vapen

En vår i vapen · 1943

En vår i vapen

During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.

Ride Tonight!

Ride Tonight! · 1942

MovieHistoryDrama

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment · 1945

Crime and Punishment

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Web of Desire

Web of Desire · 1957

MovieCrimeThriller

Lars Ekborg and Sven Eric Gamble portray bumbling criminals who get involved in a safe-cracking heist.

They Staked Their Lives

They Staked Their Lives · 1940

They Staked Their Lives

"With life at stake"- Max is illegal arms dealers and lives with Wanda, a spy for the dictatorship in which they live. She is ordered by her superiors to reveal the actions and members resistance group. The freedom fighter John falls in love with Wanda.

The Invisible Wall

The Invisible Wall · 1944

The Invisible Wall

In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.

Lars Hård

Lars Hård · 1948

Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.

Restaurant Intim

Restaurant Intim · 1950

Restaurant Intim

A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.

Filmography

Sort

En vår i vapen

En vår i vapen · 1943

En vår i vapen

During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.

Furir Åke Berglund

Ride Tonight!

Ride Tonight! · 1942

MovieHistoryDrama

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.

Bo Eriksson

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment · 1945

Crime and Punishment

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Director

Web of Desire

Web of Desire · 1957

MovieCrimeThriller

Lars Ekborg and Sven Eric Gamble portray bumbling criminals who get involved in a safe-cracking heist.

They Staked Their Lives

They Staked Their Lives · 1940

They Staked Their Lives

"With life at stake"- Max is illegal arms dealers and lives with Wanda, a spy for the dictatorship in which they live. She is ordered by her superiors to reveal the actions and members resistance group. The freedom fighter John falls in love with Wanda.

Freedom fighter

The Invisible Wall

The Invisible Wall · 1944

The Invisible Wall

In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.

Patrol Commander

Lars Hård

Lars Hård · 1948

Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.

Director

Restaurant Intim

Restaurant Intim · 1950

Restaurant Intim

A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.

Director

Imprisoned Women

Imprisoned Women · 1943

Imprisoned Women

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.

Roland

Strange Harbor

Strange Harbor · 1948

A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead. That same evening one of the Swedish sailors, meets a Jewish woman who has fled Nazi Germany.

Director

There's a Fire Burning

There's a Fire Burning · 1943

There's a Fire Burning

An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance.

Georg Brandt (as Erik Faustman)

All this - and Iceland too

All this - and Iceland too · 1951

All this - and Iceland too

1914. The monarchs of Sweden, Denmark and Norway meet to demonstrate unity. In the crowd is a beautiful noble woman from Finland. She is eagerly courted by the monarch's aides.

Director

När ängarna blommar

När ängarna blommar · 1946

När ängarna blommar

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.

Writer

Hon kom som en vind

Hon kom som en vind · 1952

Hon kom som en vind

"She Came Like a Wind" - Fabian Rosander works at a factory and is close to 50 years old. When a new employee named Lilly, a young beautiful girl, comes to the factory Fabians life takes a new turn.

Director

Sonja

Kurt and Sonja are happily married and dream of buying a house and have children. One day Kurt's old friend Nick pops up. Secrets from Sonja's past life surface.

Writer

While the Door Was Locked

While the Door Was Locked · 1946

While the Door Was Locked

The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.

Tomas Ekberg

En kvinna ombord

En kvinna ombord · 1941

En kvinna ombord

MovieDramaRomance

In the beginning of WW II a Swedish ship in a northern French port is exposed to German air raids. The captain take a chance to leave the port without permission. A stranded woman seize the chance to get home to Sweden.

Martin Frost

Älskling, jag ger mig

Älskling, jag ger mig · 1943

Älskling, jag ger mig

Marianne is not very interested in love, but still has company with Bertil. It's only when he decides to try his luck over in America that she realizes how much she likes him.

Bertil Hellman

Ubåt 39

Ubåt 39 · 1952

About U-Boat 39 the first U-Boat sunk in WW2 by the UK Carrier Ark Royal.

Director

Vi mötte stormen

Vi mötte stormen · 1943

Vi mötte stormen

News reel film sequences from September 1938 until the end of 1942, integrated with the fictive Swedish family Söderberg in their everyday life at home and the changes, because of the escalating war, that are brought upon them.

Narrator (voice)

Resa i natten

Resa i natten · 1955

Gösta is a lorry driver and has been married to Birgitta for eight years. Their marriage is only held together by their daughter. Gösta picks up girls along the roads and during a drive to Malmö he stumbles on the singing actress Irene. Gösta is captivated by her romantic presence and her joy of life. Besides picking up women, Gösta is sometimes affected by sudden seizures. His wife is unaware of this.

Director

Vagabond Blacksmiths

Vagabond Blacksmiths · 1949

Vagabond Blacksmiths

Midsummer Eve in Malmfors in the 1880s. The holiday is celebrated with a big party. Three blacksmiths leave the ironworks and become drifters, seeking out jobs elsewhere. During their travels, they come across beautiful girls as well as jobs in different ironworks, where the workers are organizing, monitored by a brutal police force.

Director

The Lunch-break Cafe

The Lunch-break Cafe · 1954

The Lunch-break Cafe

"Lunch- Break Café" - A café in the old Klara district in Stockholm attracts an offbeat clientel. Among those who gather at the café is a prisoner on the run, a prostitute, a journalist and a student who is having an affair with the cafe's waitress. Naturalism.

Director

Tattarblod

Tattarblod · 1954

David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals until it becomes known that David is the son of a notorious drifter.

Director