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Ralph Lundsten

Born October 6, 1936 · Ersnäs, Norrbotten, Sweden (age 90)

Ralph Lundsten is a Swedish composer of electronic music, as well as a film director, artist and author. He was born on 6 October 1936 in Ersnäs, Norrbotten, in northern Sweden, and now lives in Nacka on the outskirts of Stockholm, still close to the forest and the sea. His home is Castle Frankenburg, dating from 1878, a wooden fairytale mansion which also houses his famous picture and electronic…

Known For

Thriller: A Cruel Picture

Thriller: A Cruel Picture · 1973

Thriller: A Cruel Picture

MovieActionThriller

Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.

Kvindesind

Kvindesind · 1980

A psychological drama. The action takes place within a few hours in a woman's life. She is burdened by the decision whether she should leave husband and child in favor of an American she has fallen in love with.

Dante: Beware of the Shark!

Dante: Beware of the Shark! · 1978

Dante: Beware of the Shark!

MovieComedyCrime

When teenager Dante's parents go on vacation, they give him strict instructions not to "make anything up" while they're away. But when Dante and his friend Tvärsan find a diamond ring in the snow, they're drawn into an exciting detective adventure.

Exposed

Exposed · 1971

MovieThrillerDrama

Lena is a young woman in need of excitement and sexual satisfaction. Torn between her meek and innocent boyfriend Jan and the sadistic partygoer Helge, Lena‘s life is turned upside down when Helge take some nude photographs of her. These photos could destroy her life.

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin? · 1970

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?

A German sociologist goes to Sweden to investigate whether the Swedish sin is myth or not. He stations himself in a student home for girls. His fiancée in Berlin fantasizes about the study, and to allay her worries she packs her bags and goes to find him, to convince him to come home.

Walk On Water If You Can

Walk On Water If You Can · 1979

Walk On Water If You Can

Literature graduate Orlando begins a love affair with the Foreign Ministry official Anders. She follows him to Argentina. There she learns that he is already married.

Elvis! Elvis!

Elvis! Elvis! · 1976

The adventures of a small boy (Elvis), his mother and a male friend.

I huvet på n' Gamlin

I huvet på n' Gamlin · 1990

I huvet på n' Gamlin

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the Swedish humorist, film maker and artist Yngve Gamlin

Filmography

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Thriller: A Cruel Picture

Thriller: A Cruel Picture · 1973

Thriller: A Cruel Picture

MovieActionThriller

Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.

Original Music Composer

Kvindesind

Kvindesind · 1980

A psychological drama. The action takes place within a few hours in a woman's life. She is burdened by the decision whether she should leave husband and child in favor of an American she has fallen in love with.

Music

Dante: Beware of the Shark!

Dante: Beware of the Shark! · 1978

Dante: Beware of the Shark!

MovieComedyCrime

When teenager Dante's parents go on vacation, they give him strict instructions not to "make anything up" while they're away. But when Dante and his friend Tvärsan find a diamond ring in the snow, they're drawn into an exciting detective adventure.

Music

Exposed

Exposed · 1971

MovieThrillerDrama

Lena is a young woman in need of excitement and sexual satisfaction. Torn between her meek and innocent boyfriend Jan and the sadistic partygoer Helge, Lena‘s life is turned upside down when Helge take some nude photographs of her. These photos could destroy her life.

Music

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin? · 1970

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?

A German sociologist goes to Sweden to investigate whether the Swedish sin is myth or not. He stations himself in a student home for girls. His fiancée in Berlin fantasizes about the study, and to allay her worries she packs her bags and goes to find him, to convince him to come home.

Music

Walk On Water If You Can

Walk On Water If You Can · 1979

Walk On Water If You Can

Literature graduate Orlando begins a love affair with the Foreign Ministry official Anders. She follows him to Argentina. There she learns that he is already married.

Music

Elvis! Elvis!

Elvis! Elvis! · 1976

The adventures of a small boy (Elvis), his mother and a male friend.

Original Music Composer

I huvet på n' Gamlin

I huvet på n' Gamlin · 1990

I huvet på n' Gamlin

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the Swedish humorist, film maker and artist Yngve Gamlin

Music

Reseminne

Reseminne · 1968

MovieDocumentary

Fragmentary images from a journey to the Alps.

Director

Komposition i tre satser

Komposition i tre satser · 1965

Komposition i tre satser

A non-figurative color film.

Director of Photography

Hjärtat brinner

Hjärtat brinner · 1967

Hjärtat brinner

A film that places the bright and dark sides of life close together. From an understatement beginning, the movie drives up to an ecstatic highlight with a love act between two young people. The orgasm becomes an enormous image flow into the crematorium's death machine.

Director

The Pulse of the Big City

The Pulse of the Big City · 1963

The Pulse of the Big City

MovieDocumentary

An experimental film about the city of Stockholm.

Director

Flight Level 450

Flight Level 450 · 1980

Flight Level 450

MovieDramaThriller

Sweden in the near future. A terrorist leader is planning an attack against a US oil rig off the coast of Sweden. It all develops into a tangle of environmental scandals, political corruption and murder.

Original Music Composer

Love Is War

Love Is War · 1970

In this film, Norwegian writer, director, cameraman and musician Ragnar Lasse has fashioned an intricate, exquisitely photographed and multilayered examination of the lives, problems and relationships of a father and this two children, a boy and a girl. The story ranges over a wide time period and is covered in multiple flashbacks and from a number of different points of view.

Music

Hej natur

Hej natur · 1966

Experimental depiction of nature.

Director

My Eye Is Reflecting

My Eye Is Reflecting · 1992

My Eye Is Reflecting

MovieDocumentary

A poetic film on the act of seeing and on the details that rarely get our attention. The film is a collage of diverse scenes depicting life, death, objects and people: a Swedish crayfish party, a classroom, cows in the meadow, the Stockholm subway

Music

Främmande planet

Främmande planet · 1963

Främmande planet

MovieMusicAnimation

The film is non-figurative, painted directly on the film strip.

Director

Skulden

Skulden · 1987

A man wakes up in a hospital after a car crash where he lost his memory. When his mother brings him photos from a roll of film recovered from his camera his memories start coming back.

Music