In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.

Who Saw Him Die?

1968

Swedish

6.8

♡ 3

Action

Drama

teacher

Jan Troell Director

Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz as Anne-Marie

Bengt Ekerot as Eriksson

Catti Edfeldt as Jane

Per Oscarsson as Sören Mårtensson

Sören Mårtensson is a middle school teacher. His classroom occupied by half-grown children. His work is tormenting him and at night he is haunted by nightmares.

Karin Månsdotter

1954

Swedish

6.0

♡ 1

Alf Sjöberg Director

Per Oscarsson as Anders

Gunnar Hellström as Bonde

Olof Widgren as Castle vicar

John Melin as Servant

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. Göran arranges that some very powerful noblemen are killed. Subsequently the king tries to have them convicted of high treason by the parliament. He forgets the manuscript, mixes up all facts, and the noblemen are acquitted. But Göran speedily gathers another parliament and has them convicted. Meanwhile Erik apologises because of the unjust murders. Hence Erik is dethroned and imprisoned. Göran is executed. Karin is restricted to a castle in Finland. In the prison Erik believes that he is still the king and gives the guards presents such as all fishes in the Baltic Sea.

The New Land

1972

Swedish

8.0

♡ 17

100%

Jan Troell Director

Allan Edwall as Danjel

Max von Sydow as Karl Oskar

Liv Ullmann as Kristina

Per Oscarsson as Pastor Törner

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.

Honeycomb

1969

Spanish

6.4

♡ 3

88%

Action

divorce

Drama

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

psychological drama

surreal

Carlos Saura Director

Emiliano Redondo as Antonio

Teresa del Río as Carmen

Per Oscarsson as Pedro

Geraldine Chaplin as Teresa

Teresa and Peter settle down in their new home after the wedding. Things are going well until her childhood furniture arrives, sending Teresa into horrible flashbacks of turmoil from memories of her youth.

Änglagård - Tredje gången gillt

2010

Swedish

4.8

♡ 2

Action

Comedy

Drama

Colin Nutley Director

Sven Wollter as Axel Flogfält

Per Oscarsson as Erik Zander

Ing-Marie Carlsson as Eva Ågren

Ernst Günther as Gottfrid Pettersson

A lot happens in a small village in 15 years. People fall in love, get married, have kids and divorces. Some move, some die - in Yxared just like in other places. Zac, Fanny and her daughter Alice travels back to to the small village in Ostergotland. Alice makes them return - where does she come from, what are her roots? The question about who Fanny's dad is, arises once more. And Alice, who's her dad?

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

1984

Swedish

7.3

♡ 8

88%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

Tage Danielsson Director

Philip Zandén as Adelsherre

Per Oscarsson as Borka

Lena Nyman as Lovis

Allan Edwall as Skalle-Per

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.