Allan Edwall

Born: 1924-08-25

Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"


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The Sacrifice

as Otto
Released: 1986-05-09

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and...

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Winter Light

as Algot Frövik
Released: 1963-02-11

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

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The Virgin Spring

as Beggar
Released: 1960-02-08

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster...

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Fanny and Alexander

as Oscar Ekdahl
Released: 1982-12-17

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their...

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The Brothers Lionheart

as Mattias
Released: 1977-09-23

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal...

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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

as Skalle-Per
Released: 1984-12-14

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the...

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Emil of Lonneberga

as Anton Svensson
Released: 1971-12-04

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid...

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The Emigrants

as Danjel
Released: 1971-03-08

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural...

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Emil and the Piglet

as Anton Svensson
Released: 1973-10-06

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

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The New Land

as Danjel
Released: 1972-02-26

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during...

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The Devil's Eye

as The Ear Demon
Released: 1960-10-17

The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it,...

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New Mischief by Emil

as Anton Svensson
Released: 1972-10-21

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a...

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You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

as Herr Nilsson
Released: 1979-12-13

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first...

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Here Is Your Life

as August
Released: 1966-12-26

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and...

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P & B

as Josef "Stavros" Bendel
Released: 1983-12-10

Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a...

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Rasmus and the Vagabond

as Paradis-Oskar
Released: 1981-12-12

9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call...

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SOPOR

as Thorbjörn Fälldin
Released: 1981-03-21

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy...

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All These Women

as Jillker
Released: 1964-06-15

Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research...

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Åke and His World

as Principal Godeman
Released: 1984-10-26

Åke and his world is a long, lyrical study of a Swedish country doctor of the 1930s. Åke is the...

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The Rooster

as Thorsson
Released: 1981-09-04

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work...

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Voyage to Melonia

as Prospero (voice)
Released: 1989-12-15

When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on...

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Madicken of June Hill

as Herr Nilsson
Released: 1980-10-18

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about...

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The School of Wives

as Arnolphe
Released: 1983-12-25

The elderly Arnolphe has decided to marry a young woman, Agnes, whom he has fallen in love with....

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Blackjackets

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1959-11-13

Young Greasers, known as Raggare in Sweden, gather at a café outside Stockholm. Roffe is the...

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We Are All Demons

as Tor
Released: 1969-06-27

A veteran sea captain abducts his niece for what he believes is his last chance at love. As the...

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The Making of Fanny and Alexander

as Self
Released: 1984-09-16

The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece....

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To Be a Millionaire

as Allan Persson
Released: 1980-05-17

The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town...

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My Home Is Copacabana

as uncredited
Released: 1965-06-08

Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless...

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Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

as Wilhelmsson
Released: 1967-01-16

People on a train get murdered. Who is the murderer? Everybody on the train is a suspect. One of...

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Interlude in the Marshland

as Lineman
Released: 1965-02-22

It's the mid 1930s and brakeman Kvist had enough of working on the train, jumps off and starts...

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Evert Taube 100 år

as Self
Released: 1990-03-12

Jubilee special celebrating Evert Taube's 100th birthday with performances and interviews with...

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A Dream Play

as Axel
Released: 1963-05-02

"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of...

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Gustav Vasa

as Engelbrekt
Released: 1965-09-06

Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his...

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Who Loves Yngve Frej

as Gustafsson
Released: 1973-01-06

A tragicomic story about rural extinction and the meeting between the local shoemaker Gustafsson...

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Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

as The vagrant
Released: 1961-08-17

Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects...

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The Phantom Carriage

as Tramp
Released: 1958-09-18

The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm...

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Limpan

as Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
Released: 1983-02-04

Limpan is an alcoholic who has been put into a caretaking home for alcoholics. He's promised a...

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Pirates of the Lake

as Frans i Flinta
Released: 1987-02-25

It is the first day of the summer vacation. Jojje, Jerker and Fabian wants to borrow a sailing...

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Games of Love and Loneliness

as Markel
Released: 1977-08-29

This co-production between Norway and Sweden is the first film that Anja Breien has made since...

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The Ghost Sonata

as Gubben
Released: 1972-10-30

The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the...

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During the Journey to Melonia

as (Prospero)
Released: 1989-01-01

Documentary about the production of Per Åhlin's feature film Resan till Melonia

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Elvis! Elvis!

as Elvis' Grandfather
Released: 1976-11-20

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

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Tattarblod

as Natan
Released: 1954-02-08

David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals...

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On a Bench in a Park

as Street character
Released: 1960-12-19

Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet a man he hates,...

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The Wedding Day

as Vicar
Released: 1960-10-03

Anders and Sylvia are set to be married, but Sylvia says 'no' and runs away at the altar.

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Resan till dej

as Bendix' composer
Released: 1953-12-19

The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes...

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The Banquet Room

as läkaren
Released: 1965-07-26

A young girl is a confidante to four men who regularly visit her in her apartment.

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The Devil's Instrument

as narrator
Released: 1965-09-23

A jazz bassist who surveys a beautiful girl at a gig decides to try to get her home. But the...

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Sverige åt svenskarna

as Doktor Karl Otto
Released: 1980-07-31

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal...

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Ingen morgondag

as The poet
Released: 1957-10-16

It is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive...

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The Brig Three Lilies

as Simon Toking
Released: 1961-12-26

On the coast of Sweden in 1888, a 12-year-old orphan finds adventure and new hope that his...

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The Die Is Cast

as Dag Seren
Released: 1960-02-15

A member of a highly successful crime drama series is found murdered in a television studio. The...

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4 x 4

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-25

Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

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Vildfåglar

as Fiorentino
Released: 1955-08-21

"Wild birds" - A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le...

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Dance on Roses

as Olsson, journalist
Released: 1954-08-09

Marianne is a dancer at the Lilla Teatern. The theatre has financial troubles and its existence...

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The Devotion

as Director
Released: 1965-09-13

A punctuation during a theater rehearsal between actor and director.

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Topaze

as Albert Topaze
Released: 1963-02-18

A shy but righteous teacher - Topaze - with no social skills what so ever, gradually becomes...

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Kort är sommaren

as The doctor
Released: 1962-12-26

Lieutenant Glahn arrives in a small village in northern Norway. He wants to live in peace in the...

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Good-Bye Nana

as Lindbaum
Released: 1970-12-18

A film that questions the right of parents to force their children into the adult world's...

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The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

as Jacob
Released: 1969-04-06

A sleepy village around 1910. Jacob, the owner of a book store in a small town is a member of a...

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Lighting

as Self
Released: 1988-01-01

A documentary on Sven Nykvist lighting the movie-set during the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky's...

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Stjärnbilder

as (archive footage)
Released: 1995-09-10

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and...

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Duo jag

as The old boyfriend
Released: 1991-09-09

Gösta Ekman and Kent Andersson play two men, living together for a long time. One a small,...

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Midsommardröm i fattighuset

as Blind-Jonas
Released: 1980-12-14

Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows...

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Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

as uncredited
Released: 1980-05-19

Anton Nilson is known as one of the Amalthea men, three young socialists who in 1908, in one of...

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Mr. Ernest

as Doktor Chasuble
Released: 1961-09-01

Mr. Worthing and Mr. Moncrieff both use the pseudonym Ernest, leading to a lot of misunderstandings.

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Bättre utan hund

as Blumfeld
Released: 1996-02-27

On the comic tragedy of loneliness, based on the short story "Blumfeld, an elderly bachelor" by...

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Doktor Glas

as Doktor Glas
Released: 1989-12-18

A one man show based on Hjalmar Söderberg's book about Doctor Glas and his dilemma with his patient.

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Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

as uncredited
Released: 1983-12-22

Alf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film...

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Mondays with Fanny

as uncredited
Released: 1977-08-31

Robert works at a warehouse and as a cinema usher and lives in a strained marriage. Every...

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Bröllopsfesten

as Jonas
Released: 1978-02-20

A story about Frida, Jonas and their wedding in Småland.

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Eriksson

as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
Released: 1969-03-03

Eriksson is a divorced engineer without intellectual interests. He lives alone in a friendly,...

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Nattens konung

as Kristofer
Released: 1974-01-01

An old fisherman is feeling lonely and begins to long for death.

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Av hjärtans lust

as Servant
Released: 1960-08-29

The Baron of Qvinnevad Castle has financial problems and is forced to show the estate to...

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Hålet

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1977-01-15

Animated film about a man interested in holes.

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Emil of Lönneberga

as Anton Svensson
First aired: 1975-11-22

Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

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Fanny and Alexander

as Oscar Ekdahl
First aired: 1984-12-26

Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl...

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Hemsöborna

as Carlsson
First aired: 1966-02-19

Carlsson arrives at the widow Flod's farm in the Stockholm archipelago to help in the running of...

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Ronja Rövardotter

as Skalle-Per
First aired: 1986-12-25

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Madicken

as herr Nilsson
First aired: 1979-10-06

Madicken's life on Junibacken is filled with ups and down.

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The Red Room

as Olle Montanus
First aired: 1970-03-22

A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a...

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