Anita Björk
Anita Björk (born 25 April 1923) is a Swedish actress. Born in Tällberg, Dalarna, Anita Björk attended Dramatens elevskola (The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school) in 1942-45. Anita Björk has been a leading lady of Swedish theatre for many years and has worked at the national stage; Dramaten, since 1945, where she has performed in more than 100 parts over the years (which makes her one of the greatest actors of Dramaten). On film, Anita Björk has played leading roles - in particular - in a number of style forming Swedish thrillers and crime mystery dramas, including Det kom en gäst (1947), Moln över Hellesta (1956), Damen i svart (1958), Mannekäng i rött (1958) and Tärningen är kastad (1960). Still, her most famous part is probably her title role in Alf Sjöberg's celebrated film adaption of Strindberg's Miss Julie (1951) that was awarded with the grand prize at Cannes Film Festival. Married to Olof Bergström (1945–1951) and from 1953 with Stig Dagerman. After his death she had a relationship with Graham Greene. Currently performing in A.R. Gurney's play Kärleksbrev (Love Letters) at Dramaten, opposite Jan-Olof Strandberg (Lilla scenen; March-April, 2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anita Björk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The Best Intentions
as Victoria av BadenIn this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and...
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Miss Julie
as Miss JulieBased on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and...
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Waiting Women
as RakelRakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage...
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Night People
as "Hoffy" HoffmeirA US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the...
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Adalen 31
as Hedvig BjörklundA film about the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against...
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Madame de Sade
as Madame de MontreuilA theatre production of Yukio Mishima's play, filmed for Swedish television. It begins in France...
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Loving Couples
as Petra von PahlenAs three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of...
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Private Confessions
as Karin ÅkerblomFive conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his...
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The Lady in Black
as Inger von SchildenThe married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a...
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The Phantom Carriage
as Mrs. HolmThe third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm...
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Woman Without a Face
as Frida GrandeMartin is married to Frida and together they have a son. One day after a quarrel with his wife,...
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Mannequin in Red
as Birgitta LindellA model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa...
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In the Presence of a Clown
as Anna ÅkerblomInventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient...
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Guest at One's Own Home
as Eva DahlEva Dahl, a doctor's wife, starts an affair with a younger man.
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Lady in White
as Helen G:son LundbergA ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is...
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Moon Over Hellesta
as Margareta SnellmanMargareta, newly engaged with count Carl Anckarberg, visits his estate for the first time....
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Count Only the Happy Moments
as Lilian LindThe old Victor Branzell has a grandson, Alf, who is in love with a clerk in a glove shop, Lilian...
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Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors
as Yvonne, Hugo Frejers fruHugo Frejer terrorizes his family and surroundings with his unhappy mood.
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Minns ni?
as (archive footage)A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about...
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A Guest Is Coming
as SivIt's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it....
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On These Shoulders
as uncreditedKjell Loväng returns to his parent's farm after a few years of work in Stockholm. He discovers...
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Han glömde henne aldrig
as Karin EngströmAmerican businessman Chris Johnson spent WW2 in Sweden and fell in love with a nurse, Karin...
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Realm of Man
as Birgit Maria LarssonA man is forced to leave his family estate and start again.
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Next of Kin
as Märta SkaugGathered at a funeral for a successful business man, the testament is to be read. They will all...
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Square of Violence
as SophiaSet in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation...
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Giftas
as Helene SundThe General's daughter, Helene, grows up in a safe world. She doesn't want to get married or...
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The Image Makers
as Selma LagerlöfPer Olov Enquist's play about Selma Lagerlöf and Victor Sjöström after the shooting of The...
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Amorosa
as ArvidaAbout the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David...
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The Die Is Cast
as Rebecka StriidA member of a highly successful crime drama series is found murdered in a television studio. The...
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Utro
as uncreditedShe loves to ride in the bus and read smart book ... He likes to sit by the water and drink soda...
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Komedi i Hägerskog
as NarcissaNarcissa and Elina work in a small town social service office and have various erotic encounters...
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Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns
as uncreditedIngrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini at a gala held in Sweden in 1953.
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The Heavenly Play
as Anna Jesper"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the...
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True Moments
as KarinBy chance Erik meets Viivi, an Estonian violinist playing in the Stockholm subway. They start an...
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Tribadernas natt
as Siri von Essen-StrindbergDepicts the explosive relationship between August Strindberg and Siri von Essen in 1889 while...
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Song of the Scarlet Flower
as Kyllikki MalmOlof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver...
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The Witch Hunt
as uncreditedHaving gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village...
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Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and...
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100 dragspel och en flicka
as Elsa BorellTwo inventors, Ville and Rulle have developed a revolutionary new accordion; however, they have...
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Henpecked
as uncreditedAn engineer and an actor, two extremely similar men, change their identity with each other.
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Hamlet
as uncreditedPrince Hamlet returns home from the university of Wittenberg to attend his father's funeral. His...
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Der Cornet
as Gräfin von ZathmarAdventure film based on a Rilke poem.
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Midsommardröm i fattighuset
as EllenBlind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows...
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Waiting Waters
as uncreditedA monologue of a woman who tells about her life, mainly about the men she met, while walking.
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An Image Maker
as uncreditedMaking of-documentary about Ingmar Bergman's The Image Makers, featuring behind the scenes...
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Ingen väg tillbaka
as uncreditedThe newly appointed director Hugo Henriksen gets into a fight and accidentally hits a...
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Kvartetten som sprängdes
as Maj AnderssonA small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered...
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Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
as uncreditedAlf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film...
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I lodjurets timma
as PrästenA boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal...
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Kommer hem och är snäll
as Tyra HellgrenSören Hellgren comes home drunk one night and his wife Tyra is furious because he is boozed up...
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Stig Dagerman
as uncreditedFifty years after the Swedish author Stig Dagerman took his own life we view his short but...
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