Hasse Ekman

Born: 1915-09-10

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment. Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actor Gösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage/film director Mikael Ekman. Also grandfather of actress Sanna Ekman. As an actor Ekman also came to act in most of his own films, as the leading man and in a number of strong supporting roles, and he also acted in a three of early Ingmar Bergman-films (Prison, Thirst and Sawdust and Tinsel). He also played opposite his famous father in Intermezzo; the original Swedish 1936 film starring Ingrid Bergman in the female lead. Overall he made 50 roles in Swedish films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hasse Ekman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Thirst

as Dr. Rosengren
Released: 1949-10-17

A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a...

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Sawdust and Tinsel

as Frans
Released: 1953-09-14

The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

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The Girl from the Third Row

as Sture Anker
Released: 1949-08-29

A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new...

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Intermezzo

as Åke Brandt
Released: 1936-11-16

The world famous violinist Holger Brandt comes back to his family after a tour. He and his wife...

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Prison

as Martin Grande
Released: 1949-03-19

A movie director is approached by his old math teacher with a great movie idea: the Devil...

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Minns ni?

as uncredited
Released: 1993-10-24

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about...

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Seventh Heaven

as Willy Lorens
Released: 1956-06-11

"Seventh Heaven" - Famous radio personality Willy Lorens has a big success with the radio series...

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Miss Chic

as Buster Carell
Released: 1959-01-26

Buster Carell, a talent agent is threatened by bankruptcy when his only real talent, a singing...

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Heaven and Pancakes

as Willy Lorens
Released: 1959-11-02

Sequel to Sjunde himlen (1956). Dr. Lovisa Sundelius (Sickan Carlsson) and radio host Willy...

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Vi tre debutera

as uncredited
Released: 1953-09-07

Three young poets are about to make their debuts.

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Jazz Boy

as Teddy Anker
Released: 1958-10-06

The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater at the beginning of the 1920s....

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The Sixth Shot

as Man at the train platform
Released: 1943-09-24

Georg Winkler meet Marguerite Hoffman at the casino in Monte Carlo. They become an item and...

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On a Bench in a Park

as Stig Brender
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 Yellow Squadron

as Captain Birger Wreting
Released: 1954-11-29

The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the...

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Interlude

as Vilhelm Canitz
Released: 1946-02-11

The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrive to Lugano in Italy for a few weeks stay...

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Jack of Hearts

as Lt. Anders Canitz
Released: 1950-09-18

Lieutenant Anders Canitz is a womanizer and gambler from the upper class. He has spent all of...

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The Staffan Stolle Story

as Klad Traenger
Released: 1956-09-10

Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy....

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Flames in the Dark

as Per Sahlén
Released: 1942-03-02

Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school threatens his possesive and chronically...

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The Banquet

as Hugo Stenbrott
Released: 1948-12-18

As his 60th birthday approaches, Jacob grows concerned that none of his sons is capable of...

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Meeting in the Night

as Åke
Released: 1946-09-30

A journalist is writing a critical article about the prison service in Sweden. The magazine's...

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June Night

as Willy Wilson
Released: 1940-04-03

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose...

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The Royal Rabble

as Tommy Anker
Released: 1945-01-19

The ups and downs of three generations in an acting family.

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Lyckan kommer

as Voice on the radio
Released: 1942-08-17

The idle rich have their own particular problems. Case in point, Georg and Monika Hedberg were...

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Gabrielle

as Kjell Rodin
Released: 1954-12-26

While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the...

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A Day Will Dawn

as Rutger von Brewitz
Released: 1944-01-02

After finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes...

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The Nuthouse

as Hans Hasseson Ekman / Fänrik Bråde / Kim (voice)
Released: 1951-09-21

In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from...

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Wandering with the Moon

as Ernst Törsleff
Released: 1945-08-07

Dan, aged 19, leaves his home after a quarrel with his father. At the side of the country road...

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Changing Trains

as Joakim Lundell
Released: 1943-01-30

Inga, an unemployed actress meets a sweetheart Kim, from days long gone at a train station. Over...

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Stopp! Tänk på något annat

as uncredited
Released: 1944-10-26

Karsten falls in love with Sonja, she rejects him, but not because of lack of interest. She...

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Med glorian på sned

as Per-Axel Dahlander
Released: 1957-07-01

A secretary at a publishing company, Birgitta, writes a novel, based on her secret love of her...

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While the Door Was Locked

as Torsten "Totte" von Breda
Released: 1946-12-26

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

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Skådetennis

as Himself
Released: 1945-01-22

Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.

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Livet går vidare

as Ludvig Bourg
Released: 1941-02-28

The Swedish officer Mikael Bourg has served with the French army in Africa. When he returns to...

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Little Martin Returns

as Second Lieutenant Svensson
Released: 1948-08-14

Sture Letterström and Kurre Svensson take on the task of rescuing a secret document during World...

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I rök och dans

as Well dressed man in haystack
Released: 1954-07-30

Episodic, musical comedy. Povel Ramel company Knäppupp's first film where Martin Ljung plays 16...

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The Young Nobleman

as uncredited
Released: 1924-11-11

A young Countess meets a young Count and they share a common interest in fast cars.

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Life and Death

as Kirre Granlund
Released: 1943-07-16

Thriller set in northern Sweden during WWII where a regiment of ski-borne soldiers and guests in...

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The Great Amateur

as Max Wallby
Released: 1958-06-22

Modern fairy tale about the small town of Fårtuna where the chief of police is also an amateur...

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Gösta Ekman - En levande legend

as Self
Released: 1987-01-07

Documentary about the Swedish actor Gösta Ekman (1890-1938) with interviews with friends and...

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The First Squadron

as Franconian Bråde
Released: 1941-09-23

The year is 1941 and Nazi Germany is at its peak. Hitler's army is storming into Russia. Sweden...

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Jag är eld och luft

as Tore Ekström, Actor
Released: 1944-09-07

Vicar Ahrman's young daughter Jenny has left the home to start a new life with her beloved...

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Hemslavinnor

as uncredited
Released: 1933-04-10

The Rosenqvist family needs domestic help.

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Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

as Kurre
Released: 1945-09-29

An out-of-work musician is desperate for work and when his best friend sees an add requesting a...

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The Great John Ericsson

as uncredited
Released: 1937-12-13

In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England...

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En natt på Smygeholm

as uncredited
Released: 1933-08-14

It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle.

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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer

as Bertil
Released: 1947-09-17

When Inga Brantemo goes on a business trip to Italy, her husband Bertil gets romantically...

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Var sin väg

as Tage Sundell
Released: 1948-02-16

A drama about a doctor and his wife. She used to be an actress, but became a housewife when she...

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Thunder and Lightning

as uncredited
Released: 1938-03-21

The aristocratic count Hägerskiöld is very proud of his swine Helen of Troy who wins a prize...

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Med folket för fosterlandet

as uncredited
Released: 1938-06-13

This film depicts every noteworthy event (in the eyes of the film-makers) in Sweden from the...

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Meeting with Hasse

as uncredited
Released: 1993-02-06

Hasse Ekman speaks about his career, films, colleagues, inspirations and role models.

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