Nils Poppe

Born: 1908-05-31

Nils Poppe (31 May 1908 – 28 June 2000) was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, but in Sweden he was much loved and participated in over 50 films on cinema and TV.


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The Seventh Seal

as Jof
Released: 1957-02-16

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his...

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The Devil's Eye

as The Vicar
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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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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Just a Waiter

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1959-09-28

Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to...

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Hur tokigt som helst

as Jack of all trades
Released: 1949-02-28

"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in...

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Nils Poppe: Rolig till varje pris

as (archive footage)
Released: 2023-12-31

Nils Poppe was one of Sweden's comedy greats but in this film his daughter, the actress Mia...

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Father Bom

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1949-12-19

Fabian Bom, auctionist in a small town, one day finds a baby boy in a small crib that is for...

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Sten Stensson kommer tillbaka

as Sten Stensson
Released: 1963-10-07

Sten Stensson Stéen has been challenged by a professor of law in a TV-game-show. Stensson,...

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Private Bom

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1948-12-10

The station-master Fabian Bom is a very meticulous person, and he makes sure that the trains...

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...som en tjuv om natten

as Manager Svalling
Released: 1940-03-18

Nisse Ekberg is in San Francisco but wants to get back to Sweden. Not being a completely honest...

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Karusellen går

as Nisse Lind
Released: 1940-10-05

Swedish comedy from 1940. Carnival director Knut Lindberg has ended up in the hands of the...

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Dance, My Doll

as Sebastian Pettersson
Released: 1953-07-20

In a small town called Skrabbarp in Southern Sweden lives the school teacher Sebastian...

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Minns ni?

as (archive footage)
Released: 1993-10-24

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

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Flyg-Bom

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1952-12-22

The meticulous Fabin Bom is called up for military service in the airforce.

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Kronans glada gossar

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-14

Pelle Frisk is serving in the Swedish armed forces.

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Tull-Bom

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1951-06-25

Bureacratic customs officer searching for a missing girl.

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Två man om en änka

as Emil "Mille" Pettersson
Released: 1991-01-05

The beautiful widow Josefina Pellerin falls for the hapless Mille after he saves her life....

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Dumbom

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1953-12-26

Two twins, separated at birth, meet again by chance many years later. One is a progressive but...

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Money: A Tragicomic Saga

as Harry Orvar Larsson
Released: 1946-01-10

Orvar is a vagabond, walking the country roads and living on sunshine and generosity. One day he...

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Ta mej! Jag är din!

as Calle Pettersson
Released: 1988-01-05

Calle Pettersson is engaged to the young beauty Marilyn on the false pretense that he saved her life

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Kronans käcka gossar

as 52 Nisse Ek
Released: 1940-01-15

New explosives will be demonstrated for the military authorities, but some shady characters...

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Livat på luckan

as uncredited
Released: 1951-10-29

Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time...

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Flottans överman

as Fabian Bom
Released: 1958-09-15

Fabian Bom has been sent by the Export Association to promote Swedish export to Spain. He...

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Tre skojiga skojare

as Fabian Lundegren
Released: 1942-08-31

The author Tom Berger has written a book that is very prejudiced against women. The local...

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Min syster och jag

as Fabian Filosel
Released: 1990-01-05

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Fars lille påg

as Amandus Propp
Released: 1986-01-05

When Waldemar Palm married an old woman as a young man to give her estranged son a surname he...

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Blomman från Hawaii

as Jimmy Boy
Released: 1992-01-06

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The Balloon

as Sten Stensson Steen / Orvar Knatte / Yusuf / The King / Beppo
Released: 1946-10-07

Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.

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AB Dun & Bolster

as Putte Bolster
Released: 1989-01-05

A feather-light comedy from 1920's Mölle with Nils Poppe and the Gaubier ballet. The play is...

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Skorpan

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-19

Skorpan acts in a pick pocket show at the local amusement park.

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Somrarna med Poppe & Rydberg

as (archive footage)
Released: 2023-12-31

The Fredriksdal outdoor theatre has been a comedy staple of Swedish summers and television in...

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Tre glada tokar

as Brutus Rhuter
Released: 1942-02-16

The wealthy Rudolf Trane helps the unsuccessful vacuum-cleaner salesman Rhuter to find a girl...

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Beredskapspojkar

as Nisse Nyberg
Released: 1940-12-26

Two movie actors are conscripted; at the regiments spies are trying to get hold of secret documents.

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Melodin från Gamla Stan

as Nisse Karlsson, musician
Released: 1939-11-13

Swedish movie from 1939. In summer Stockholm live the unemployed musician Nisse trying to sell...

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Min syster och jag

as Fabian Filosel
Released: 1980-01-06

Librarian Roger Fleuriot is in love with princess Saint Labiche but doesn't dare admit it...

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The Lord from the Lane

as Tiburtius 'Tibbe' Pettersson
Released: 1949-06-07

The poor photographer Tibbe turns out to be the heir of the recently deceased count Silfverbåge....

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Det spökar - det spökar...

as Vicke Vire
Released: 1943-09-06

The hunt for a precious porcelain tableware leads to the Möllegården estate, where ghosts are...

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Send Home Number 7

as Undergraduate Blom
Released: 1937-12-26

A combination of comedy and romance revolving around the many part-time jobs held by a girl...

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Adolf i eld och lågor

as Knutte
Released: 1939-01-01

Swedish comedy from 1939. Adolf Berglund is a reporter at the newspaper Morgonbladet and is sent...

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Tappa inte sugen

as Pelle Olsson
Released: 1947-12-22

In a movie studio, a fight scene is underway. The hero, played by Allan Bergner, will make an...

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Adolf Armstarke

as Skogens Konung
Released: 1937-01-01

Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing...

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Stackars lilla Sven

as uncredited
Released: 1947-02-24

Poppe plays Sven, an orphan who is being taken care of by the kind Mr. Carlsson. However, when...

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Lilla helgonet

as Célestin / Floridor
Released: 1985-01-06

A convent organist and music teacher escorts a young woman who has been boarding there, home to...

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Oskulden från Mölle

as Putte Bolster, Duuns kompanjon
Released: 1977-01-06

A shy and aging bachelor suddenly becomes very interesting to the women in town after a rumour...

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Sten Stensson kommer till stan

as Sten Stensson Stéen
Released: 1945-02-12

Sten Stensson from Eslöv has just got his law-degree from the University of Stockholm.

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Spöke till salu

as uncredited
Released: 1939-08-16

The Creutzerhjelm's are in search of an authentic haunted castle. Therefore, the owner of the...

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Bröderna Östermans huskors

as Nils Österman
Released: 1994-01-05

Three lazy old brothers living together in the Stockholm archipelago hire a housekeeper. When...

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Stampen

as Patrik Palmquist
Released: 1955-02-28

Pawnshop assistant Patrick and maid Viveka meet by chance and become fond of each other, but...

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Fantastiska pappa

as Perrichon
Released: 1978-01-06

Two men in love with Henriette Perrichon do their best to convince her father to pick them as...

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Lorden från gränden

as Tiburtius "Tibbe" Pettersson
Released: 1967-03-27

Tiburtius "Tibbe" Pettersson is a poor photographer in Stockholm's Old Town. He has a fiancee,...

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Aktören

as Philip Vinberg
Released: 1943-01-01

The actor Philip has an accident on the way to his own wedding and the shock makes him lose his...

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Blåjackor

as Sgt. Kalle Svensson
Released: 1945-10-23

"Sailors" - A musical comedy about Kalle Svensson, a sergeant in the navy, and his loved one...

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Mimmi från Möllevången

as Pelle Finkel
Released: 1981-01-02

Bank manager Pankh has a habit of promoting the men who let him spend some time with their...

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Spanska flugan

as Anton Tideman
Released: 1993-01-05

Emma Klink is devoted to preserve morality in 1912 and she is also a chairwoman for "The support...

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Det går som en dans...

as Viktor Mattson
Released: 1943-09-15

Short comedy about an author named Viktor Mattson (Nils Poppe) whose publisher tells him that...

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Adolf i toppform

as uncredited
Released: 1952-05-12

A compilation of some of Adolf Jahr's films.

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Ljuset från Lund

as Sten Stensson Steen
Released: 1955-12-26

A horse wanders from town to the countryside. Here lives Sten Stensson Steen, a bachelor at law...

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Sten Stensson Stéen går igen

as Sten Stensson Stéen
Released: 1982-01-06

The plot takes place on a mansion owned by the new widow Birgitta von Carping (Berit Carlberg)....

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Som fallen från skyarna

as Dr. Baltazar
Released: 1943-07-24

Professor Örnstedt is having a hard time at home.

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Skådetennis

as Himself
Released: 1945-01-22

Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.

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Snurren direkt

as uncredited
Released: 1952-09-01

A film mostly consisting of scenes from older films. A sleep researcher has produced a serum...

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Stad vid färdeväg

as Narrator
Released: 1961-01-01

A potrait of Malmö, lovingly told by Gösta Werner and Nils Poppe.

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