Gunnar Björnstrand
Date of birth: 1909-11-13
Place of birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Гуннар Бьёрнстранд
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films. Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Björnstrand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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The Seventh Seal
1957-02-16
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country
Wild Strawberries
1957-08-28
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unh
Persona
1966-10-18
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in al
Pälsen
1966-12-26
Doctor Henck is having bad day, and borrows a fur from a friend. It gives him new confidence, and hi
Fanny and Alexander
1982-12-17
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents,
Livat på luckan
1951-10-29
Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time has
Smiles of a Summer Night
1955-12-26
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still n
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964-09-25
Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen (golden scarab) awards, it was edited and developed that nig
Through a Glass Darkly
1961-10-16
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her famil
Shame
1968-09-29
In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on
Here Is Your Life
1966-12-26
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and rom
Autumn Sonata
1978-10-08
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva.
Peggy på vift
1946-06-08
Frank Bing is a big artist in the USA and arrives home in his native Sweden with his secretary Ada.
The Magician
1958-12-26
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scruti
Face to Face
1976-04-05
A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distr
Winter Light
1963-02-11
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Minns ni?
1993-10-24
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170
A Lesson in Love
1954-10-04
After fifteen years of marriage and mutual infidelity, a couple on the brink of divorce unexpectedly
June Night
1940-04-03
A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her d
The Rite
1969-03-25
Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner
The Devil's Eye
1960-10-17
Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission: to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure we
Father Bom
1949-12-19
Fabian Bom, auctionist in a small town, one day finds a baby boy in a small crib that is for sale at
The Pleasure Garden
1961-12-26
A small picturesque town at the turn of the century. The conservative views of the townspeople are s
Sawdust and Tinsel
1953-09-14
A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and hi
Music in Darkness
1948-01-17
A blind, upper-class pianist falls in love with a young servant.
Torment
1944-10-02
Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha i
Gabrielle
1954-12-26
While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer a
Waiting Women
1952-11-03
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in
Flyg-Bom
1952-12-22
The meticulous Fabin Bom is called up for military service in the airforce.
The Girl from the Third Row
1949-08-29
A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to
Hjältar i gult och blått
1940-02-16
The tailor Tosse is ordered to return to his old regiment to practice what he learned many years ago
Barna Hedenhös
1961-01-01
The inland ice has advanced a bit in Sweden, and animals and people are migrating down from Europe.
Sadist
1966-06-27
The plot revolves around a sadistic doctor, a macabre gravedigger, an innocent girl, sabotage, sex a
It Rains on Our Love
1946-11-09
A young couple, penniless, break into a summer cottage; the owner offers to rent to them but he has
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984-09-16
Shot during the making of Fanny and Alexander, this feature-length documentary presents extended beh
Dreams
1955-08-22
Two women—a fashion executive and her young model—experience parallel romantic disappointments durin
En svensk tiger
1948-05-18
Johan Tiger is an actor in Stockholm during World War II. A British agent in Sweden discovers that J
Säg det med blommor
1952-01-28
Kirre buys a flower for his fiancee Gun on the anniversary of their engagement. Gun's mother, an ill
Swinging at the Castle
1959-03-08
Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.
New Order at Sjogarda
1944-10-21
Major Grasser lives on his estate with his twin daughters Britta and Stina. Stina is studying at the
Playing Truant
1949-08-15
High school student Margareta fall head over heels in love with a young doctor and announce her enga
Tull-Bom
1951-06-25
Bureacratic customs officer searching for a missing girl.
General von Döbeln
1942-10-26
1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln
Loving Couples
1964-12-20
As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the
Tabu
1977-01-28
Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a you
The Girls
1968-09-16
As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending
Private Bom
1948-12-10
The station-master Fabian Bom is a very meticulous person, and he makes sure that the trains leaves
Karl för sin hatt
1940-08-23
Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.
Jag dräpte
1943-10-26
"I Slew" - Hospital drama of a doctor who thinks that he killed a patient on the operating table.
Caged Women
1947-11-18
Cecilia is in hospital after being subjected to an attempt on her life. Her husband is called to the
Miss April
1958-06-08
The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her
The Nuthouse
1951-09-21
In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from the
Kristin Commands
1946-09-02
Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesita
While the Door Was Locked
1946-12-26
The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events
Seventh Heaven
1956-06-11
"Seventh Heaven" - Famous radio personality Willy Lorens has a big success with the radio series "Se
The White Cat
1950-12-25
A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has
Summer Place Wanted
1957-12-20
Married couple have romantic interludes in the summer, she at their summer cottage, him in the apart
Snapphanar
1941-12-26
In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer an
Charlotte Löwensköld
1979-10-30
1830 Värmland, Sweden. Master Karl Arthur Ekenstedt comes to aid the Minister at Crosss Church. He f
My Sister My Love
1966-02-28
Sweden, 1782. Jacob, a young noble, somewhat wild and vehement, returns from his studies in France.
Nationalmonumentet
1977-10-19
The sculptor Erik Some gets commissioned to create a national monument. His sculpture gets rejected
You Are My Adventure
1958-03-24
Two journalists marry but the husband grows unhappy when he is left to take care of their child and
The Ghost Reporter
1941-08-09
Augustus Blomkvist sells his sausage factory and buys the newspaper Stockholms-Posten where he start
Stimulantia
1967-03-28
Eight vignettes on a variety of topics, including a baby growing up, Charlie Chaplin, Birgit Nilsson
Stjärnbilder
1995-09-10
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and con
Little Martin Returns
1948-08-14
Sture Letterström and Kurre Svensson take on the task of rescuing a secret document during World War
Pygmalion
1968-06-02
Can Professor Higgins teach a working-class flower girl to speak like a duchess?
Henpecked
1967-09-25
An engineer and an actor, two extremely similar men, change their identity with each other.
The Red Mantle
1967-01-16
Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing of his father, Hagbard calms down
Mot nya tider
1939-11-06
A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the
Everybody at His Station
1940-11-06
Swedish comedy from 1940. Kurre Karlsson, a simple man of the people, will be called up for military
It Is Never Too Late
1956-03-17
Görel and Arne are about to get a divorce. Görel thinks back on how history has repeated itself with
Night Light
1957-10-14
Sixteen year old Maria arrives in Stockholm. She is going to stay with her aunt. Already at the Cent
The Dress
1964-10-05
Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made f
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
1963-01-27
The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to B
Uppsagd
1934-03-19
Björn Kraft is an office clerk and one day his boss installs a new accounting machine that can do th
One Fiancé at a Time
1952-05-04
Lilian is engaged to engineer Arne. To make him more interested in her, she meets a few other men.
Krigsmans erinran
1947-08-15
Jocke gets leave from the military to travel home to get married.
Mitt folk är icke ditt
1944-06-19
The Nazis seize power and occupies a country. A celebrated pianist returns home from abroad during t
Skorpan
1956-12-19
Skorpan acts in a pick pocket show at the local amusement park.
Mälarpirater
1959-12-26
Three boys "borrow" a sailboat and sail away for a summer adventure on Lake Mälaren.
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
1969-08-29
A quirky, but happily in love young Italian couple fall in with an older, but distinctly reserved Sw
Bergslagsfolk
1937-10-25
A mining engineer comes to the quiet village of Nimansberg in Bergslagen and tries to persuade the f
En äventyrare
1942-09-11
A free fantasy about the Swedish poet and adventurer Lars Wivallius.
Daddy Wanted
1947-06-01
Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist, Lydia.
Tunneln
1969-02-09
"The Tunnel" - an expressionistic scene in the presence of personal tragedy and an accident. Two men
Klackarna i taket
1952-06-09
A collection of funny scenes from Swedish comedies.
Seger i mörker
1954-09-16
The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Sweden's greatest inventors.
Crime in Paradise
1959-09-07
While four men blow up a safe, a night watchman is accidentally killed. They get away with the loot.
The Glass Mountain
1953-12-26
The successful glass artist Stellan Sylvester ends up in the hospital after a car accident. He looks
Each to His Own Way
1948-02-16
A drama about a doctor and his wife. She used to be an actress, but became a housewife when she marr
Heaven and Pancakes
1959-11-02
Sequel to Sjunde himlen (1956). Dr. Lovisa Sundelius (Sickan Carlsson) and radio host Willy Lorens (
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
1947-09-17
When Inga Brantemo goes on a business trip to Italy, her husband Bertil gets romantically involved w
We Three Debutantes
1953-09-07
Three young poets are about to make their debuts.
My Heart and Its Millions
1931-11-06
Franck Crighton is a millionaire who is fed up with his hectic life. To have a bit of peace and quie
My Sister and I
1950-01-26
The rich, aristocratic Katarina Hassel have an architect renovate her mansion. Katarina fall in love
We Two
1939-03-16
Architect Sture Ahrengren walks out of his job with an architecture firm with the support of his wif
Stampen
1955-02-28
Pawnshop assistant Patrick and maid Viveka meet by chance and become fond of each other, but none of
Natt i hamn
1943-09-27
Early 1940s, during WW2, pitch black waters except for a moon-shadow over the waves. Surrounded by m
Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
1952-12-26
A man and a woman are cheated on by their respective partners and decide to get their revenge.
The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
1947-03-24
The police is looking for a female burglar all dressed in white.
The lift that went down into hell
1969-02-09
A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter show
Lockfågeln
1971-11-24
On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to kill ki
My Love Is Like a Rose
1963-12-26
A middle aged doctor begins a relationship with a teenage girl. His best friend is dating the girls
Midwinter Sacrifice
1946-05-25
A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.
Sussie
1945-08-13
A self centered author are having a word feud in a news paper column with a journalist called Sussie
The Farewell
1982-04-08
Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repre
Gustav III
1974-04-08
Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's.
You Who Are About to Enter
1945-11-02
Tomas Eckert, a civil servant, is subjected to a violated woman's revenge. It happens to be his boss
Flottans glada gossar
1954-02-16
When Ludvig Ekman is ordered to do his military rehearsals course, he sends one of his employees, La
National match
1932-03-29
Erik Andersson marries Brita Blomstedt. During the wedding party he drinks alcohol which he is not u
The Quartet That Split Up
1950-12-26
A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the s
Här kommer vi ...
1947-10-18
The actor Robert Berg is just about to get his dream role on the big stage in Stockholm when he gets
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968-04-14
Produced in 1968 for New York's WNET public television station and filmed by Gunnar Fischer, host Le
Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung
1968-10-28
"Dad, why are you angry? You did the same yourself when you were young." - The Swedish army is too e
The Marriage Wrestler
1964-12-16
Stockholm 1912. Site for the Olympic Games. Love entanglements and eroticism at hotel Eros.
Lev farligt
1944-04-03
Iben Holt, a rich bohemian, lives in an occupied country. On his way home from a party he hears an e
The Ghost Sonata
1972-10-30
The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitan
Incorrigible
1946-09-30
Olga Sundbom is divorced and has custody of her spoiled son Krister. The lack of upbringing has made
Panik
1939-03-06
About the conspiracy against the Swedish entrepeneur Ivar Kreuger. Presented through his secretary a
Lyckodrömmen
1963-07-08
The Karlsson family moves from a small village to a suburb outside Stockholm. The change from a coun
Kyssen på kryssen
1950-12-16
Lasse Brenner is a serious filmmaker (spoof on Ingmar Bergman) who is forced to direct a lighthearte
Appassionata
1944-02-02
A classic melodrama about the famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.
Dance, My Doll
1953-07-20
In a small town called Skrabbarp in Southern Sweden lives the school teacher Sebastian Pettersson, a
Fianceé for Hire
1950-08-28
A secretary transforms their defunct legal agency into a service where you can get anything, from ch
His Life's Match
1932-01-18
Gunnar Gawell is mason on a building but also a very good football player. He gets a chance to play
Pistolen
1973-10-23
The adventures of an elderly aristocrat as she reluctantly becomes used to changes in society.
Vi som går scenvägen
1938-02-12
Tage breaks up with his girlfriend Dora when he falls in love with the ballet dancer Maud.
Hennes melodi
1940-06-02
Sonja meet Curt in a taxi cab. By mistake, each believes that the other is a rich member of the uppe
Möte med livet
1953-11-23
Gun and Robert are in love, but both are unfaithful during Robert's military service. For Gun, this
The Making of Autumn Sonata
This behind-the-scenes documentary follows the production of Autumn Sonata, capturing rehearsals, fi
Ship Ahoy!
1931-12-26
In the Swedish small town Kungshamn the journalist Fridolf Svensson writes for the local newspaper A
Trygghet och trivsel
1942-04-15
A film about industrial occupational safety.
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
1957-01-01
A short documentary capturing behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Wild Strawberries, of