Tabu

Tabu 1977

5.00

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.

1977

A Swedish Love Story

A Swedish Love Story 1970

7.10

The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about anything but themselves and seem totally unaware about everything that surrounds them.

1970

Elvira Madigan

Elvira Madigan 1967

6.80

Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside—only to see their lovers’ idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation.

1967

Who Pulled the Plug?

Who Pulled the Plug? 1981

5.60

To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

1981

The War Is Over

The War Is Over 1966

6.40

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrade to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.

1966

The Call-up

The Call-up 1979

5.70

It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

1979

While the Door Was Locked

While the Door Was Locked 1946

6.40

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

1946

Jack

Jack 1976

6.00

Jack spends his days smoking pot, drinking and hitting on girls together with his friends. As opposed to his friends, Jack actually knows what he wants to do with his life, he wants be an author. After a long summer together with his friends Jack finally has an idea for his first book...

1976

Montenegro

Montenegro 1981

6.40

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.

1981

One-Week Bachelors

One-Week Bachelors 1982

4.60

Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gary makes a mess of everything and can't avoid Lasse.

1982

Assault and Battery

Assault and Battery 1969

6.40

The rebellious socialist Knut is subjected to a mental evaluation after he assaults a stranger on the street. Psychologist looking track Knuts aggression in childhood experiences while Knut himself sees them as a natural reaction to the class society's oppression.

1969

Sängkammartjuven

Sängkammartjuven 1959

4.70

Rich socialite must deny persistent rumours that she has an affair with a poor author.

1959

Teresa Venerdì

Teresa Venerdì 1941

6.60

A comedy of errors where floundering pediatrician Pietro takes a job as an orphanage health inspector to pay for the debts of his high-spending girlfriend Loletta, only to end up mistakenly engaged with Lilli, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and pursued by lovestruck 18-year-old orphan Teresa Venerdì.

1941

Raven's End

Raven's End 1963

7.00

In 1936 Sweden, a teenager drifts through life in his small town, hoping that a novel about the neighborhood he grew up and lives in will reverse the fortunes of his family.

1963

Miss April

Miss April 1958

7.20

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.

1958

Misfire

Misfire 1978

6.00

A major routine explosion is to be carried out at a power plant, but it does not work properly.

1978

...som en tjuv om natten

...som en tjuv om natten 1940

5.00

Nisse Ekberg is in San Francisco but wants to get back to Sweden. Not being a completely honest guy, he gets mixed up with another person and assumes his identity.

1940

Prinsessan

Prinsessan 1966

1

The journalist Gunnar meets the cancer-patient Seija and love arises. Seija has only a short time left to live. The doctors advice her not to become pregnant, because radiotherapy could harm the fetus. She interrupts the radiotherapy and give later birth a healthy child. Meanwhile, it turns out that pregnancy has cured her cancer.

1966

Sköna juveler

Sköna juveler 1984

2.00

In a dystopian future two private detectives try to find a stolen bracelet.

1984