John Ekman

Stig and Marta are a young married couple who play together in the same Swedish orchestra. He is ambitious and idealistic, but she is more somber and contemplative (imdb)

It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, the one that picks up the souls of the dead... David Holm, one of the three drunkards, dies at the last stroke of midnight... (imdb)

A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains. (imdb)

Sea Vultures (Havsgamar) is situated on a barren island, where one of the inhabitants, a well-respected, seemingly incorruptible man, leads a double life as a smuggler. One night, he and his adult son, filling their ship with contraband, are caught by a customs officer, who dies during the ensuing struggle. The two men decide to dump his body and sink his boat. Unbeknownst to them is the presence of Anton, their youngest son/brother, a simpleton who has witnessed everything. (150 Words, Give or Take)

The Gardener is a 1912 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is mostly known for being the first film to ever be banned by the Swedish censor system.

Death Ride Under the Circus Dome. The film premiered on August 12 1912 in Phoenix cinema in Stockholm . The film was long considered completely lost, but during a visit to George Eastman House, Rochester , USA, identified Gösta Werner in its archives a copy of the film. The film was shot with two different endings, a sad and a happy ending. (youtube.com)

"The Ingmar Inheritance". The story of a group of farmers who choose to leave their homes and follow the preacher Helgum to the Holy Land. (youtube.com)

French silent star Gina Manès played a femme fatale in Gustaf Molander's film "Synd" (The Sin), based on August Strindberg's Brott och brott (Crime and crime). (youtube.com)

A Swedish feature film based on a novel by Fritiof Nilsson Piraten.

Sigge and Putte has moved to a private school, where they fight and get up to mischief.

Olof is the restless son of a wealthy farmer. He meets Annikki and brings her to the evening dance. But at the dance he abandons Anniki for another girl, the maid Elli. Later that evening, the couple is surprised by Olof's mother. The next day, his father is angry about Olof being with a simple maid. After a violent quarrel Olof hits his father and therefore must leave his home. (imdb)

A gypsy is cursed by her father, so that she has to deny her illegitimate son in order for him to have a successful life. She gives him to a well-to-do lady who has lost her own child.

It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death... (imdb)

Young Patrik Bergman returns to Stockholm, which, in mysterious circumstances, he suddenly left a couple of years earlier. Nothing could be proved, but the departure was made at the same time an unsolved bank robbery happened.

The story of a man who makes a great sacrifice for his country and for his son. Based on the play of the same title by Tor Hedberg.

The lazy Björn Norell is fired by art-dealer Kronberg because of his lack of initiative. To get another chance, Björn promise to get hold of a valuable Buddha figure. By the help of some energy pills he begins his pursuit and regains his self-confidence and even wins the art-dealers daughter Ulla over. (imdb)

The Baron of Rogershus will celebrate his 65th birthday. He decides to write his will and publish it on the birthday. (imdb)

Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man. (imdb)

Theatre director Freddy Alsterberg has failed with his latest operetta. He decides to work his way over the Atlantic. His niece Tusse also stows away on the ship disguised as a boy. (imdb)

The dressmaker Annemarie and the upcoming businessman Victor falls in love. But Annmaries simple background is not good enough according to Victors family.

Two brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat. (imdb)

An unemployed man encounters trouble when he tries to find a way to help his sick wife.