Mikael Persbrandt
Mikael Åke Persbrandt, born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the Beck series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Award-winning feature, In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier. His performance earned him a 2011 European Film Award nomination for Best Actor. Other parts include the role of Carl Hamilton from the novels by Jan Guillou, Beorn in The Hobbit, as well as Jakob Nyman in the English TV series Sex Education.
He has performed onstage with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and in numerous film and TV roles. Persbrandt is well known for his role as the hardboiled police inspector Gunvald Larsson, in the Beck series of films. He won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a leading role twice, the first in 2009 for Everlasting Moments and the second in 2014 for Nobody Owns Me. In 2015, Persbrandt reported that he would quit starring in his popular role of Gunvald Larsson. In 2019, Persbrandt began playing Jakob Nyman in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education. He was a leading actor in the film The Salvation.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.5224 |
| Birthday | 1963-09-25 |
| Place of Birth | Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige |
| Also Known As | میکائیل پرشبرانت, |
2023
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
6.31/42
Set in Cold War in 1961, follows the story of diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld, who boards a plane in a desperate attempt to negotiate a ceasef...
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Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
2006
One Way
5.576/66
To cover up his infidelities and protect his upcoming marriage, a star advertiser helps free an accused rapist by giving a false alibi and suffers the...
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One Way
1998
Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
6.7/37
A serial killer that decapitates people is on the loose in the Stockholm subway. Martin Beck and his colleagues try to catch the killer, while the pan...
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Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
2003
At Point Blank
5.2/22
A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detecti...
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At Point Blank
2008
The Kautokeino Rebellion
6.097/36
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
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The Kautokeino Rebellion
1999
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
5.75/40
Frank leads a respectable yuppie life working at a noted Stockholm law firm. He has also been married for eight years to his beautiful wife Nenne, who...
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Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
2004
Day and Night
6.409/22
Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody underst...
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Day and Night
2010
In a Better World
7.147/465
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in...
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In a Better World
2006
The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
4.5/2
Harry is a pickpocket, torn between two beloved women, one of them the cop who arrested him, the other the ghost of his dead wife. Is Harry ready for...
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The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
2008
Everlasting Moments
7.266/79
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters...
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Everlasting Moments
2007
Gangster
2.1/11
Antonio Moro works for gangster boss Thomas Ståhl. He lives happily with his girlfriend Tanya who is expecting their child. Antonio's future looks bri...
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Gangster
2007
Solstorm
5.313/32
While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-la...
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Solstorm
2006
No Tears
0/0
Magnus is a photographer specializing in family portraits. When he plans for his mother’s 75th birthday he discovers family secrets that will change h...
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No Tears
1997
Beneath the Surface
8/6
23-year old Sandra has been doing drugs for many years and has realized that she is in need of some kind of treatment. At the clinic she is told that...
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Beneath the Surface
1998
The Last Contract
5.8/18
Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister...
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The Last Contract
2005
Double Shift
4.667/3
Jonas has promised to take time off work to take care of his baby daughter so that his fiancé can go back to work. The problem is that his company, a...
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Double Shift
2011
Somewhere Else
5/1
Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like people in general. When a highly improbable and catastr...
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Somewhere Else
2012
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
6.058/138
Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudde...
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Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
1997
9 millimeter
4.353/17
The suburb that is a society within a society, a place where young guys do anything for respect.
A place where criminality and violence is a part of...
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9 millimeter
2004
Three Suns
3.6/7
An epic drama set in the 14th century. Hanna leaves her family to meet her husband after 4 years spent in the East during a long war. Hanna will find...
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Three Suns
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7.584/14417
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2008
Heaven's Heart
5.364/11
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
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Heaven's Heart
2002
Everyone Loves Alice
5.8/10
A love triangle between a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's everyday lives, it creates a pressure wave...
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Everyone Loves Alice
2005
Bang Bang Orangutang
5.375/8
An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...
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Bang Bang Orangutang
2011
Stockholm East
5.446/28
Stockholm East is the love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and relationships. Whe...
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Stockholm East
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
7.34/15590
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2004
Playing with Fire
0/0
A comedy about idleness, jealousy and passion. It all takes place in a seaside resort, one morning just before breakfast.
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Playing with Fire
2007
Beck 22 - The Weak Link
5.6/27
A teenage girl is found by her parents brutally raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and his team to catch the criminal.
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Beck 22 - The Weak Link
1999
Deadly Drift
5.143/7
A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill....
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Deadly Drift
2012
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
5.8/82
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the...
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Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012
The Hypnotist
5.6/195
After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a ps...
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The Hypnotist
2001
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
6.6/35
Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his...
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Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2010
Beck 26 - Buried Alive
6.2/29
In a playground in the centre of the urban idyll, the police find a buried wooden box containing a famous and well-respected prosecutor. Martin Beck a...
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Beck 26 - Buried Alive
2002
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
6.6/35
A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Lar...
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Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2006
Beck 17 - The Scorpion
6/30
An abused woman is feverishly sought by police in the murder of her ex-husband but is being hidden by abused woman-advocates. At the same time, Gunval...
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Beck 17 - The Scorpion
2009
Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
5.7/24
When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead wo...
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Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
2003
Now
5.5/20
A man and a woman meet in 1960. They marry because that's what you are supposed to do. But something goes wrong on their wedding night. They have no i...
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Now
2013
Nobody Owns Me
6.7/34
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betray...
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Nobody Owns Me
1998
Hela härligheten
7/2
Torsten William Olsson is a 43-year-old teacher, living in a small town. He has never had a woman and is desperate for a romance. When he starts fanta...
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Hela härligheten
2000
Gossip
3.846/13
A Hollywood producer auditions ten Swedish actresses for the title role in a big-budget remake of Greta Garbo's classic Queen Christina.
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Gossip
1995
Between Summers
5/7
Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially...
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Between Summers
2005
Lovisa och Carl Michael
5.333/3
Bellman and his wife Lovisa live in a loving marriage, but in extreme poverty. They struggle to keep the family together and Lovisa tries to persuade...
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Lovisa och Carl Michael
1997
Nature's Warrior
5.4/5
13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protect...
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Nature's Warrior
2014
Someone You Love
5.31/29
Someone You Love is a story about world famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob who lives in Los Angeles. He is a successful man with a lot of burned br...
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Someone You Love
2007
Beck 24 - In the Name of God
5.7/31
A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.
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Beck 24 - In the Name of God
2007
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
5.5/31
After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murd...
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Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
1997
Beck - The Man with the Icons
5.6/42
Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian i...
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Beck - The Man with the Icons
2014
The Salvation
6.483/971
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow tow...
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The Salvation
2015
Beck 28 - The Family
5.7/30
When a well-known crime boss is murdered by a sniper in front of his family, Beck and his team are challenged to discover which one of his many enemie...
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Beck 28 - The Family
2015
Beck 27 - Room 302
6/37
The body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room. It appears that she has been strangled after a night partying with two young men, but th...
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Beck 27 - Room 302
2002
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
5.9/31
Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and Alice Levander investigate the mysterious murder of an accountant that was found shot to death at the airport parking...
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Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2007
Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
6.6/32
Two young girls are killed on railway by a passing train. It does not seem to fit the profile of a normal suicide. So if this is a double homicide who...
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Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
2006
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
6.1/28
A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?
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Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2007
Beck 19 - The Vulture
5.5/28
Swedish politician John Veden vanishes without a trace. There's no hint he's dead yet but Beck's team gets the case due to Police Chief Oberg's friend...
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Beck 19 - The Vulture
2007
Beck 20 - The Lawyer
5.9/30
The murder of a prominent attorney is connected to one of his recent cases, in which a company was being sued for serious environmental damage. Martin...
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Beck 20 - The Lawyer
2002
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
6.3/32
Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..
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Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2001
Beck 11 - The Cartel
5.6/33
It's a dark night in Stockholm. A chef is murdered in his own kitchen and Martin Beck gets on the case.
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Beck 11 - The Cartel
2002
Beck 12 - The Loner
6/37
An Asian woman is found dead in the water of Stockholm's archipelago. She has been murdered and everything indicates that she was a prostitute. Meanwh...
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Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
6.1/41
A man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and hi...
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Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2001
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
5.8/34
A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the...
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Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
1998
Beck 06 - The Monster
5.6/37
A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until...
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Beck 06 - The Monster
1998
Beck 07 - The Money Man
6.2/32
A gay police officer's double life is paid by Becks archenemy, Gavling. A man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return have the homosexual police, b...
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Beck 07 - The Money Man
1998
Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
5.6/34
Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sw...
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Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
1998
Beck 03 - White Nights
6.3/38
When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down...
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Beck 03 - White Nights
1998
Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
6/42
In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the vic...
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Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
2001
Dragonflies
4.382/17
Eddie and Maria enjoy an idyllic life in their remote countryside farmhouse. But their happiness is threatened by the arrival of Kullmann, an old frie...
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Dragonflies
2016
Alone in Berlin
6.711/406
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with...
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Alone in Berlin
2015
Beck 29 - Invasion
4.9/28
The bodies of two buried men are found and despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered they discover new evid...
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Beck 29 - Invasion
2006
Search
4.5/4
Woman, 38, no children no husband! Lisa wants a change of life. She starts internetdating, but it turns out that the more men she meets, the further f...
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2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
0/0
Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script t...
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Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2015
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
5.1/23
An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm and it turns out that she suffered from an incurable disease. Her son refuses to believe that it was...
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Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
1996
Ellinors bröllop
7/2
Peter and his friend Göran are both students, aged 21. Eight years ago Peter had a girlfriend, Ellinor, whom he has not seen since. One day he gets an...
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Ellinors bröllop
2016
Beck 31 - Gunvald
5.593/27
An investigative journalist is found beaten to death in his home, where the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector are also found. The mu...
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Beck 31 - Gunvald
1997
Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
6.3/41
A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. Al...
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Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
2016
The Siege of Jadotville
7.103/954
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
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The Siege of Jadotville
2025
Odyssey
5.8/10
Natasha Flynn, a coke-fueled London estate agent, hides her crumbling life behind luxury. When loan sharks offer cash to hide a kidnapped agent, she's...
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Odyssey
2004
Den starkare
8/1
Two friends meet at a café. The silent unmarried Mr Y and the outspoken married Mr X. When Mr X realises that Mr Y was his rival for his wife's love t...
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Den starkare
2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
6.558/6130
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Ar...
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2018
The Cake General
5.948/48
Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
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The Cake General
2018
X&Y
5.955/22
An artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together, in the context of a feature film, to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They...
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X&Y
1998
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
10/1
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger (Swedish: 102 år i hjärtat av Europa) is a Swedish documentary film from 1998 directed by...
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102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
1994
Cop Killer
5.8/30
A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects...
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Cop Killer
1999
Fatimas tredje hemlighet
4.667/3
- Now I will read some poetry for you all. The conditions are as follows: If during my reading I notice the least sign of disinterest, a yawn or a cou...
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Fatimas tredje hemlighet
2007
Wonderful and Loved by All
5.8/6
Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order t...
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Wonderful and Loved by All
1990
Nigger
6/3
Nigger is a dark comedy about a young couple who are going to be parents. When the child comes, there's a surprise.
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Nigger
2006
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
0/0
Documentary about the play Miss Julie and dramatist August Strindberg
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Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
7.388/40
The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and...
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Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
6.162/1543
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web...
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
2003
Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
6.5/2
Gunnar Govin is making a home movie about the Sweden of today.
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Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
6.404/1596
Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bo...
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2007
One Eye Red
5.35/10
Halim has seen through it all. He has seen through the Integration plan a secret conspiracy that tries to turn all immigrants into Swedes. Unfortunate...
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One Eye Red
2021
Till Sun Rises
4.8/9
Peder runs into his ex-girlfriend Hanna one day. They're happily married with new partners but although many years has passed Peder and Hanna are stil...
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Till Sun Rises
2024
Beck - bakom kulisserna
0/0
In the documentary Beck: Behind the Scenes we get an exclusive insight into the production of the latest Beck films (51 and 52). Here we are taken on...
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Beck - bakom kulisserna
2019
Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
0/0
Internet comedian Carl Déman from the humor group JLC lived a life that looked glorious. But beneath the surface was a terrible gambling addiction tha...
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Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
2016
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
5/1
The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in s...
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Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2026
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
0/0
She has been on stage for over sixty years and has played all the great female roles. Now she is working on a new play, but at the same time she is fa...
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Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
2026
Back For Blood
0/0
Follow a new station detective who tries to solve the case of a killer who after many years is back for blood.
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