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– The number of cinemas in Sweden has risen by one-third since 1930, while total seating capacity has increased by 50%. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– An agreement is reached between the Swedish Cinema Owners Association and Swedish film producers to prevent Swedish films being released to cinemas opened without the Association’s approval. As a result, very few new cinemas are opened over the next thirteen years. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Alf Sjoberg’s Hets (Torment) is released. The film stars Stig Jarrel, Alf Kjellin and Mai Zetterling, and the screenplay is written by 26-year-old Ingmar Bergman. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Kris (Ingmar Bergman) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Gustav Molander’s Kvinna utan Ansikte (Woman Without a Face), starring Alf Kjellen and Anita Björk, is released. The script was written by Ingmar Bergman. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– An unexpected increase in entertainment tax badly affects the country’s small cinemas. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1949 | ||||
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– Ingmar Bergman’s Torst (Thirst), starring Eva Henning and Birger Malmsten, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The premiere of Ingmar Bergman's Till Gladje (To Joy) is held in Stockholm. The film stars Maj-Britt Nilsson, Stig Olin, Victor Sjöström. Erland Josephson has an early minor role. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1951 | ||||
| 26/12 - | Gustaf Molander’s Frånskild (Divorced) is released. The film stars Inga Tidblad and Alf Kjellin, and is based on an idea by Ingmar Bergman. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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Ingmar Bergman’s Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika) is released. Harriet Andersson and Lars Ekborg star as a young couple enjoying an idyllic affair during a summer holiday. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ingmar Bergman's Gycklarnas Afton (Sawdust and Tinsel) is released. After the somewhat lighter atmosphere of his Sommaren med Monika, this marks a return to more gloomy fare from Bergman as Ake Gröberg and Harriet Andersson star in a tale set in a rundown travelling circus. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– CinemaScope comes to Sweden when The Robe is shown at the Rigoletto Cinema. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ingmar Bergman's comedy, En Lektion i kärlek (Lesson in Love), starring Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – The embargo on the opening of new cinemas is lifted. [MORE] [ADD} | ||||
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Sweden 1955: Other Films of Note |
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Sommarnattens leende (Smiles of a Summer Night) (Ingmar Bergman) [MORE] [ADD} |
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Det Sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal), Ingmar Bergman’s seventeenth film, is released. Filmed in 35 days, the film stars Max von Sydow and Bengt Ekerot. [MORE] [ADD] |
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78-year-old director Victor Sjöström plays the leading role in Ingmar Bergman’s Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) opposite Ingrid Thulin, who plays his daughter-in-law and travelling companion on a journey from Stockholm to Lund. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ingmar Bergman's Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring) starring Max von Sydow is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sweden 1960: Other Films of Note |
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Djävulens öga (The Devil’s Eye) (Ingmar Bergman) [MORE] [ADD] |