Kjell Sundvall

Kjell Sundvall was born on March 31, 1953 in Älvsbyn, Norrbottens län, Sweden as Kjell Gösta Sundvall. He is a director and writer, known for Jägarna (1996), Den sista kontrakten (1998) and Grabben i graven bredvid (2002). He was previously married to Ann Sundvall.

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The Last Contract (1998)

Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Michael Kitchen  •  Pernilla August  •  Reine Brynolfsson

Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Michael Kitchen  •  Pernilla August  •  Reine Brynolfsson

The Hunters (1996)

A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Rolf Lassgård  •  Lennart Jähkel  •  Jarmo Mäkinen  •  Helena Bergström

A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Rolf Lassgård  •  Lennart Jähkel  •  Jarmo Mäkinen  •  Helena Bergström

In Bed With Santa (1999)

In Bed with Santa (Swedish: Tomten är far till alla barnen) is a 1999 Swedish comedy film directed by Kjell Sundvall. A German remake was made under the tiltle Meine schöne Bescherung.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Katarina Ewerlöf  •  Alexandra Dahlström  •  Dan Ekborg

In Bed with Santa (Swedish: Tomten är far till alla barnen) is a 1999 Swedish comedy film directed by Kjell Sundvall. A German remake was made under the tiltle Meine schöne Bescherung.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Katarina Ewerlöf  •  Alexandra Dahlström  •  Dan Ekborg

Restauranten (1978)

Janne, 24, gets a job as dishwasher at a restaurant in Stockholm. He meets a number of people with repressed feelings and amazing dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Göran Ekstrand  •  Gustav Bartfay  •  Arja Saijonmaa  •  Axel Düberg

Janne, 24, gets a job as dishwasher at a restaurant in Stockholm. He meets a number of people with repressed feelings and amazing dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Göran Ekstrand  •  Gustav Bartfay  •  Arja Saijonmaa  •  Axel Düberg

In the Name of the Law (1986)

A group of four policemen is known for cruising the streets of Stockholm in their van, looking for drunks or criminals they can beat up with their batons. Lately witnesses saw them pick up a drunk who later was found dead. The four policemen deny any knowledge. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Sven Wollter  •  Anita Wall  •  Ernst Günther  •  Stefan Sauk

A group of four policemen is known for cruising the streets of Stockholm in their van, looking for drunks or criminals they can beat up with their batons. Lately witnesses saw them pick up a drunk who later was found dead. The four policemen deny any knowledge. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Sven Wollter  •  Anita Wall  •  Ernst Günther  •  Stefan Sauk

Husbonden (1989)

Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His master is a pirate who, together with his two daughters, live on killing shipwrecked sailors and stealing their cargo. Eventually, Charlie begins to question the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anton Glanzelius  •  Sven Wollter  •  Helena Bergström  •  Katarina Ewerlöf

Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His master is a pirate who, together with his two daughters, live on killing shipwrecked sailors and stealing their cargo. Eventually, Charlie begins to question the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anton Glanzelius  •  Sven Wollter  •  Helena Bergström  •  Katarina Ewerlöf

Anyway, He's Definitely Dead (2000)

Two men meet in a detached house in the Stockholm archipelago to write a play, hunt roe dear and relax in a sauna. But a tabloid got a news story about the authors and sends a journalist to take photographs and bug their conversations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Dan Ekborg  •  Leif Andrée  •  Gerd Hegnell

Two men meet in a detached house in the Stockholm archipelago to write a play, hunt roe dear and relax in a sauna. But a tabloid got a news story about the authors and sends a journalist to take photographs and bug their conversations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Dan Ekborg  •  Leif Andrée  •  Gerd Hegnell

The Threat (2004)

A programmer who's working with the secret EWS computer system at a military air force base is threaten by foreign agents, along with his family. His only chance of rescue seems to be the war veteran Haglund who is a leader of a special taskforce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Shanti Roney  •  Maria Bonnevie  •  Stefan Sauk  •  Dejan Čukić

A programmer who's working with the secret EWS computer system at a military air force base is threaten by foreign agents, along with his family. His only chance of rescue seems to be the war veteran Haglund who is a leader of a special taskforce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Shanti Roney  •  Maria Bonnevie  •  Stefan Sauk  •  Dejan Čukić

Night of the Wolf (2008)

During a live broadcast of a talk show on a TV channel, a group of armed Chechen terrorists take several hostages. The terrorists demand the hostage drama is transmitted live worldwide. Meanwhile, behind the scene, the police negotiator and a special police unit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anneke von der Lippe  •  Dejan Čukić  •  Christian Skolmen  •  Ingar Helge Gimle

During a live broadcast of a talk show on a TV channel, a group of armed Chechen terrorists take several hostages. The terrorists demand the hostage drama is transmitted live worldwide. Meanwhile, behind the scene, the police negotiator and a special police unit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anneke von der Lippe  •  Dejan Čukić  •  Christian Skolmen  •  Ingar Helge Gimle

The Karlsson Brothers (2010)

The Karlsson Brothers is a "confusion" comedy about two identical-twin brothers, each initially unaware of the other's existence. One brother is a successful, perfectionist lawyer living in Stockholm. The other brother lives in the North of Sweden with a wife and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Björn Bengtsson  •  Tuva Novotny  •  Jessica Zandén  •  Vanna Rosenberg

The Karlsson Brothers is a "confusion" comedy about two identical-twin brothers, each initially unaware of the other's existence. One brother is a successful, perfectionist lawyer living in Stockholm. The other brother lives in the North of Sweden with a wife and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Björn Bengtsson  •  Tuva Novotny  •  Jessica Zandén  •  Vanna Rosenberg

Dom unga örnarna (1982)

Five men with roots in a political youth organization reunite after 30 years for a collective manifestation/celebration march through the forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Kent Andersson  •  Ingvar Hirdwall  •  Iwar Wiklander  •  Niels Dybeck

Five men with roots in a political youth organization reunite after 30 years for a collective manifestation/celebration march through the forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Kent Andersson  •  Ingvar Hirdwall  •  Iwar Wiklander  •  Niels Dybeck

Lyckans ost (1983)

Göte is in his forties and socially inhibited by an over-protective mother. When she dies he is forced to discover the real world. His employer trust him with a large sum of money intended for the company's workers up north. On the way he meets two prostitutes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anders Åberg  •  Suzanne Reuter  •  Tommy Johnson  •  Ulf Brunnberg

Göte is in his forties and socially inhibited by an over-protective mother. When she dies he is forced to discover the real world. His employer trust him with a large sum of money intended for the company's workers up north. On the way he meets two prostitutes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anders Åberg  •  Suzanne Reuter  •  Tommy Johnson  •  Ulf Brunnberg

Wonderful and Loved by All (2007)

Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order to jump-start her life she decides to lie a bit on her next job application with unexpected consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannes Holm
CAST:  Martina Haag  •  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Ellen Jelinek  •  Reine Brynolfsson

Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order to jump-start her life she decides to lie a bit on her next job application with unexpected consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannes Holm
CAST:  Martina Haag  •  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Ellen Jelinek  •  Reine Brynolfsson

Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret (1980)

The Backlund family is going on a caravanning holiday. According to the father Gösta it is the best way to see Sweden. The son Johan does not want to do anything but bathing and the daugther Lotta don't even want to come along. You get to see the Backlunds in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Rolf Skoglund  •  Claire Wikholm  •  Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist  •  Lotta Thomsen

The Backlund family is going on a caravanning holiday. According to the father Gösta it is the best way to see Sweden. The son Johan does not want to do anything but bathing and the daugther Lotta don't even want to come along. You get to see the Backlunds in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Rolf Skoglund  •  Claire Wikholm  •  Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist  •  Lotta Thomsen

The Guy in the Grave Next Door (2002)

Desirée, a modern librarian with urban friends and interests is visiting her late husband's grave when she meets Benny, a simple farmer. After his mother's death Benny lives alone on the run-down farm, desperately seeking a woman to take care of him. In spite of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Elisabet Carlsson  •  Annika Olsson  •  Anna Azcárate

Desirée, a modern librarian with urban friends and interests is visiting her late husband's grave when she meets Benny, a simple farmer. After his mother's death Benny lives alone on the run-down farm, desperately seeking a woman to take care of him. In spite of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Michael Nyqvist  •  Elisabet Carlsson  •  Annika Olsson  •  Anna Azcárate

False Trail (2011)

The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Stormare  •  Rolf Lassgård  •  Annika Nordin  •  Kim Tjernström

The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Stormare  •  Rolf Lassgård  •  Annika Nordin  •  Kim Tjernström

ABBA: The Definitive Collection (2002)

If you're an ABBA fan or just a fan of good music in general, this assortment of 35 music videos which spans ABBA's career from 1974's Waterloo to 1982's Under Attack is indeed definitive. Simply put, it's a fantastic collection of music and images that mostly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Hallström  •  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anni-Frid Lyngstad  •  Benny Andersson  •  Björn Ulvaeus  •  Agnetha Fältskog

If you're an ABBA fan or just a fan of good music in general, this assortment of 35 music videos which spans ABBA's career from 1974's Waterloo to 1982's Under Attack is indeed definitive. Simply put, it's a fantastic collection of music and images that mostly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Hallström  •  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Anni-Frid Lyngstad  •  Benny Andersson  •  Björn Ulvaeus  •  Agnetha Fältskog

Beck 24 - In the Name of God (2007)

A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Marie Göranzon  •  Stina Rautelin

A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Marie Göranzon  •  Stina Rautelin

Beck 20 - The Lawyer (2007)

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 Beck and Lena Klingström find evidence which brings new light to the investigation - but who's pulling the strings?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Dan Ekborg  •  Sara Sommerfeld

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 Beck and Lena Klingström find evidence which brings new light to the investigation - but who's pulling the strings?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Dan Ekborg  •  Sara Sommerfeld

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye (1998)

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 victims are women, and they were all in the same class, and Beck thinks that a scandal back in the past has something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Stina Rautelin  •  Per Morberg

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 victims are women, and they were all in the same class, and Beck thinks that a scandal back in the past has something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kjell Sundvall
CAST:  Peter Haber  •  Mikael Persbrandt  •  Stina Rautelin  •  Per Morberg
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