Anders Ek

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anders Ek (7 April 1916 – 17 November 1979) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and died in Stockholm. He was married to Birgit Cullberg and is the father of dancer Mats Ek and actress Malin Ek. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anders Ek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Cries and Whispers (1972)

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As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's attempted suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Harriet Andersson  •  Ingrid Thulin  •  Kari Sylwan  •  Liv Ullmann

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's attempted suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Harriet Andersson  •  Ingrid Thulin  •  Kari Sylwan  •  Liv Ullmann

The Rite (1969)

A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Their relationships are complicated: Sebastian, volatile, a heavy drinker, in debt, guilty of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Anders Ek  •  Gunnar Björnstrand  •  Erik Hell

A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Their relationships are complicated: Sebastian, volatile, a heavy drinker, in debt, guilty of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Anders Ek  •  Gunnar Björnstrand  •  Erik Hell

The Seventh Seal (1957)

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When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Gunnar Björnstrand  •  Bengt Ekerot  •  Nils Poppe

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Gunnar Björnstrand  •  Bengt Ekerot  •  Nils Poppe

Girl with Hyacinths (1950)

Dagmar Brink, a young female pianist, dies by suicide in her Stockholm apartment. She leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbors, an author and his wife. Perplexed and curious, they investigate the girl's reasons for taking her life. As they visit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Eva Henning  •  Ulf Palme  •  Birgit Tengroth  •  Anders Ek

Dagmar Brink, a young female pianist, dies by suicide in her Stockholm apartment. She leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbors, an author and his wife. Perplexed and curious, they investigate the girl's reasons for taking her life. As they visit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Eva Henning  •  Ulf Palme  •  Birgit Tengroth  •  Anders Ek

Hallo Baby (1976)

About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johan Bergenstråhle
CAST:  Marie-Louise Ekman  •  Anders Ek  •  Malin Gjörup  •  Manne Grünberger

About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johan Bergenstråhle
CAST:  Marie-Louise Ekman  •  Anders Ek  •  Malin Gjörup  •  Manne Grünberger

Ride Tonight! (1942)

Oppressed by landowners, a peasant uprising ensues as an outlaw farmer refuses to pay taxes in this film adapted from Vilhelm Moberg's novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Molander
CAST:  Lars Hanson  •  Oscar Ljung  •  Gerd Hagman  •  Eva Dahlbeck

Oppressed by landowners, a peasant uprising ensues as an outlaw farmer refuses to pay taxes in this film adapted from Vilhelm Moberg's novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Molander
CAST:  Lars Hanson  •  Oscar Ljung  •  Gerd Hagman  •  Eva Dahlbeck

När ungdomen vaknar (1943)

Liv and Kåre both come from broken families bursting with frustration and aggression's. Having found each other they now feel supported and loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Olsson
CAST:  Eva Henning  •  Anders Ek  •  Margit Manstad  •  Olav Riégo

Liv and Kåre both come from broken families bursting with frustration and aggression's. Having found each other they now feel supported and loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Olsson
CAST:  Eva Henning  •  Anders Ek  •  Margit Manstad  •  Olav Riégo

Vi behöver varann (1944)

A female reporter invents a story about a man who threatens to take his life to protest the injustices of society. But the scam is about to be revealed. She is forced to persuade a tramp to play the fictional man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Ludde Gentzel  •  Hampe Faustman  •  Ingrid Borthen  •  Carl Ström

A female reporter invents a story about a man who threatens to take his life to protest the injustices of society. But the scam is about to be revealed. She is forced to persuade a tramp to play the fictional man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Ludde Gentzel  •  Hampe Faustman  •  Ingrid Borthen  •  Carl Ström

The Girl and the Devil (1944)

The soul of an evil witch about to be burned is transferred to the child of a pregnant woman in the audience. 19 years later a timid girl arrives at a farm looking for work. The farmer employs her despite his wife's protests. Soon it stands clear that the girl is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Gunn Wållgren  •  Stig Järrel  •  Sven Miliander  •  Linnéa Hillberg

The soul of an evil witch about to be burned is transferred to the child of a pregnant woman in the audience. 19 years later a timid girl arrives at a farm looking for work. The farmer employs her despite his wife's protests. Soon it stands clear that the girl is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Gunn Wållgren  •  Stig Järrel  •  Sven Miliander  •  Linnéa Hillberg

The Road to Klockrike (1953)

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Anders Ek  •  Edvin Adolphson  •  Annika Tretow  •  Margit Carlqvist

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagrants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Anders Ek  •  Edvin Adolphson  •  Annika Tretow  •  Margit Carlqvist

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)

The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Åke Grönberg  •  Harriet Andersson  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Anders Ek

The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  Åke Grönberg  •  Harriet Andersson  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Anders Ek

En skugga (1974)

"A Shadow" - Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Sam Livesey. An old dark house on a gloomy night is the setting for this British horror thriller about a mad killer, dressed completely in black, who bumps off the inhabitants one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mats Ek
CAST:  Jonas Bergström  •  Agneta Ekmanner  •  Jan Dolata  •  Anders Ek

"A Shadow" - Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Sam Livesey. An old dark house on a gloomy night is the setting for this British horror thriller about a mad killer, dressed completely in black, who bumps off the inhabitants one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mats Ek
CAST:  Jonas Bergström  •  Agneta Ekmanner  •  Jan Dolata  •  Anders Ek

Fusket (1978)

Two people with completely different lifestyles and social backgrounds have found each other in the decision to leave life together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Per Gunnar Evander
CAST:  Anders Ek  •  Hans Alfredson  •  Mona Malm

Two people with completely different lifestyles and social backgrounds have found each other in the decision to leave life together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Per Gunnar Evander
CAST:  Anders Ek  •  Hans Alfredson  •  Mona Malm

Nisse och Greta (1975)

Nisse and Greta, a middle-aged married couple, sit and watch TV. To their surprise they get to experience their own life's in a TV show being broadcasted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Westman
CAST:  Björn Gustafson  •  Monica Zetterlund  •  Gösta Bredefeldt  •  Kjerstin Dellert

Nisse and Greta, a middle-aged married couple, sit and watch TV. To their surprise they get to experience their own life's in a TV show being broadcasted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Westman
CAST:  Björn Gustafson  •  Monica Zetterlund  •  Gösta Bredefeldt  •  Kjerstin Dellert

Mosebacke monarki (1967)

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CAST:  Hans Alfredson  •  Tage Danielsson  •  Carl-Uno Sjöblom  •  Stig Grybe

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CAST:  Hans Alfredson  •  Tage Danielsson  •  Carl-Uno Sjöblom  •  Stig Grybe