Elsie Albiin

Elsie Albiin (17 December 1921 – 3 April 2009) was a Swedish actress born in Helsingborg.

36 Hours (1953)

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Dan Duryea  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gudrun Ure  •  Eric Pohlmann

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Dan Duryea  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gudrun Ure  •  Eric Pohlmann

What Every Woman Wants (1954)

Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim - back from the war in Korea - and Mark’s involvement in left-wing politics place further strain on the relationship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Elvey
CAST:  William Sylvester  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Patric Doonan  •  Joan Hickson

Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim - back from the war in Korea - and Mark’s involvement in left-wing politics place further strain on the relationship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Elvey
CAST:  William Sylvester  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Patric Doonan  •  Joan Hickson

Hidden Fear (1957)

A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  John Payne  •  Alexander Knox  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Natalie Norwick

A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  John Payne  •  Alexander Knox  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Natalie Norwick

Intimate Relations (1953)

Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Frank
CAST:  Harold Warrender  •  Marian Spencer  •  Ruth Dunning  •  William Russell

Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Frank
CAST:  Harold Warrender  •  Marian Spencer  •  Ruth Dunning  •  William Russell

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It (1945)

An out-of-work musician is desperate for work and when his best friend sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the character Märta Letterström and joins the trio at a small-town hotel. But being a woman is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Stig Järrel  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Agneta Lagerfeldt

An out-of-work musician is desperate for work and when his best friend sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the character Märta Letterström and joins the trio at a small-town hotel. But being a woman is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Stig Järrel  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Agneta Lagerfeldt

With You in My Arms (1940)

Millionaire Krister Dahl loses his memory when he is hit in the head by a golf ball. He meets his ex-wife and immediately fall in love with her again. She does not know what to believe, is it true or is it only a joke? He also discovers how he has mismanaged his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Edvin Adolphson  •  Karin Ekelund  •  Thor Modéen  •  Stig Järrel

Millionaire Krister Dahl loses his memory when he is hit in the head by a golf ball. He meets his ex-wife and immediately fall in love with her again. She does not know what to believe, is it true or is it only a joke? He also discovers how he has mismanaged his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Edvin Adolphson  •  Karin Ekelund  •  Thor Modéen  •  Stig Järrel

A Sailor on Horseback (1940)

Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by Karl Gustav posing as the heir of the castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emil A. Lingheim
CAST:  Edvard Persson  •  Karl-Arne Holmsten  •  Elvin Ottoson  •  Olga Andersson

Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by Karl Gustav posing as the heir of the castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emil A. Lingheim
CAST:  Edvard Persson  •  Karl-Arne Holmsten  •  Elvin Ottoson  •  Olga Andersson

Fransson the Terrible (1941)

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gösta Cederlund
CAST:  Elof Ahrle  •  Carl-Gunnar Wingård  •  Inga-Bodil Vetterlund  •  Rune Carlsten

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gösta Cederlund
CAST:  Elof Ahrle  •  Carl-Gunnar Wingård  •  Inga-Bodil Vetterlund  •  Rune Carlsten

Lyckan kommer (1942)

The idle rich have their own particular problems. Case in point, Georg and Monika Hedberg were once poor and happy but since Georg became an established painter family bliss has decreased for every fur coat Monika has bought. Their divorce lawyer suggest that they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Stig Järrel  •  Marguerite Viby  •  Carl Reinholdz  •  Dagmar Olsson

The idle rich have their own particular problems. Case in point, Georg and Monika Hedberg were once poor and happy but since Georg became an established painter family bliss has decreased for every fur coat Monika has bought. Their divorce lawyer suggest that they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Stig Järrel  •  Marguerite Viby  •  Carl Reinholdz  •  Dagmar Olsson

Women in Captivity (1943)

A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, a young honest woman gone wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olof Molander
CAST:  Gunnar Sjöberg  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gunn Wållgren  •  Hampe Faustman

A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, a young honest woman gone wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olof Molander
CAST:  Gunnar Sjöberg  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gunn Wållgren  •  Hampe Faustman

Sonja (1943)

Sonja (Birgit Tengroth) is a housewife happily married with the factory worker Kurt (Åke Grönberg). But what he doesn't know is that Sonja has a dark secret of the past; she is a former prostitute. When suddenly Sonja's former, sleazy pimp Nick (Sture Lagerwall) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Birgit Tengroth  •  Åke Grönberg  •  Sture Lagerwall  •  Elsie Albiin

Sonja (Birgit Tengroth) is a housewife happily married with the factory worker Kurt (Åke Grönberg). But what he doesn't know is that Sonja has a dark secret of the past; she is a former prostitute. When suddenly Sonja's former, sleazy pimp Nick (Sture Lagerwall) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Birgit Tengroth  •  Åke Grönberg  •  Sture Lagerwall  •  Elsie Albiin

A Day Will Dawn (1944)

After finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes by train to Finland to fight in the Winter war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Edvin Adolphson  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Sture Lagerwall

After finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes by train to Finland to fight in the Winter war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Edvin Adolphson  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Hasse Ekman  •  Sture Lagerwall

His Excellency (1944)

Celebrated elderly Austrian poet opposes nazism, while his daughter admires and falls in love with leading nazi activist, who eventually becomes concentration camp commander with his father-in-law as prisoner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Lars Hanson  •  Gunnar Sjöberg  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Stig Järrel

Celebrated elderly Austrian poet opposes nazism, while his daughter admires and falls in love with leading nazi activist, who eventually becomes concentration camp commander with his father-in-law as prisoner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Lars Hanson  •  Gunnar Sjöberg  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Stig Järrel

Crime and Punishment (1945)

A Swedish version of Crime and Punishment. Raskolnikov, a poor student, is planning to assassinate a hated pawnbroker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Hampe Faustman  •  Gunn Wållgren  •  Sigurd Wallén  •  Elsie Albiin

A Swedish version of Crime and Punishment. Raskolnikov, a poor student, is planning to assassinate a hated pawnbroker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  Hampe Faustman  •  Gunn Wållgren  •  Sigurd Wallén  •  Elsie Albiin

Incorrigible (1946)

Olga Sundbom is divorced and has custody of her spoiled son Krister. The lack of upbringing has made Krister an intolerable petty gangster. He is therefore put in a boarding school in a smaller town, and his getting in is due to a scam he himself is responsible for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Mattsson
CAST:  Stig Olin  •  Stig Järrel  •  Marianne Löfgren  •  Arnold Sjöstrand

Olga Sundbom is divorced and has custody of her spoiled son Krister. The lack of upbringing has made Krister an intolerable petty gangster. He is therefore put in a boarding school in a smaller town, and his getting in is due to a scam he himself is responsible for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Mattsson
CAST:  Stig Olin  •  Stig Järrel  •  Marianne Löfgren  •  Arnold Sjöstrand

Harald Handfaste (1946)

Harald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He becomes the leader of a band of highwaymen and they start dealing with the evil bailiff. However, the bailiff will stop at nothing to catch Handfaste and show the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  George Fant  •  Georg Rydeberg  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Thor Modéen

Harald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He becomes the leader of a band of highwaymen and they start dealing with the evil bailiff. However, the bailiff will stop at nothing to catch Handfaste and show the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hampe Faustman
CAST:  George Fant  •  Georg Rydeberg  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Thor Modéen

The Bells in Old Town (1946)

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
CAST:  Edvard Persson  •  George Fant  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gunnel Broström

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
CAST:  Edvard Persson  •  George Fant  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gunnel Broström

A Guest Is Coming (1947)

It's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it. The following morning he's found murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Mattsson
CAST:  Sture Lagerwall  •  Karl-Arne Holmsten  •  Erik 'Bullen' Berglund  •  Naima Wifstrand

It's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it. The following morning he's found murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Mattsson
CAST:  Sture Lagerwall  •  Karl-Arne Holmsten  •  Erik 'Bullen' Berglund  •  Naima Wifstrand

The Nuthouse (1951)

In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from the 1940's master director Hasse Ekman . The material is in a disarray but the Society for Ancient Film Research compiles the material after what is believed to have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Hasse Ekman  •  Lars Hanson  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gunnar Sjöberg

In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from the 1940's master director Hasse Ekman . The material is in a disarray but the Society for Ancient Film Research compiles the material after what is believed to have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasse Ekman
CAST:  Hasse Ekman  •  Lars Hanson  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gunnar Sjöberg

Han glömde henne aldrig (1952)

American businessman Chris Johnson spent WW2 in Sweden and fell in love with a nurse, Karin Engström. He lost contact with her after war and now, seven years later, he returns to Sweden on a business trip, trying to find her again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Spafford  •  Sven Lindberg
CAST:  Anita Björk  •  Sven Lindberg  •  Gunnar Sjöberg  •  Elsie Albiin

American businessman Chris Johnson spent WW2 in Sweden and fell in love with a nurse, Karin Engström. He lost contact with her after war and now, seven years later, he returns to Sweden on a business trip, trying to find her again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Spafford  •  Sven Lindberg
CAST:  Anita Björk  •  Sven Lindberg  •  Gunnar Sjöberg  •  Elsie Albiin