Marianne Ahrne

Gun Marianne Ahrne is a Swedish writer and filmmaker.

Near and Far Away (1976)

Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her to realize that it is a fluid boundary between being healthy and being regarded as sick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Lilga Kovanko  •  Robert Farrant  •  Annicka Kronberg  •  Helge Skoog

Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her to realize that it is a fluid boundary between being healthy and being regarded as sick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Lilga Kovanko  •  Robert Farrant  •  Annicka Kronberg  •  Helge Skoog

Frihetens murar (1978)

An Argentine actor comes to Sweden. He has pictured Sweden as a paradise. From his small rented room, he tries in vain to make contact with the Swedes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Torgny Anderberg  •  Britta Billsten  •  Karin Biribakken  •  Anders Börje

An Argentine actor comes to Sweden. He has pictured Sweden as a paradise. From his small rented room, he tries in vain to make contact with the Swedes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Torgny Anderberg  •  Britta Billsten  •  Karin Biribakken  •  Anders Börje

A Matter of Life and Death (1986)

"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity hospital in Sweden. She meets a doctor, who she has been in love for 15 years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Lena Olin  •  Måns Westfelt  •  Krister Henriksson  •  Ewa Fröling

"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity hospital in Sweden. She meets a doctor, who she has been in love for 15 years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Lena Olin  •  Måns Westfelt  •  Krister Henriksson  •  Ewa Fröling

Maskrosbarn (1989)

Partially autobiographical film about little Sara who grows up in a home with a neurotic mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Sara Alström  •  Sarah Dawn Finer  •  Ewa Fröling  •  Andrea Gustavsson

Partially autobiographical film about little Sara who grows up in a home with a neurotic mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Sara Alström  •  Sarah Dawn Finer  •  Ewa Fröling  •  Andrea Gustavsson

Jag skall bli Sveriges Rembrandt eller dö! (1990)

"I Will Become Sweden's Rembrandt or Die!" - About the life and art of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson (1851-1906), his many travels in Europe and about the psychological crisis in 1885 which changed Josephson's artistry completely.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Göran Gunér
CAST:  Magnus Nilsson  •  Kenneth Söderman  •  Susanne Spjuth  •  Ulf Friberg

"I Will Become Sweden's Rembrandt or Die!" - About the life and art of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson (1851-1906), his many travels in Europe and about the psychological crisis in 1885 which changed Josephson's artistry completely.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Göran Gunér
CAST:  Magnus Nilsson  •  Kenneth Söderman  •  Susanne Spjuth  •  Ulf Friberg

Gott om pojkar - ont om män? (1995)

"Plenty of Boys, Shortage of Men" - ?About boys, men, male roles, and men vis-a-vis the Jungian archetypes and various mythical male figures such as St. George, Orpheus, Achilles and Oidipus. And why some boys eventually matures to men while others evolve to adult ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Rigmor Robèrt  •  Marianne Ahrne  •  Tobbe Nilsson  •  Ulf Henricsson

"Plenty of Boys, Shortage of Men" - ?About boys, men, male roles, and men vis-a-vis the Jungian archetypes and various mythical male figures such as St. George, Orpheus, Achilles and Oidipus. And why some boys eventually matures to men while others evolve to adult ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Rigmor Robèrt  •  Marianne Ahrne  •  Tobbe Nilsson  •  Ulf Henricsson

Flickor, kvinnor och en och annan drake (1997)

"Girls, Women and some other Dragon" - Depicts different women and their views on the relationship with their daughters and partners, and views on love, jealousy and more.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Rigmor Robèrt  •  Marianne Ahrne  •  Rozita Auer  •  Maria Llerena

"Girls, Women and some other Dragon" - Depicts different women and their views on the relationship with their daughters and partners, and views on love, jealousy and more.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Rigmor Robèrt  •  Marianne Ahrne  •  Rozita Auer  •  Maria Llerena

Fanny Hill (1968)

The classic tale of a young woman's erotic awakening is transplanted to swinging '60s Stockholm...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mac Ahlberg
CAST:  Diana Kjær  •  Hans Ernback  •  Keve Hjelm  •  Oscar Ljung

The classic tale of a young woman's erotic awakening is transplanted to swinging '60s Stockholm...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mac Ahlberg
CAST:  Diana Kjær  •  Hans Ernback  •  Keve Hjelm  •  Oscar Ljung

Du gamla, du fria (1972)

A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace the working class, escalates and the group split up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Öyvind Fahlström
CAST:  Marie-Louise Ekman  •  Björn Granath  •  Hans Mosesson  •  Ann-Charlotte Hult

A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace the working class, escalates and the group split up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Öyvind Fahlström
CAST:  Marie-Louise Ekman  •  Björn Granath  •  Hans Mosesson  •  Ann-Charlotte Hult

Walking in the Land of the Old (1978)

A documentary directed by Marianne Ahrne, based on the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's Essay of the Age. The film discusses whether older people are really treated as human beings or not  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Simone de Beauvoir  •  Marcel Jouhandeau

A documentary directed by Marianne Ahrne, based on the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's Essay of the Age. The film discusses whether older people are really treated as human beings or not  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Simone de Beauvoir  •  Marcel Jouhandeau

Svenska färger (1981)

Three Swedish children of different origins learn to play Blinka little star on violin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
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Three Swedish children of different origins learn to play Blinka little star on violin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
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Five Days in Falköping (1975)

Sofia has lived in the small town Falköping during her childhood. Since she left her hometown she has become an famous international actress. Now she longs to return to the playgrounds of her childhood, and meet old friends  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Iwa Boman  •  Bodil Mårtensson  •  Karl-Magnus Thulstrup  •  Helge Skoog

Sofia has lived in the small town Falköping during her childhood. Since she left her hometown she has become an famous international actress. Now she longs to return to the playgrounds of her childhood, and meet old friends  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marianne Ahrne
CAST:  Iwa Boman  •  Bodil Mårtensson  •  Karl-Magnus Thulstrup  •  Helge Skoog