Gunnar Skoglund

Gunnar Skoglund (1899–1983) was a Swedish film director, editor and screenwriter.

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Our Gang (1942)

A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Åke Johansson  •  Kaj Hjelm  •  Sten Mattsson  •  Tore Bark

A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Åke Johansson  •  Kaj Hjelm  •  Sten Mattsson  •  Tore Bark

Young Man Seeking Company (1954)

A lonely young man falls in love with a girl he has observed from a distance. One day he stops her on the street and asks if she has lost a piece of jewelry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Ulf Palme  •  Gaby Stenberg  •  Ulla Sjöblom  •  Karl-Arne Holmsten

A lonely young man falls in love with a girl he has observed from a distance. One day he stops her on the street and asks if she has lost a piece of jewelry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Ulf Palme  •  Gaby Stenberg  •  Ulla Sjöblom  •  Karl-Arne Holmsten

The Yellow Car (1963)

On a tourist trip abroad the passengers on the coach witness an assassination attempt on the President Hurkas. One of the tourists has evidence against the perpetrators, and is killed when the coach reaches Sweden. Another passenger observes how one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Mattsson
CAST:  Karl-Arne Holmsten  •  Nils Hallberg  •  Ulla Strömstedt  •  Barbro Kollberg

On a tourist trip abroad the passengers on the coach witness an assassination attempt on the President Hurkas. One of the tourists has evidence against the perpetrators, and is killed when the coach reaches Sweden. Another passenger observes how one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Mattsson
CAST:  Karl-Arne Holmsten  •  Nils Hallberg  •  Ulla Strömstedt  •  Barbro Kollberg

National match (1932)

Erik Andersson marries Brita Blomstedt. During the wedding party he drinks alcohol which he is not used to. Later that evening Erik is involved in a brawl that end with a policeman getting a knife in the back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Georg Blomstedt  •  Signe Lundberg-Settergren  •  Fritiof Billquist  •  Gun Holmqvist

Erik Andersson marries Brita Blomstedt. During the wedding party he drinks alcohol which he is not used to. Later that evening Erik is involved in a brawl that end with a policeman getting a knife in the back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Georg Blomstedt  •  Signe Lundberg-Settergren  •  Fritiof Billquist  •  Gun Holmqvist

Servant's Entrance (1932)

Helga Breder is a young, spoiled girl. To her beloved Jörgen she says that she, as a modern young woman, is multi-talented and can do whatever she likes. Jörgen bets that she can't work as a house-maid but, if she manages it, he will buy her a diamond ring. Helga ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Molander
CAST:  Carl Barcklind  •  Tutta Rolf  •  Bengt Djurberg  •  Emma Meissner

Helga Breder is a young, spoiled girl. To her beloved Jörgen she says that she, as a modern young woman, is multi-talented and can do whatever she likes. Jörgen bets that she can't work as a house-maid but, if she manages it, he will buy her a diamond ring. Helga ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Molander
CAST:  Carl Barcklind  •  Tutta Rolf  •  Bengt Djurberg  •  Emma Meissner

Över ån efter badvatten (1933)

Mr. Stockholm wants to swim but the archipelago boats do not leave until the afternoon, so there will be a trip with the hydroplan Södermanland, to Visby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Gunnar Skoglund

Mr. Stockholm wants to swim but the archipelago boats do not leave until the afternoon, so there will be a trip with the hydroplan Södermanland, to Visby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Gunnar Skoglund

Karl Fredrik Reigns (1934)

A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Edgren
CAST:  Sigurd Wallén  •  Dagmar Ebbesen  •  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Björn Berglund

A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Edgren
CAST:  Sigurd Wallén  •  Dagmar Ebbesen  •  Gull-Maj Norin  •  Björn Berglund

Adolf Armstarke (1937)

Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britta Larsson. Attending a lecture, he witnesses the attention paid to his lady-love by other faculty members, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sigurd Wallén
CAST:  Adolf Jahr  •  Weyler Hildebrand  •  Georg Rydeberg  •  Theodor Berthels

Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britta Larsson. Attending a lecture, he witnesses the attention paid to his lady-love by other faculty members, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sigurd Wallén
CAST:  Adolf Jahr  •  Weyler Hildebrand  •  Georg Rydeberg  •  Theodor Berthels

Cat Across the Road (1937)

An actress is happy when she is finally contacted by a famous director, but the director is more interested in her cat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Signhild Björkman  •  Martin Bodin  •  Tor Borong

An actress is happy when she is finally contacted by a famous director, but the director is more interested in her cat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Signhild Björkman  •  Martin Bodin  •  Tor Borong

Fram för framgång (1938)

The rejected artist Tore Nilsson disrupts the radio managers broadcast and gets his singing audition live on air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Jussi Björling  •  Åke Ohberg  •  Anders Henrikson  •  Erik 'Bullen' Berglund

The rejected artist Tore Nilsson disrupts the radio managers broadcast and gets his singing audition live on air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Jussi Björling  •  Åke Ohberg  •  Anders Henrikson  •  Erik 'Bullen' Berglund

A Handful of Rice (1940)

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund  •  Pál Fejős
CAST:  Hugo Björne  •  Gerda Björne  •  Sol-Britt Agerup  •  Gunnar Höglund

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund  •  Pál Fejős
CAST:  Hugo Björne  •  Gerda Björne  •  Sol-Britt Agerup  •  Gunnar Höglund

En kvinna ombord (1941)

In the beginning of WW II a Swedish ship in a northern French port is exposed to German air raids. The captain take a chance to leave the port without permission. A stranded woman seize the chance to get home to Sweden.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Edvin Adolphson  •  Karin Ekelund  •  Hampe Faustman  •  Sigge Fürst

In the beginning of WW II a Swedish ship in a northern French port is exposed to German air raids. The captain take a chance to leave the port without permission. A stranded woman seize the chance to get home to Sweden.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Edvin Adolphson  •  Karin Ekelund  •  Hampe Faustman  •  Sigge Fürst

En vår i vapen (1943)

During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Gaby Stenberg  •  Ingrid Borthen  •  Kotti Chave  •  George Fant

During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Gaby Stenberg  •  Ingrid Borthen  •  Kotti Chave  •  George Fant

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

Sista ringen (1955)

Eric and Clarence are friends from the same class in school - but from different social classes. Eric comes from the working class, Clarence from the upper class. Eric regards his studies as a way of getting somewhere, while Clarence is only interested in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Georg Rydeberg  •  Pierre Nyblom  •  Margareta Henning  •  Tommy Nilson

Eric and Clarence are friends from the same class in school - but from different social classes. Eric comes from the working class, Clarence from the upper class. Eric regards his studies as a way of getting somewhere, while Clarence is only interested in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Georg Rydeberg  •  Pierre Nyblom  •  Margareta Henning  •  Tommy Nilson

Pub i City (1957)

The film presents the cityscape from Stockholm 1882-1957. Pictures from PUB's history with several pictures of the square Hötorget with surroundings in 1957. In a section from 1922, Greta Garbo shows women's hats.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Paul U. Bergström  •  Olga Andersson  •  Lasse Ring  •  Ragnar Widestedt

The film presents the cityscape from Stockholm 1882-1957. Pictures from PUB's history with several pictures of the square Hötorget with surroundings in 1957. In a section from 1922, Greta Garbo shows women's hats.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Paul U. Bergström  •  Olga Andersson  •  Lasse Ring  •  Ragnar Widestedt

Blue sea (1956)

Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Olof Bergström  •  Ola Svensson  •  Kristina Adolphson  •  Catrin Westerlund

Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Olof Bergström  •  Ola Svensson  •  Kristina Adolphson  •  Catrin Westerlund

Den gamla goda tiden (1946)

A documentary short featuring a 50th anniversary party in celebration of film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Gunnar Skoglund  •  Kristina Berg  •  Eskil Eckert-Lundin  •  Gustaf Edgren

A documentary short featuring a 50th anniversary party in celebration of film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Skoglund
CAST:  Gunnar Skoglund  •  Kristina Berg  •  Eskil Eckert-Lundin  •  Gustaf Edgren

Svarte Rudolf (1928)

Rudolf Carlsson, who works at a department store, dreams of making movies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Edgren
CAST:  Fridolf Rhudin  •  John Ekman  •  Inga Tidblad  •  Carl-Gustaf Berg

Rudolf Carlsson, who works at a department store, dreams of making movies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Edgren
CAST:  Fridolf Rhudin  •  John Ekman  •  Inga Tidblad  •  Carl-Gustaf Berg
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