The best John Botvid’s drama movies

John Botvid

John Botvid

12/09/1889- 20/02/1964
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Botvid’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about John Botvid.

Summer Interlude

Summer Interlude
7.5/10
A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.

The Balloon

The Balloon
6.3/10

June Night

June Night
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/04/1940
  • Character: "Gurkan"
A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

Reveille

Reveille
5.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/07/1917
Countess Hedvig von Wärnfelt (born Wärnfelt), receives her orphan's granddaughter Marianne to educate her in tukt and her reverence. Marianne is an iron and vibrant young girl, who also carries theater grills. The Countess is staggered over her uneducated facials and treats her severely, hard and joyless.

Den heliga lögnen

Den heliga lögnen
4.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/10/1944
  • Character: Farbror Nalle
Helen Wahlman is the hostess of a luxury hotel in the mountains. Her husband fled to Chile 15 years ago, after being guilty of fraud, and was killed there. Helen's image of marriage is just dark memories. A few days before Christmas, Helen gets a shock as her husband appears from the dead at the hotel.

Klasskamrater

Klasskamrater
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/11/1952
  • Character: Gustafsson
Newly graduated teacher Anna-Greta is courted by a senior student.

Dance on Roses

Dance on Roses
4.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 09/08/1954
  • Character: Gustafsson
Marianne is a dancer at the Lilla Teatern. The theatre has financial troubles and its existence is under threat. Marianne falls in love with Stig Broman, the owner of the theatre. After a few problems, the actors manage to set up a show, with Marianne as leading lady, which will decide the fate of the theatre.

The Suburban Vicar

The Suburban Vicar
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 09/07/1917
  • Character: Young man at dance
"Suburban Priest". The film premiered on September 3 1917 at cinema Sture and Brunkeberg Theatre in Stockholm . The film was shot at the Hasselblad studio on Otterhällan in Gothenburg with exteriors from Gothenburg by Carl Gustaf Florin.

In the Arms of Roslagen

In the Arms of Roslagen
5.1/10
Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the archipelago of Roslagen. Andersson has returned home to settle down with his fiancee Linnea. On the dance floor he meets Rosa.

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy
4.7/10
Intrigues and entanglements before Prince Paris wins the heart of beautiful Helena. It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth.

Släkten är bäst

Släkten är bäst
4.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/02/1944
  • Character: Blom
The hypocritical wholesaler Johan Ekberg is taught a lesson.

Flottare med färg

Flottare med färg
3.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/12/1952
  • Character: Karlsson
"Colorful Raftsmen" - The three brothers Nils, Lars and Ivar are members of a raftsmen team. Ivar feels that he does not really belong there, he prefers a little poaching andante a lot of flirting with women.

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