The best Sten Ljunggren’s movies

Sten Ljunggren

Sten Ljunggren

16/10/1938 (85 años)
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Border

Border
7/10
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions
7.7/10
In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social differences, Henrik and Anna fall in love, wed and move to the country. They lead a quiet life as Henrik works as a priest, but it isn't long before the simple people and plain surroundings make Anna long for a more lavish lifestyle, which causes marital stress.

Together

Together
7.4/10
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

Fuck Up

Fuck Up
5.9/10
Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.

Zorn

Zorn
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/08/1994
  • Character: Richard Bergh
Swedish painter Anders Zorn gained notoriety for his nudes. His works are currently worth millions. The film is set in the time when Zorn, already respected for his art, was commissioned to paint a portrait of the Swedish king. Though an excellent painter, Zorn's personal life is dreadful. A boozer and a womanizer who frequently cheats on his wife, Zorn constantly seeks approval for his art. When he travels to the U.S. for a tour he meets Emilie Bartlett the wife of sculptor Paul W. Bartlett with whom he begins a sporadic affair. After Paul commits suicide, Zorn and Emilie move to Sweden. Zorn disregards his wife's feelings and openly displays his affections for Emilie.

Popular Music

Popular Music
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/10/2004
  • Character: Grandfather
Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

For Better and Worse

For Better and Worse
4.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/03/2015
  • Character: Sven
A couple on the brink of divorce attempts to hide their crisis at a grand wedding, but it turns out they are not the only ones with false appearances.

S.O.S: Swedes at Sea

S.O.S: Swedes at Sea
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/12/1988
  • Character: Didrik
The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich boat people, their yachts and summer houses.

Harry & Sonja

Harry & Sonja
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/02/1996
  • Character: Walter
Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to Anna. One day he meets the cleaning lady Sonja.

Den orolige mannen

Den orolige mannen
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 11/01/2013
  • Character: Håkan von Enke
Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes, because he wants to be closer to his daughter Linda and her family. When Linda's father in law mysteriously disappears, Wallander is drawn into the case that takes him back in time to the Cold War and the submarine violations in the Stockholm archipelago. At the same time he's starting to suspect that something is not right with him...

Four More Years

Four More Years
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/11/2010
  • Character: Josef
The Swedish Liberal party leader David Holst is in crisis. Just recently, he was Sweden’s hottest politician. Stylish, funny, popular and the obvious candidate as the country’s next Prime Minister. Now, two years and a disappointing election defeat later, he finds himself in free fall. The voters have deserted him, the party is in uproar and he can hardly manage to get out of bed. It gets no better when he falls head over heels in love with party general secretary Martin, the last person on earth he can fall in love with. A man. A Social Democrat.

Nobody Owns Me

Nobody Owns Me
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/11/2013
  • Character: Grandfather
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa Linderborg's best-selling novel.

The Chosen

The Chosen
5/10
A couple of brutal and mysterious murders point to Uppsala University. Johan, a last year student at the police academy, gets involved in the investigation. He enrolls a course at the University in order to, under cover, track down the killer.

Pistvakt

Pistvakt
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/10/2005
  • Character: Stor-Erik Marklund
The brothers Sven-Erik (Sven-E, Lennart Jähkel), Jan-Erik (Jan-E, Jacob Nordenson) and Olof (Olle, Tomas Norstrom) is working as guards in the black piste Lien. Their father, Big-Erik (Sten Ljunggren), has died and the funeral will take resort manager, Bengt-His, at last the courage to invite the piste guard's mother Gudrun at a wedding trip. Jan-E looks forward to the great legacy of his father, and prepares for a new life in luxury. It's not as he imagined. Large-Erik was not at all the Sven-E cheated in his brothers that he was, and Jan-E becomes so furious about the lies that he leaves home. When everything collapsed, and it is darkest in the Black Lien, however, occurs which turns piste guards life to an entirely different direction. This while a bloodthirsty beast sneaking around in the darkness outside. The three brothers face greater trials than ever before.

The Temptation of St. Tony

The Temptation of St. Tony
7.1/10
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.

Beck 06 - The Monster

Beck 06 - The Monster
6/10
A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside. Soon, e-mails are sent out to every newspaper about the nasty situation that the police had tried to keep secret. Will the police ever overcome the "Monster"?

Pillertrillaren

Pillertrillaren
3.4/10
David has just started working for a large pharmaceutical company and falls madly in love with a young and very beautiful colleague, Angelica.

Lotta Leaves Home

Lotta Leaves Home
5.9/10
  • Genre: Family
  • Release: 18/09/1993
  • Character: Farbror Blomgren
A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater.

Suddenly

Suddenly
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/12/2006
  • Character: Sven
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-son Jonas survives the accident. Now they have to move on with their lives together.

Us

Us
5.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/05/2013
  • Character: Mäklaren
This is a story of Ida and Krister. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both crazy in love but manage to strangle the supply of oxygen and adapt to each other in a way that will lead to catastrophic consequences.

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