Percy Brandt Movies
This appealing film was shot on the tourist resort island of Madeira and follows the lives of Portuguese street children as they eke out a living by hustling Swedish tourists. Mario is the main character who must hustle while his mother lies dying in a hospital. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Joao Silva, Paulo Cesar, (more)
Ten years ago, Nora's parents were killed in an automobile accident. That's what she was told, anyway, when she was five. Since then, she has lived with a couple who had a son her own age. She has never been completely reconciled to their loss and thinks of them often. When her adoptive family moves into an old apartment, strange things begin happening -- like a broken clock running backwards -- and the family's dog refuses to enter her room. She has also been mysteriously saved from harm in a number of accidents. It seems that she has a supernatural visitor, a girl who lived in the apartment long before. The two girls, one living and one dead, become friends and together find the answer to a number of mysteries that have haunted them both. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stina Ekblad
This historical drama chronicles the struggle of Swedish businessman Raoul Wallenberg (Stella Skarsgard), as he fought valiantly to save the lives of the Jewish residents of Nazi-occupied Budapest. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stellan Skarsgård, Katharina Thalbach, (more)
Some middle-class dreamers sell their homes to build a boat that will allow them to sail off to an unspecified paradise. The ship is wrecked before the maiden voyage, and the men lie to their wives to cover-up the debacle. The men decide to steal a vessel in order to come up with the proposed dreamboat in this uneven comedy highlighted by the performances of Philip Zanden and Peter Andersson. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Andersson, Philip Zandén, (more)
This plodding, depressing drama concerns the 19th-century painters who were collectively know as the Skaw (or Skagen) Colony. The group rejected the Impressionist style of painting, opting for the realism of natural light and using the lives of the poor fishing villagers as their inspiration. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stellan Skarsgård
Gunilla Nyroos plays celebrated Swedish author and heroine Moa Martinson in this historical film biography. She marries a hard-drinking miner and the union produces five children. Two of the children die, and her husband commits suicide by blowing himself up with dynamite. But Moa finds solace and a kindred spirit in writer Harry Martinson (Reine Brynolfsson) after her unhappy first marriage. Moa and Harry both becomes famous authors, with Harry winning the Nobel Prize for literature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gunilla Nyroos, Reine Brynolfsson, (more)




