Carl-Gustav Lindstedt Movies

Amanda and Sam (Suzanna Bjorklund and Peter Oberg) are pals, and they have a good thing in their friendship with the elderly Valdemar (Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt) and his ramshackle old house filled with real and imagined treasures. They help the old fellow get his sister Greta (Sif Ruud) out of the hospital, and are put to some pains to keep their favorite rendezvous a secret from their schoolmates. As the movie proceeds, this very disparate foursome has some wonderful moments. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

The real Rakenstam, the subject of this fictional treatment of his life from 1942-1945 before his imprisonment, had romantic liaisons with hundreds of women over a three-year period and managed to scam large amounts of money from 120 of them, thriving off each one and somehow managing to make each believe she was the only woman in his life. He was 42 at the time he started these exploits, and even after he was caught because of a blackmailer, the women not only refused to sue him, but they filled his jail cell with roses. While his deception was a work in progress, there were many moments of anxiety (he had been engaged to two of the women) as he tried to juggle the women, pay off the blackmailer, and maintain his identity as a businessman or banker. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Jussi Kristen Hendriksson returns home to his small hometown after his military obligations are completed in this drama that reflects on the Swedish welfare society of the 1970s. He arrives to find things have changed -- and not for the better. His former sweetheart has chosen the gas station owner over Jussi, whose former job as gas jockey has been eliminated by self-serve. He finds work with a used car dealer who bends the rules on issuing license plates. Jussi appeals to the editor of the local newspaper to expose the scam, but the veteran editor refuses to help. He is beaten up by his former bicycle buddies after he has an affair with a married woman -- before he decides to leave town. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

The subtitle of this Swedish comedy is "Tage Danielsson's Divine Comedy." It recounts the trials of a man named Dante Alighieri (Gosta Ekman) as he attempts to quit smoking. He is worried about backsliding, so he hires a pair of private detectives to keep him from smoking even a single cigarette. They follow him around from Sweden to France and back again. He also has an uncle who thinks it is funny to offer him cigars and cigarettes. Indeed, he even hires Dante's private eyes away from him and instructs them to get him smoking again. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Harry (Jan Nielsen) is the teenage boy on the verge of self discovery. When he invents a new product, an American company offers to pay for his continuing education in the United States. His parents are at a stalemate in their marriage. His father labors on a printing press and his mother engages in an illicit affair with the American business representative. Harry turns down the offer when he discovers his mother's affair. He also realizes he has made some older friends in the town he thought had nothing to offer him. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi