Gunnel Wadner Movies
- 1976
Politics and crime cross paths in this action drama in which the police are attempting to capture alive the murderer of a police official who grievously abused his power. The official was murdered in his hospital bed, and his murderer's identity is carefully uncovered by painstaking police work. However, before long the culprit announces himself in a bold way by shooting down every policeman he sees from his rooftop perch in Stockholm. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1976
Four men, three of them married, are "buddies" in this Swedish film. What that seems to mean here is that they get together from time to time to carouse. After playing a dirty trick on a girl they pick up, and on the single man in their number, the three married men are disturbed to find that the girl and their single friend are planning to get married. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anki Liden
- 1953
As indicated by its title, this Swedish comedy-melodrama is a loose adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Edvard Persson plays the title character, a dimwitted rube whose nephew is held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Svensson takes it upon himself to sneak into Commieland, adopting a "clever disguise" that a 4-year-old kid could see through. But fate smiles upon the foolish, and somehow Svensson emerges from the experience as a hero. Evidently the producers couldn't make up their mind what sort of movie they wanted Pimpernel Svensson to be; during one tense sequence, the characters unexpectedly burst into song! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ivar Wahlgren
- 1949
Military comedies were as popular in Scandinavia in the postwar era as they were in America -- perhaps even more so. Soldat Bom stars comedian Nils Poppe, who also penned the script. The film traces his various misadventures in uniform, his frequent tiltings with the "brass" and civilian authority figures, and his luck (or lack of it) with women. Inga Landre is very easy on the eyes as Poppe's leading lady. Soldat Bom did quite well financially in Sweden, but business tended to trail off in other countries. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nils Poppe, Inga Landgr_, (more)
