Ulla Sallert Movies
- 1985
This uneven comedy is set in the 1920s and stars Janne Carlsson, one of Sweden's favorite comics, in the role of Albert Jansson, a fisherman who turns from fish to foul in order to make a better living. In a near-parody of its cinematic predecessors, Smugglarkungen is also set in a bucolic coastal community where love and the forces of virtue face heavy-duty challenges. Albert is an honest fisherman until he succeeds with a vengeance at bootlegging and cannot but enjoy the happy consequences of his success: namely, the physical attractions of the fair Sickan (Nina Gunke) and equally appealing Grethe (Sanne Salomonsen, one of Denmark's more popular rock stars). Albert's love-life is rudely interrupted when the "smuggling king" Strauss (Ernst Gunther) and his minions resent his intrusion on their lucrative turf, and to make matters worse, Lt. Winkel (Bjorn Skifs) is sent from Stockholm to investigate possible customs violations in the area. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Janne Carlsson, Bjorn Skifs, (more)
- 1948
After a pair of unremarkable directorial efforts, Stig Jarrel returned to what he did best -- acting. In Far Jag Lov, Magistern? (Shall We Dance, Mr. Teacher?) Jarrel is cast as a warm-hearted dancing instructor -- a far cry from his sadistic schoolmaster in Torment (1944). Heading to Stockholm to study modern-dance techniques, our hero experiences several amusing misadventures, a few of them romantic in nature. Easy to take, Far Jag Lov, Magistern was a welcome escapist antidote to the postwar defeatism of many Scandinavian films. Accordingly, the picture made a fortune upon its first release. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Stig Järrel, Ulla Sallert, (more)
