Bjorn Skifs Movies
- 1993
Goran thought the house he was buying was a pretty good deal. Little did he know that it was the sort of good deal that would consume all his money, time and energy in repairs and expenses, and alienate his wife and children so much that he would lose them. Now that they're gone, he still has his house, lucky man that he is. On top of that happy burden, he discovers that burglars are very interested in getting into his junkpile house to look for something. Now, if only he can keep them away from the place while he finds whatever they were looking for, maybe it was something valuable... This comic tale of domestic disasters was a big boxoffice success in Sweden. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bjorn Skifs, Suzanne Reuter, (more)
- 1988
Conny (Bjorn Skifs) is a high-school chemistry teacher who is falsely accused of making amphetamines in his home. He is throw in jail but manages to evade the abuse of his fellow prisoners. Conny discovers a way out of the jail, and he and his new 'friends" make plans to rob the Royal Mint. Only when he saves the pretty female officer Susanne (Gunnel Fred) from being hit by a car do his fortunes begin to change. Conny is chased through a hospital just out of reach of hypodermic needles. Director Jonas Frick briskly tries to combine action, comedy, and thrills in this one. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bjorn Skifs, Gunnel Fred, (more)
- 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)
- 1983
In this comedic children's film, a little girl is left under the care of a chemistry student researcher while her father tries to escape from two gangsters (who occasion several laughs). The young chemistry student is not only "saddled" with the girl, but with homework for a crazy professor, and with problems when the gangsters decide the next best thing to do is to kidnap the little girl. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bjorn Skifs, Gösta Ekman, Jr., (more)
- 1980
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Per Oscarsson, Ernst Gunther, (more)
