Bjorn Andresen
- 1990
While on a sailing jaunt, a young blond man (Bjorn Andresen) puts in at a small community on the coast of Norway and hires himself out as a day laborer. There, he meets and is teased by a minx of a girl, who is also blond, but is only fifteen years old. At some point, the young man, naked, emerges from a house bearing a sword to duel an older man (also naked) who wants to rape him. Each scores a few hits on the other. That challenge seemingly settled, the young man continues on his way in his boat. This film will be of particular interest to those who want to see more of Andresen, who was the boyish object of the composer's deadly obsession in Visconti's Death in Venice ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bjorn Andresen
- 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)
- 1978
Stefan (Bjorern Andressen) is in his last year of school before going to college. He still can't quite make sense out of the shenanigans of adults and shares this confusion with his friends. Stefan makes an agreement with his girlfriend to run away to someplace where people are living more authentic lives. They save their money for tickets to Rome, but when she is prevented by her parents from showing up, he is left standing on the platform. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bjorn Andresen, Keve Hjelm, (more)
Based on a novel by Thomas Mann, Death in Venice stars Dirk Bogarde as a German composer who is terrified that he has lost all vestiges of humanity. While visiting Venice, Bogarde falls in love with a beautiful young boy (Bjorn Andresen). The relationship is ruined by Bogarde's obsession with the boy's youth and physical perfection; the composer realizes that the child represents an ideal that he can never match. The character played by Dirk Bogarde is evidently intended to be Gustav Mahler, whose haunting music is featured on the film's soundtrack. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, (more)
