Tollie Zellman Movies

Swedish filmmaker Hasse Ekman thrived on wearing several different production hats while working on his films, and Medan Porten Varstangd (While the Doors Were Closed) is no exception. In addition to producing, directing and writing the film, Ekman also essayed the leading role. Per the title, the story tells the audience just what happens when the doors of a sizeable family home are closed to the outside world. Naturally, the residents behave in a radically different manner than they do in public, none more different than ingenue Inga Lange. A big hit in Sweden, Medan Porten Var Stangd fared less well outside of its target audience. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Popular Scandinavian screen personality Edvard Person heads the cast of Varan Pojke (Our Boy). Person portrays Lars Blomquist, a sidewalk vendor who falls in love with pretty Evelin (Tollie Zellman). Though Evelin is married, her husband has long been missing, so Lars feels safe in his pursuit of the girl. Our hero also offers to adopt Evelin's young son, and all is peachy -- until guess-who shows up. The film's comedy highlight is a drunk routine, a peculiar specialty of star Edvard Person which never failed to bring down the house. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This Swedish comedy is Ingrid Bergman's first film. The film is loosely structured and centers around a gang of drinking buddies on a pub crawl through 1934 Stockholm. As they weave from bar to bar, they manage to keep ahead of the police who want to stop the noisy party. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi