Tollie Zellman Movies
- 1947
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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hasse Ekman, Tollie Zellman, (more)
The Swedish June Night didn't get much American play until after its star, Ingrid Bergman, was firmly entrenched in Hollywood. Ingrid plays a small-town girl who becomes romantically involved with fast-and-loose sailor Gunnar Sjoberg. Injured in a shooting accident, the girl can't tell the police-or reveal the extent of her wounds-without revealing her "shameful" relationship with Sjoberg. This soap-operish endeavor was Bergman's final Swedish effort before her move to America. June Night was also distributed as A Night in June, just as if there were actually a difference. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1936
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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Edvard Persson, Tollie Zellman, (more)
- 1935
Ungdom Av I Dag translates loosely as Youth of Today. Young aviator-in-training Cotte Cheve, needled by his pals because he doesn't have a sweetheart, claims that chance acquaintance Anne-Marie Brunius is his girl. The fact that Brunius happens to be related to one of Cheve's commanding officers only adds to the comic confusion. The viewer will catch on that hero and heroine will get together the moment Brunius' wimpish wealthy fiancé Einer Axelson is introduced. In comic-opera fashion, kindly old uncle Carl Barklind unentangles the film's many plot twists and misunderstandings. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nils Wahlbom, Kotti Chave, (more)
- 1934
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, All Movie Guide
