Maj-Britt Nilsson Movies
Swedish actress Maj-Britt Nilsson played leads both on-stage and in films of the '40s and '50s. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide- 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)
- 1974
In this Swedish comedy, Felix wants to transcend his limitations completely. To that end, he leaves his country home and enrolls in training as a fireman's apprentice. If all goes well, not only will he overcome his fear of heights, but also his fear of dangers of all kinds. Alas, things do not go well, and he is dismissed. Felix does show courage, however, when he talks his father out of a suicide attempt. Then for some reason, the boy chooses to steal an ambulance: he plans to try his hand at taking a patient to a hospital, somewhere, sometime. What happens next is more than he bargained for, but that's not all bad. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1960
A Matter of Morals is the usual boiling pot of intrigue and double-dealings that reveals how once an imaginary line is crossed, morality can slide inexorably downhill. Alan Kennebeck (Patrick O'Neal) sets off in relative innocence to supervise his bank's million-dollar loan to a Swedish manufacturer. Since the boss is gone at the moment, Alan deals with the sleazy manager Erik Waldeman (Mogens Wieth), who happens to be embezzling money from the company. Unfortunately, Alan falls in love with Erik's sister-in-law Anita Anderson (Maj-Britt Nilsson), and with the help of Erik, his slide into moral degeneracy begins. Alan will do anything, anything at all to win Anita's love. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patrick O'Neal, Maj-Britt Nilsson, (more)
- 1960
Based on a novel by Trygve Gulbranssen about a feud reminiscent of the Hatfields and McCoys, this conventional drama in a rural setting is aptly directed by Gustav Ucicky and stars Mai-Britt Nilsson as Adelheid, a woman sought after by young Dag (Hans Nielsen). Although the everyday concerns and problems of peasant farmers are a prominent part of the story, the focus lies in the machinations of some unfriendly neighbors. Even when the large rift between neighbors looks like it can be healed over, there is one disagreeable woman who specializes in squelching any deals. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Brigitte Horney, (more)
- 1960
Once the mentor of his more internationally famous countryman Ingmar Bergman, Alf Sjoberg demonstrates his own interest in symbolism, visual atmosphere, and broader meanings in this still rather standard drama. Lenn (Maj-Britt Nilsson) is an ordinary young woman of reasonable means who is not truthfully happy about her impending marriage. Her discontent is strong enough to derail her nuptials once she meets Nisse (Per Oscarsson), a criminal type who sparks an incandescent romance. The two become an inseparable pair and burn their candle at both ends -- with the expected results. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Per Oscarsson, (more)
- 1958
Jazzgossen (The Jazz Boy) is the filmed biography of famed Swedish showbiz entrepreneur Teddy Anker. During the Roaring '20s, socialite Anker (played by Hasse Ekman, who also directed), diverts his family millions into managing a nightclub, promoting prizefights, inaugurating a movie company, and various and sundry other forms of entertainment-industry largesse. Losing his fortune in the financial crash of the early 1930s, Anker picks himself up, dusts himself off, and starts all over again. The story ends during WWII when, despite Sweden's neutrality, Anker vows to do his bit for the war effort. Several of Teddy Anker's contemporaries play themselves, including musican Karl Gerhard, who originally popularized the title song. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle, (more)
- 1957
On the strength of his earlier hit One Summer of Happiness, Swedish filmmaker Arne Mattson's Flickan I Frack obtained good bookings outside Scandinavia. A very slight piece, the film charts the misadventures of a young lady (Maj-Britt Nilsson) whose father refuses to buy her a new evening gown. Defiantly, our heroine attends a fancy dress ball in her brother's tuxedo (the film's English language title is The Girl in Tails). Stirring up a scandal in her provincial hometown, the girl soon becomes a national cause celebre. The period ambience of the story (it is set at the turn of the century) is enhanced by Mattson's use of Strauss waltzes on the soundtrack. Flicken I Frack was also released as The Girl in Black. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Folke Sundquist, (more)
- 1952
In this multi-faceted Ingmar Bergman film, rich in dramatic and comic elements, three wives pass time in a summer house, awaiting the returns of their husbands, by entertaining each other with recollections of past marital traumas. In the first recollection, the sexually unfulfilled Rakel (Anita Bjork) shares a bathhouse, and more, with a former lover, Kaj (Jarl Kulle). When her emotionally withdrawn husband (Karl-Arne Holmsten), an antiques collector, returns and discovers the incident, he retreats to a garden hut and vows to kill himself. But he is dissuaded from self-destruction by his older brother, who blithely reassures him that an unfaithful wife is better than no wife! The narrator of this episode wearily allows that her husband is little more than a child. Marta (Maj-Brit Nilsson), the storytelling wife of the second episode, recalls her love affair and marriage to a Parisian artist (Birger Malmsten) whose family disapproved of the relationship. Included in her tale is a vivid child birthing. The third episode is a comic classic in which Bergman regulars Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Bjornstrand play emotionally estranged spouses who rekindle their marriage while trapped in an elevator. Kvinnors Väntan, which closes with the resolution of a framing tale involving the elopement of two younger lovers, shows Bergman in complete mastery of the film medium. Whether manipulating close-ups during an emotional give-and-take seduction or employing symbolic imagery to emphasize the joy of becoming a parent or merely allowing consummate pros to indulge in slapstick, he proves himself unfailingly adept at all facets of filmmaking. This is one of several lesser-known but nonetheless impressive Bergman films from the mid-1950s. ~ Les Stone, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson, (more)
- 1950
In this melancholy romance, a not-so-young ballerina recalls an earlier, tragic love affair. The heroine, Marie (Maj-Britt Nilsson), spends a summer with her possessive Uncle Erland (Georg Funkquist), who lives with his cancerous wife on an island near Stockholm. While staying with her uncle, who may have intimidated her into a sexual relationship, Marie befriends an innocent youth, Henrik (Birger Malmsten), with whom she soon falls in love. As the glorious summer comes to an end and autumn approaches, harkening Marie's return to the mainland and her dancing career, the lovers express their love to each other. But a fatal swimming mishap brings an end to the affair. Marie continues with her life, but she fails to come to terms with the tragic past. Later, Marie receives the diary that she kept during that memorable summer. She thereupon returns to the island, where she again meets her ghoulish Uncle Erland. Repulsed by his cynicism, Marie determines to recover her joy of living. She returns to Stockholm and shares the diary with her lover, a smarmy journalist (Alf Kjellin). In the concluding scene, she expresses her regained exuberance while dancing. A pivotal film in Ingmar Bergman's oeuvre, Sommarlek marked his maturation as a master filmmaker capable of evocative imagery and poignant expression. Of particular note are the unsettling scenes between Marie and her ominous uncle, framed and lit to emphasize the disturbing nature of their relationship. Maj-Britt Nilsson's performance as Marie is also remarkable, enhanced by Bergman's increasing mastery of the close-up. The splendid achievement of Sommarlek signalled a long succession of masterworks that ensued until Bergman's withdrawal from filmmaking in the 1980s. ~ Les Stone, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Alf Kjellin, (more)
- 1949
Pride, ambition and creative temperament take their toll on a marriage in this drama written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Stig Eriksson (Stig Olin) is a violinist who, after being hired to perform with an orchestra led by demanding conductor Sonderby (Victor Sjostrom), meets another new members of the ensemble, fellow violinist Marta Olsson (Mai-Britt Nilsson). Stig is attracted to Marta, and she has similar feelings for him, though she needs to be assured his interest is not merely sexual before she invites him to move in with him. Stig believes he has the talent to become an orchestral soloist, while Marta plays for the love of music and has no illusions about her potential for stardom. After they marry and Marta gives birth to twins, Stig persuades Sonderby to give him the demanding assignment of lead soloist for a concert featuring Mendelssohn's String Concerto; Stig's performance is all but disastrous, and as his hopes are shattered he questions his talent and his potential, despite Marta and Sonderby's reassurances about his gifts as an ensemble musician. In time, Stig's disappointment and the responsibilities of parenthood lead him into an affair with Nelly (Margit Carlquist), the libertine wife of fellow musician Mikael (John Ekman). Till Gladje (aka To Joy) features a classical score dominated by the works of Beethoven, with Mozart and Smetana also included; Bergman's passion for classical music would also figure into his later films Autumn Sonata and his adaptation of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1949
Swedish director Hasse Ekman might have seen the multistoried Hollywood film Tales from Manhattan before embarking on his own Flickan Fran Tredje Raden. In Manhattan, the prop common to all of the stories was a dress suit. In Flickan, a valuable ring passes from one owner to the next. The title character, played by Eve Henning, is a woman of reduced circumstances who sells the ring to pay for food, thereby setting the first episode (and all subsequent episodes) in motion. Director Ekman also wrote the screenplay and cast himself in an important role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hasse Ekman, Eva Henning, (more)
- 1946
Released in the U.S. as It's My Model, this Swedish comedy was the only 1946 effort by veteran director Gustav Molander. Far more lighthearted than earlier Molander endeavors, this one stars Maj-Britt Nilsson as an artist's model and Alf Kjellin as an idealistic young sculptor. In Kjellin's eyes, Nilsson is the literal embodiment of the monument he has been commissioned to finish. What Kjellin cannot admit to himself is that he is falling in love with the girl, but this revelation comes in due time. It is clear from first frame to last that Molander intended to "mold" Maj-Britt Nilsson into a major star, just as he'd perviously done for Ingrid Bergman and Signe Hasso. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alf Kjellin, Maj-Britt Nilsson, (more)
