Birgit Tengroth Movies

A couple's relationship begin to unravel during a rail trip through Europe in this drama, an early work from legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Rut (Eva Henning) is a former ballet dancer whose career has been sidelined due to an injured knee, while her husband Bertil (Birger Malmsten) is a slightly prickly academic. Rut and Bertil are traveling though Germany from Switzerland while their friends at home are celebrating the rowdy annual observance of Midsummer; much of Europe is still mired in poverty and disarray in the wake of World War II, and their vacation generates more tension between the two than positive feelings. As the couple's train rolls through the ravaged nation, flashbacks introduce us to other characters in the drama -- Raoul (Bengt Eklund), a military officer with no conscience who has an affair with Rut, and Viola (Birgit Tengroth), a friend of Rut from her days in dancing school who had a fling with Bertil and has fallen into a deep depression over her romantic and sexual confusion. Torst (aka Thirst) was adapted from a short story by Birgit Tengroth, who also appeared in the film as Viola. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

It shouldn't be hard to determine that the English-language title of this Swedish melodrama is Dynamite. Adapted from the novel by Harald Beijier, the film chronicles the exploits of a saboteur who specializes in explosives. Bengt Ekeroth plays the dynamiter with depth and understanding: the audience can almost, but not quite, empathize with his motives. Ironically, the release of Dyamit was held up by the censors due to a real-life "Saturday Saboteur" who'd been wreaking havoc all over Sweden. Only after the arrest of this miscreant did the censors give the go-ahead for the film's distribution -- and then only after several judicious cuts. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This Swedish romantic comedy was released outside of Scandinavia as My Friend Clock-John. The title character, played by Thor Modeen, is a pickpocket, or "clock-lifter." The comic antics of Clock-John are offered in contrast to the regeneration of fellow thief Nils (Sture Lagerwell). Hoping to fall heir to a huge fortune, Nils poses as the long-lost son of elderly dowager Mrs. Bergstrom (Hilda Borgstrom). Touched by his "mother"'s warmth and humanity, Nils finally proves himself worthy of the hand of Mrs. Bergstrom's pretty daughter Anne Marie (Birgit Tengroth) -- but not before revealing his true identity, thereby avoiding any hint of incest! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A Swedish production with English subtitles, Dollar focuses on a businessman's wife (Ingrid Bergman) who suspects her husband of adultery. She decides to catch him in the act at a ski lodge. ~ John Bush, Rovi