5 Movies Starring Bjèrn Granath

Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-12-21

Languages:

Scanian, Danish, Swedish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

157 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (7212 Reviews)

Director:

Bille August

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Martin Andersen Nexè (novel)

Bille August (screenplay)

Per Olov Enquist

Bjarne Reuter

Fullplot:

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden.

Eye of the Eagle

Eye of the Eagle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-03-21

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (490 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Flinth

Cast:

Writer:

Bjarne O. Henriksen (original screenplay)

Per Nielsen (developer)

Nikolaj Scherfig

Fullplot:

In 1218 Danish king Valdemar sends his homonymous young son and heir in safety, as war is at the borders, to Erskil, the bishop of Ravensburg, who is instructed to see to the prince's education. Alas the bishop is the brain of a conspiracy to seize the crown for himself, as most of the nobles are dissatisfied with the endless wars that bring them no profit. The prince and kitchen-boy Aske accidentally fall out of the castle and overhear the conspirators, but are seen and pursued by the men of the One-eyed Man, a feared mercenary who is in the conspiracy to take mortal revenge on the king for leaving him behind on a battlefield where he lost an eye which was eaten by an eagle, which he tamed and now shares his sight with.

Svidd neger

Svidd neger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-04-11

Languages:

Norwegian, English, Swedish, Saami

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1609 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn colored child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.

The American

The American

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-01

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (75335 Reviews)

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Cast:

Writer:

Rowan Joffe (screenplay)

Martin Booth (novel)

Fullplot:

Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.

The Last Sentence

The Last Sentence

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-06-20

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, Norway

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

(421 Reviews)

Director:

Jan Troell

Cast:

Writer:

Kenne Fant (book)

Klaus Rifbjerg (screenplay)

Jan Troell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Torgny Segerstedt was one of the leading journalists in Sweden in the 20th century. He fought a one man battle against Hitler and the Nazi regime until his death in 1945 and during these tumultuous times his private life was marked by a world in chaos, as he falls in love with his friend's wife while married himself. THE LAST SENTENCE weaves together the story of a psychological love story with a portrayal of the political situation Sweden found itself in during the Second World War. A gripping, dramatic and poetic tale about a man, who could not be silenced.

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