6 Movies Starring Mai Zetterling

Torment

Torment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1944-10-02

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2279 Reviews)

Director:

Alf Sjèberg

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Jan-Erik Widgren is a high-school senior. His Latin teacher, Caligula, is feared by everybody, both teachers and students. Widgren falls in love with Berta, who works in a tobacco store. She tells him that she is harassed by a mean, sadistic man, but does not tell him that it is Caligula himself.

Torment

Torment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1944-10-02

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2272 Reviews)

Director:

Alf Sjèberg

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Jan-Erik Widgren is a high-school senior. His Latin teacher, Caligula, is feared by everybody, both teachers and students. Widgren falls in love with Berta, who works in a tobacco store. She tells him that she is harassed by a mean, sadistic man, but does not tell him that it is Caligula himself.

Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-07-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (636 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Norman Panama

Melvin Frank

Fullplot:

Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has to see another love affair fail. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his doll Clarence becomes mean and jealous. His fiancèe Audrey leaves him and Jerry smashes his two dolls, Clarence and Terrence. Morgan's doll maker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen secret plans to the top secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, Papinek decides to use Morgan's dolls as a mailbox and hides the secret plans in the heads of the dolls. Another secret spy ring also wants to get their hands on Jerry's luggage and they *also* follow him. Eventually, Jerry is chased by both these organizations as well as the police, who suspects him of murder.

Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-03-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (684 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Gilliat

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Bryan Forbes (screenplay)

Kingsley Amis (novel)

Fullplot:

John Lewis is bored by his librarian's job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local counciller, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.

Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(2221 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Loach

Fullplot:

When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth... which they soon discover to be contained in an audio tape which the man had with him, exposing political manipulations at the highest levels of government. But such underlying agendas require careful considerations to avoid worse things than murder.

The Witches

The Witches

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-08-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (22325 Reviews)

Director:

Nicolas Roeg

Cast:

Writer:

Roald Dahl (book)

Allan Scott (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid England of all children.

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