5 Movies Starring Samuel Frèler

The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-07-10

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Norway, Iceland

Runtime:

182 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1888 Reviews)

Director:

Bille August

Fullplot:

The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna èkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. After a few years Anna can't stand living in the rural county with the uncouth people. She returns to Uppsala, Henrik stays in the north.

Private Confessions

Private Confessions

Basic Info:

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

196 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (296 Reviews)

Director:

Liv Ullmann

Fullplot:

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins to her husband, Henrik. As the film moves back and forth in time, the notion of truth is tested. Tomas, the lover, and Henrik will find that Anna's confessions do not absolve anyone, and have the power to inflict more pain. Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Wolf Summer

Wolf Summer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-28

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

(719 Reviews)

Director:

Peder Norlund

Fullplot:

The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. She barricades herself, but as time passes she finds the wolf less and less frightening. When she finds out three shepherds are out to kill the wolf, she decides to get across the border to Sweden, where they don't hunt for wolves.

Pure

Pure

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-22

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1657 Reviews)

Director:

Lisa Langseth

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Katarina is 20 years old. With a troubled past in a dreary suburb, her life seems to be already set in stone - until she discovers music. Everything changes when she hears a performance of Mozart's Requiem at the Gothenburg Concert Hall that sends her reeling and opens up a beautiful new world. She feels that she has to change her life and get as far away from her ugly reality as possible. But the path she has to follow proves a treacherous one, filled with lies, betrayal and a dangerous liaison with the married conductor Adam. Yet Katarina is ready to do anything to gain her new identity.

Liv & Ingmar

Liv & Ingmar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-05

Languages:

English, Swedish

Countries:

Norway, Sweden, UK

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (913 Reviews)

Director:

Dheeraj Akolkar

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Dheeraj Akolkar

Ragnhild Lund

Fullplot:

The 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

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