Film Catalog - American Swedish Historical Museum

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Film Catalog
Welcome to ASHM’s Swedish Film Library.
Here you will find a selection of all DVD’s that
are available for all Museum members to
loan. Select up to three movies you would
like to borrow and stop by the Museum and
check them out at the front desk. Each DVD is
available to borrow for a month at a time.
Many of the DVD’s come
from Sweden and are not
compatible with American
DVD players, but work as
long as you watch them
through a computer. To
be sure that the movie
will work on an American
DVD player, choose from
the movies marked with
“Region #1”.
27 sekundmeter snö
2005 | Region #2 | Drama, Mystery
During a terrible snowstorm a group of skiers must take refugee in an
old ski lodge. Trapped in there for days, one group member after another
starts getting murdered, and the the group must figure out the culprit
before it’s too late. In two parts.
Subtitles: English
En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014 | Region #1 | Drama, Comedy
Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, embark on a tour
of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of
absurdist episodes.
Subtitles: English
En sång för Martin
A Song for Martin
2003 | Drama
Barbara and Martin meet at a concert performance and begin a happy
life together. Five years later, as the couple is working on a new opera,
Martin is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. As his condition worsens
and his personality changes, the couple strain to hold on to the love that
once brought them together.
Subtitles: English
En kärlekshistoria
A Swedish Love Story
1970 | Region #2 | Drama, Romance
Two teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young
love.
Subtitles: English
Adam & Eva
1997 | Region #2 | Drama, Comedy
This romantic comedy centers around a young couple that have been
married for four years. The next stop is having a baby, but Adam is not
sure he is ready. Soon the relationship falls apart and when Adam realizes Eva is the one he wants, it might be too late.
Subtitles: Swedish
Lust och fägring stor
All Things Fair
1995 | Region #1 | Drama
Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is his 37 year
old teacher. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity. She is drawn
to him by his youth and innocence, a god-sent relief from her drunk and
miserable husband. They start a passionate and forbidden relationship but it has consequences they never could have expected.
Subtitles: English
Anders Zorn in the Gilded Age
2013 | Region # | Documentary
In the Gilded Age, artist Anders Zorn (1860 – 1920) became the society
painter of Swedish royalty and American presidents.
Subtitles:
House of Angels
Änglagård
1991 | Region #2 | Comedy, Drama
A rural village is divided when an extraordinary couple move into a mansion.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Änglagård - Andra Sommaren
Fanny and Zack is back, after she inherited Änglagård last year. Everytone looks forward to their new stay. Axel has told Fanny he is her father,
but who else? Ivar also thinks he is her father. Be ready for expectations
and confusions.
Bang bang orangutang
A story of a man once sure of life; now unsure after losing his job, wife
and home. But he will go to any steps, even kidnapping, to not lose his
daughter. A who’s who of Swedish actors appear.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Danish
Bekännelsen
2001 | Region #2 | Psuchological Thriller
This is a three part series about a murder that happened one summer in
a small Swedish village. Family members must protect themselves from
the law and each other.
Subtitles: Swedish, English
Black Jack
A divorced woman moves from Stockholm to a smaller town with her
son. She finds a group of friends and they become groupies to the band
Black Jack. As the band is on verge of making it big, Helena Bergström’s
character finds herself in between two men.
Subtitles: English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Buss till Italien
A coming age story of two teenagers from a small town in Sweden. The
boys join the choir/acting troop, in order to get a free trip to Italy, where
they fall for their teacher.
Cleo
2002 | Comedy
This Swedish TV-series aired on SVT1 in 2002-2003, and is about Cleopatra Andersson (Suzanne Reuter), and the people at her office where she
works at as a salesperson. Episode 15-18.
Subtitles: Swedish
The Return of the Dancing Master
Danslärarens återkomst
2004 | Region #2 | Thriller
A thriller based on a novel by Henning Mankell. Police officer Stefan Lindman is trying to solve a murder of his former friend Herbert. During the
investigation he finds out that Herbert had been hiding many things from
him.
Subtitles: Swedish, Norwegian
The Tattooed Widow
Den tatuerade änkan
Ester is the perfect grandmother everyone expects her to be. But she
unexpectedly inherits an old aunt and gets a big apartment and a lot of
money. She decides to leave her husband, children and grandchildren to
start her life over.
Subtitles: Swedish
The Third Wave
Den tredje vågen
2003 | Region #2 | Action
Another movie featuring Johan Falk, the Swedish super cop. This action
film is the next installment after Livvakterna. This time Falks is taking
on the European mafia. Scenes from London, Amsterdam, Munich and
Sweden.
Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Shit Happens
Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig
This story is about one family from Stockholm, and their trails and tribulations of being a family while caring for loved ones and raising children.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Finish, Danish, Norwegian
Trolösa
Faithless
A meditation of relationships written by Ingmar Bergman. Partly based
on Liv Ullman’s relationship with Ingmar Bergman.
Subtitles: English
Family Secrets
Familjehemligheter
Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with
the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a
younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20
years.
Fanny & Alexander
1982 | Drama
This movie by Ingemar Bergman takes place in Uppsala in 1907. Follow
the siblings Fanny and Alexander on their complicated path through life
as their father dies, and their mother gets married to a very strict bishop.
Subtitles: English
Turist
Force Majeure
A family on a ski holiday in the French Alps find themselves staring down
an avalanche during lunch one day; in the aftermath, their dynamic has
been shaken to its core, with a question mark hanging over their patriarch in particular.
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Four Weeks in June
Fyra veckor i juni
2005 | Region # | Drama
Drama about the meeting between a young woman and an elderly lady.
They are the only ones who still live in an apartment building during a
renovation. Both carry secrets about the unresolved love.
Subtitles: English, Swedish
The Guy in the Grave Next Door
Grabben i graven bredvid
2002 | Region #2 | Romantic, Drama
Modern, urban librarian meets simple, traditional farmer and falls in love.
Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Making Babies
Hans och hennes
Johan and Anna-Karin have been a couple for years but despite many attempts, Anna-Karin doesn’t get pregnant. A visit to a fertility clinic shows
why: Johan’s sperm quality is too low, news that puts a strain on their
relationship since Anna-Karin desperately wants to be a mother.
Subtitles: Swedish
Hassel: There is no Mercy
Hassel - förgörarna
2000 | Region #2 | Action, Thriller
Stockholm police detective Hassel takes on the Russian mob, with help
from a Russian policewoman with revenge on her mind.
Heartbreak Hotel
Two divorced women in their 40’s befriend one another after a rocky
start. They search for love at the disco Heartbreak Hotel.
Subtitles: English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
High Chaparall
2004 | Region #2 | TV Comedy Series
Two Famous Swedish journalists/entertainers move to Los Angeles to
film a weekly TV show. The Swedes hang out with Hollywood B-celebrities in odd scenarios. Season 2.
Subtitles: English
Hotet
2003 | Region #2 | Action Thriller
The Swedish military creates a great new technology and there are people who are willing to do anything to get their hands on it.
Subtitles: English, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
All Hell Let Loose
Hus i helvete
2002 | Drama
Minoo returns to her family in Sweden to attend her sister Gita’s wedding. Her mother and father believe that she has disgraced the family
having worked as a stripper.
Subtitles: Swedish
Jag är nyfiken – blå och gul version
I Am Curious (Versions Blue and Yellow)
Twenty year-old Lena wants to know all she can about life and reality, so
she collects information on everyone and everything. She experiments
with relationships, political activism, and meditation.
Subtitles: English
Italiensk for begynderer
Italian for Beginners
In Danish/ Italian. Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of
a town in Denmark use a beginner’s course in Italian as the platform to
meet the romance of their lives.
Subtitles: English
Jalla! Jalla!
Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend but is about
to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to Lebanon.
Subtitles: Swedish
White Water Fury
Järngänget
2000 | Thriller
Four guys is out kayaking when they meet two sisters, and decides to
camp and party together. After a wild night the youngest sister is gone.
The Jönsson Gang and Dynamite Harry
Jönssonligan & DynamitHarry
1982 | Region #2 | Comedy
Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob a nightclub, but Vanheden’s constantly drunk cousin, Dynamit-Harry ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested
and locked up for 10 months. When he is released, his new plan is to rob a
cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.
Subtitles: Swedish
Kejsarn av portugalien
About a father who adores his daughter more than life itself. Refusing to
accept her faith in life he sinks deeper and deeper into madness and a
fantasy world.
Subtitles: Swedish
Four Shades of Brown
Killinggängets Fyra nyanser av brunt
This film is made by a very famous group of Swedish comedians. The
story is about four independent but related stories told in parallel. It is a
cruel truth revealed about four fathers lives but in some way a black and
subtle humor shine its way through.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
The Reunion
Klassfesten
35-year old Magnus Edkvist hates class reunions as much as anyone and
usually skip them. Still he accepts an invitation for a reunion for class he
left over twenty years ago. But he has his reasons, as there is a chance
that his teen love Hillevi will show up. Subtitles: English, Norwegian
Make Believe
Kommer du med mig då
A film about the love of life, love of truth and love between two people
who do not understand that they love each other.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Finnish
Komplett galen
A documentary crew follows a husband and wife team as they try to
rehearse a play they wrote. Filmed in a mockumentary style, this erotic
play creates some jealousy and has the actors looking for new places to
rehearse, ranging from a slaughter house to Spain.
Subtitles: English, Swedish, Spanish
Kopps
Winner of many film festival circuit awards. This film is about a police
force in a small Swedish town where there hasn’t been any crime for
more than ten years, the officers must find ways to prove their importance to the town, so that they don’t lose their jobs.
Executive Protection
Livvakterna
After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given
a desk job. The position hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends
up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation
agency.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Män som hatar kvinnor
2009 | Region #2 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing, or
dead, for forty years, by a young female hacker.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish.
Dalecarlians
Masjävlar
A young Swedish woman living in Stockholm returns home to Dalarna to
attend a birthday party. Family duties take over and she must take a hard
look at her life and where it is that she is going. Family drama in a small
town in Sweden.
Midvinterduell/ Saxofonhallicken
Two dramas by Lars Molin. In “Midvinterduell” we get to meet Egon Lundin who takes up a feud with the city, and in “Saxofonhallicken” we get
an insight to a small city hotel with all the fascinating characters you can
find there.
Subtitles: Swedish
Miffo
This story is set in Gothenburg, where a new priest is trying to find his
way when he falls for a foul mouthed, drinking, handicapped woman.
Subtitles: Swedish, English, Finnish, Norwegian
Mitt liv som hund
My Life as a Dog
Tells the story of Ingemar, a 12-year-old boy, who is sent to live with his
uncle on the countryside when his mother falls ill. He finds unexpected
adventure with the help of the town’s warmhearted eccentrics. Both
humourus and tragic, this film is a bittersweet evocation of the struggles
and joys of childhood.
Subtitles: English
Offside
British soccer champion arrives to Swedish sleepy town to save their
soccer team.
Gamle mænd i nye biler Old Men in New Cars
2004 | Region #1 | Action, Comedy
The last wish of the dying “Monk” is for his foster child, Harald, to find his
real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell. Peter
and Martin - the two chefs - want to get him out and soon father and son
meet for the first time in their lives. Subtitles: English
Om Sara
Because of a mentally ill mother and abusive relationships, Sara’s attempts at happiness turn increasingly selfish and desperate, until her
image of a happy life shatters completely.
Om Stig Petrés hemlighet
Stig Petré (Michael Nyqvist) has just inherited his father’s factory and is
struggling with burnout and problems in the company, while trying to become the president of the club that his father also started. He soon finds
himself in group therapy, and fears what will happen to his goals if word
gets out about his physical health.
Subtitles: Swedish
Paradise
Paradiset
Tabloid journalist Annika Bengtzon is writing about a murder in the port
of Stockholm, and she suspects that the Yugoslav mafia is involved.
Potatishandlaren/ Kunglig Toilette
1996/ 86 | Region #2 | Drama
In the Swedish TV drama “Potatishandlaren”, a once-kittenish young
woman has become a fortyish spinster, still helping her widowed father
on the family farm. “Kunglig Toilette” is about a small town getting ready
for a royal visit.
Subtitles: Swedish
At Point Blank
Rånarna
A group of very efficient robbers strike banks in a downtown area of
Stockholm. Detective Klara and commanding officer Krona takes on the
case.
As it is in Heaven
Så som i himmelen
Nominated for a 2005 Best Foreign Film Oscar, this story about a world
famous conductor returning home to a small Swedish town won over
audience world wide. With failing health, the conductor falls in love and
takes over the town choir taking them from bad to competition worthy.
Songs from the Second Floor
Sånger från andra våningen
A story about the need for love and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation. It is a story about many different characters,
among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend.
Saraband
2003 | Region #1 | Drama, Music
Some thirty years after divorcing her husband Johan, Marianne decides
to visit her ex-husband at his summer home. She arrives in the middle
of a family drama between Johan’s son from another marriage and his
granddaughter.
Subtitles: English, French, Portugese
Saxofonhallicken
The old City Hotel as a youth club for adults. In this small town we find an
odd gallery of characters and overripe youth. The dancing couples, the
tipsy tavern lady, the half drunk jolly bunch. Tonight a new guest arrives.
Subtitles: Swedish
Mind the Gap
Se upp för dårarna
Two girls of different background, one an immigrant from Turkey and the
other a girl that needs to get out of her fathers shadow, both apply to the
police academy were they become close friends.
Subtitles: English, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Sex, hopp & kärlek
Birgit is stuck in a boring everyday life with her husband Lennart and
their teenage daughter. When Bertil, her childhood sweetheart and now a
famous TV-host, returns home after 19 years, Birgit sees her big chance
to change her life.
Fucking Åmål
Show Me Love
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and
bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Subtitles: English
Search
Sök
A dark drama about a 38 year old woman trying online dating, but only
find men with problems, which soon becomes her problems. The more
she is searching, the more bad things happen around her.
The Bomber
Sprängaren
A serial bomber is on the loose in Stockholm with the police hot on his
trail.
Störst av allt
A young female journalist suddenly finds out that who she believed was
her father is not that at all. Her real father is the well-known politician and
union boss, who 28 years ago betrayed both her and her mother.
Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann
The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the
Window and Disappeared
2013 | Region #1 | Adventure, Comedy
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a
nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins
an unexpected journey.
Subtitles: English
In Bed with Santa
Tomten är far till alla barnen
Sara invites all her ex-husbands families to come and celebrate Christmas with her new family. This is an effort to give the children the best
Christmas celebration ever, but too many things are revealed and the
whole celebration becomes chaotic.
Subtitles: Swedish
Under solen
Under the Sun
Olof lives alone on his family’s farm after the death of his mother. He is
unable to take care of the household, so the young housekeeper Ellen
helps him. Ellen takes over the house, as well as the hearts belonging to
both Olof and his brother Erik.
Beneath the Surface
Under Ytan
1997 | Region #2 | Dark Drama
Two sisters with a tough childhood get involved and manipulated by a
drug dealer, turning them into drug addicts and smugglers.
Subtitles: English
Utanför din dörr
2002 | Region #2 | Romantic Comedy
André wants nothing more than to be alone, and decides to move to the
small town Lycksele in the North of Sweden. His plan soon goes soth,
when he instead of finding solitude finds love But it seems almost impossible to connect with André.
Every Other Week
Varannan Vecka
This comedy drama is about two brothers whose lives become very complicated. Jens’s wife Tessan refuses to believe that her husband’s friendship with stunning Johanna is purely platonic, and decides to throw him
out. Jens confides in his brother Pontus who is very surprised to learn
that Jens has been seeing one of his old girlfriends. Subtitles: Swedish, English, Norwegian
Viking Combat Training Volume 1
2012 | Region #1 | Instruction movie
Volume 1: Fundamentals of Viking Training. In English.
Viking Combat Training Volume 2
2013 | Region #1 | Instruction movie
Volume 2: Advanced Viking Training. In English.
Vuxna Människor
Frank has a respectable yuppie life working at a noted Stockholm law
firm, married to his beautiful wife Nenne. Yet Frank is deeply bored with
his life and is supremely randy. Eventually, Frank shacks up with a young
fetching art student named Sofia, and the experience soon wracks Frank
with guilt.
Wallander - Blodsband
Following an argument with her lover on her boat, a woman is found
dead. Wallander and the Ystad police investigate; their inquiries lead
them to a farm commune and to an old friend of Linda’s.
Wallander - Byfånen
A man armed with a bomb attempts to rob a bank, when things go wrong
and the bomb goes off. Was it an accident or murder?
Wallander - Den svaga punkten
A horse breeder is found dead and most evidence point to the reason being a kick from his own horse, but the post-mortem shows the opposite.
Wallander - Mörkret
A girl has committed suicide, and more girls on a school in Skåne soon
follows ger footsteps. As Linda Wallander get the case, she is more determined to solve the case than she has ever been.
Wallander - One Step Behind
Wallander - Steget efter
Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. Subtitles: Swedish, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Wallander - Täckmanteln
Linda discovers nine corpses and a live baby girl locked in an abandoned
container lorry. Her father suspects that the driver fled when he realized
his cargo of illegal immigrants had died.

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