
Birthday:
04-01-1895
Deathday:
06-10-1954 (59 years)
Birthplace:
Not available
Biography
Gustaf Edgren (1 April 1895 – 10 June 1954) was a Swedish screenwriter, film director and producer.
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Den gamla goda tiden
event1946
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A documentary short featuring a 50th anniversary party in celebration of film.
The People of Värmland
event1921 star_border 6.3
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Anna is a poor girl who loves Erik, the son of a rich farmer. His parents are however determined to make Erik marry the rich Britta.
Scattered Pages
event1931
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Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils.
Karl Fredrik Reigns
event1934 star_border 6.5
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A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.
Sunshine Follows Rain
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event1946 star_border 5.3
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The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Marit meets the fiddler Jon, an illegitimate son who enchants the youth with his violin.
Walpurgis Night
Writer
event1935 star_border 5.1
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Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and when she becomes pregnant she has an illegal abortion. For some reason, Lena's father believes that it is Lena who has had an abortion.
Hans Majestät får vänta
Writer
event1945 star_border 4.7
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The chamberlain Carl Johan Stjärna is a poor aristocrat who has to resort to borrowing money from his manservant Frans to afford champagne and restaurant visits. Frans has told his fiance Irene that he is an aristocrat which leads to some complications, not least because Irene has told Frans she is a rich land owner's daughter, although she is in a housemaid.
Flottans kavaljerer
Writer
event1948 star_border 4.2
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Baron Conrad Crusenhielm is hit in the head during a drunken brawl. Suffering from amnesia, he is mistaken for the lost sailor Karlsson and taken to the navy vessel Fylgia.
Kristin Commands
Director
event1946 star_border 5.8
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Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a scholarship for Vilhelm so he can go back to his medical studies.
Simon i Backabo
Director
event1934
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Simon lives a quiet life on his farm until one day he discovers he is the heir of a great fortune.
Svarte Rudolf
Writer
event1928
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Rudolf Carlsson, who works at a department store, dreams of making movies.
The People of Värmland
Director
event1932
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Erik, who comes from a wealthy family, has to marry a stuck-up girl, but the one he really loves is the poor Anna.
Johan Ulfstjerna
Writer
event1936
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It's the last night of 1899. In Helsingfors they celebrate the new millennium. The students at the university are dancing and among them is Helge Ulfstjerna.
The Great John Ericsson
Director
event1937
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In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.
Knights of the Crown
Writer
event1930
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Conscript Fridolf and his sergeant, Göransson, both try to win the love of sweet Mary. According to an older relative's last will, she will inherit a fortune if she marries the unfortunate Dick Carter. A con man comes to the little town, claiming to be the legitimate Carter.
The Red Day
Writer
event1931
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Jideon Andersson is the leader of the "Red Day" organization that are planning a communist takeover of the capital of Stockholm on August 1.
Ship Ahoy!
Director
event1931
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In the Swedish small town Kungshamn the journalist Fridolf Svensson writes for the local newspaper Allehanda.
Tired Theodore
Director
event1931
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Teodor is afraid to tell his rich wife that he works extra nightly at the sinful hotel Babylon.
Stora famnen
Director
event1940
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In the late 1800's, the old Karolina Koger dictates his will: all her money shall form a family fund.
Dolly tar chansen
Director
event1944
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Dolly Holm work as a waitress, but her big dream is to stand on stage and act.
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
Writer
event1947
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A story about poverty, unrequited love and manslaughter.
En svensk tiger
Writer
event1948
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Johan Tiger is an actor in Stockholm during World War II. A British agent in Sweden discovers that Johan is a dead ringer for General Lucky and manages to lure him over to London with a role as Othello as bait.
Svenske ryttaren
Director
event1949
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Agneta Gyllencrona is in love with Henrik Lettnoff, a refugee from the Baltic. They have to leave together when her mother, the Countess, wants to tear them apart.
Fasters millioner
Writer
event1934
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The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding.
Styrman Karlssons flammor
Director
event1938
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Kalle and his girlfriend Blenda is on his way home from Tivoli, when he says that he will be away for two years as mate on a sailing ship, but swears her eternal fidelity. During the trip takes on board Bessie that has wrecked his vessel, the Donald withstand the temptation of a beautiful woman on board while Blenda waiting at home?
Katrina
Director
event1943
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Proud Katrina falls in love with Johan, who's a sailor, and follows him home to the island of Åland. She has been promised a paradise with blooming apple trees but are greeted by poverty and hard work.
Fröken på Björneborg
Writer
event1922
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Together with her friend Elsie, Ann-Mari Löfvenholm, the young heir to Björneborg, returns from studies in Stockholm to the hometown.
Stockholmsfrestelser
Writer
event1911
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The young sawmill owner Anders Person has won the lottery and goes on pleasure trip to Stockholm with his wife Julia. They are met by aunt Julia and makes plan for a night on the town.
Artificial Svensson
Director
event1929 star_border 8
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When silly inventor Svensson gets mistaken for Swedish/American aviator Smith, he is accidentally enlisted in the military and drawn into unexpected romantic affairs.
Helen of Troy
Writer
event1951 star_border 4.5
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Intrigues and entanglements before Prince Paris wins the heart of beautiful Helena. It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth.
Ryska snuvan
Writer
event1937
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"The Russian Cold" - Kalle Brodin, the leader of the Swedish communists, just released from a short prison term, don't know what to do with the directives that comes from Moscow.
Trollebokungen
Director
event1924
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A man commits a robbery and start a new life in the northern parts of Sweden where he establishes himself as a farmer.
Skeppargatan 40
Screenplay
event1925
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Erhard Malm is studying to become an engineer, but support himself as a tutor at Consul Frendin. The consul's daughter Ruth and Erhard get interested in each other.
Styrman Karlssons flammor
Screenplay
event1925
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Karl Alfred Karlsson goes on an adventure on the seven seas.
Närkingarna
Screenplay
event1923
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Axel wants to marry his childhood friend Anna, but her father does not approve and kicks her out and sends Axel abroad on business.
Lille Napoleon
Director
event1943
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Office worker Napoleon Larsson is an unnoticed existence. One day when he arrives late for work, he gets fired, but through his wife's actions he gets alerted by the boss and advances within the company.
Spökbaronen
Director
event1927
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Baron Conrad Wirvelpihl get hit in the head and lose his memory.
The Rivals
Writer
event1926
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Harry, a young successful journalist, falls for Maud. Maud, however, turns out to be a journalist on a competing magazine.
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