
Birthday:
06-24-1893
Deathday:
04-19-1964 (70 years)
Birthplace:
Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sweden
Biography
John Adolf Reinhold Jahr, born Johansson, was a Swedish stage and screen actor, singer and director. He made his film debut in Edvard Persson's "Den gamla herrgården" (1925). Adolf Jahr appeared in some 65 feature films.
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Adolf i toppform
event1952
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A compilation of some of Adolf Jahr's films.
Livat på luckan
event1951
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Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time has come.
Hur tokigt som helst
event1949
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"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted by a publisher. The failure makes him depressed, but he is living it up by meeting a good friend Calle, who invites him home. Poppe stays for a few days as a male housewife. Calle has a music store and there the two friends can go crazy among all the instruments.
Minns ni?
Act like (archive footage)
event1993
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A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
Oss baroner emellan
Act like Gustaf Adolf Leijoncloo
event1939 star_border 5
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Baron Leijoncloo comes back to Sweden after many years in Argentina. On his way to his good friend Victor Sällberg's home, he loses his luggage. A con artist, Jönsson, finds it, and uses the baron's title to get invited to the manor of Mr. and Mrs. Blomqvist. By a coincidence, the baron also comes to the manor using a fake name. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
When Darkness Falls
Act like Connie Lundgren
event1960 star_border 5.4
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Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
Just a Trumpeter
Act like Adolf Berg
event1938 star_border 3.7
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An army musician is mistaken for a company manager and fall in love.
Rannstensungar
Act like Johan Fahlén
event1944 star_border 7
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Ninni is a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother dies and she is taken care of by a friend of the family. She is trapped in the heart of Stockholm and can't get out of the city because the lack of money.
The Ghost at Bragehus
Act like Einar Hård
event1936 star_border 4
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Bragehus manor receives a new farm bailiff with new ideas on how to run a modern farm. The manor is haunted by a ghost.
Robinson i Roslagen
Act like Alfred Söderman
event1948 star_border 4.2
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To get away from his nagging wife, a man goes to a desert island to settle down there.
Karl för sin hatt
Act like Ola Hansson
event1940 star_border 7
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Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.
Den gamla herrgården
event1925
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A 40-minute fragment survives.
Marknadsafton
Act like Magni
event1948
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The farmer Magni is planning to marry Teresia, but the maid Lovisa has other plans.
En sjöman i frack
Act like Allan Linde / Fritjof Karlsson
event1942 star_border 5
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First mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde.
Lars Hård
Act like Johan Hård
event1948 star_border 4
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Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.
The People of Värmland
Act like Löpar-Nisse Jonsson
event1957
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Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemies. Erik's father wants him to marry a rich girl instead and when Anna hears about this, she falls ill and even starts to show signs of insanity. Will the two have each other or will everything go wrong?
Storm over Tjurö
Act like Karl Oskar Bohm
event1954 star_border 4.5
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Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
Hemsöborna
Act like Carlsson
event1944 star_border 5
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In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Janne Vängmans bravader
Act like Janne Vängman
event1948
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Janne Vängman is heavy drinker who always stands up for the poor and oppressed.
Janne Vängman på nya äventyr
Act like Janne Vängman
event1949
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Janne is an old man who is locked up in the church on New Year's Eve 1900 and has to play the organ to make someone to open the door.
Bröderna Östermans huskors
Act like Kalle Österman
event1945
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The Österman brothers have come to realize that they need a housekeeper. Oldest brother Kalle travel to town and return with the young and modern Anna.
Adolf Armstarke
Act like Adolf Turesson / Adolf Armstarke of Thureholm
event1937 star_border 3.5
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Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britta Larsson. Attending a lecture, he witnesses the attention paid to his lady-love by other faculty members, and falls to sleep. He dreams of the olden days and the knights, and the comely ladies of the court over whom they fought. His dream also gives all the cast the change to play a second role. Upon awakening, he proposes to Britta.
Adolf klarar skivan
Act like Adolf Jansson
event1938
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Adolf Jansson makes a living doing odd jobs until one day he gets a job working as a butler in the Pettersson residence. Adolf is instantly liked by everyone in the family except the daughter Susette, whom Adolf has fallen in love with.
Adolf i eld och lågor
Act like Adolf Berglund
event1939 star_border 4
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Swedish comedy from 1939. Adolf Berglund is a reporter at the newspaper Morgonbladet and is sent on one action-packed mission after the other. But it's not always that he uses honest working methods to produce his scoops.
Ebberöds Bank
Act like Fredrik Ågren
event1946
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Tailor Ågren in Ebberöd lives with his dominant wife Karolina and their two children. His everyday life would have been problem free if it weren't for his debts.
Bröllopet på Solö
Act like Kalle Österman
event1946
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Kalle Österman lives on the small island Solö together with his wife, Agneta.
While the City Sleeps
Act like Iris' Father
event1950 star_border 6.2
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Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Miljonär för en dag
Act like Robert Kvick, sailor
event1926 star_border 7
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Millionaire for a Day was filmed during the summer of 1925 in Skåne, the southernmost province of Sweden. This Edvard Persson's third film became a flop in Stockholm, but was quite successful in many rural areas all over the country.
Samvetsömma Adolf
Act like Adolf Berg
event1936
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Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern and complications occur.
A Cruise in the Albertina
Act like John Andersson
event1938
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John is the skipper of the Albertina which is moored in Mariehamn. Nearby is luxury yacht Sea Star, where Ann-Mari boards. She begins to take an interest in John and makes sure to come aboard the Albertina to meet him.
En natt på Smygeholm
event1933
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It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle.
En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov
event1934
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To save the family estate Stjärnehov, one of the twins Stiernhielm, Bertil, marries the rich sausage maker Magnusson's daughter Britta.
Östermans testamente
event1954
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The fishermen Österman and Sjöberg are sued by merchant Wikström. In order to raise capital, they decide to start producing a medicine from a recipe by Österman's father.
'Swing It' Teacher
Act like Bergman
event1940 star_border 5.6
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Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.
Friarannonsen
event1955
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Algot and Bengt have built a house together. But they can not agree on how ownership should be distributed between them. In addition they don't get any mail since the Post office refuse to hand it out.
Kungen av Dalarna
event1953
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Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race Vasaloppet.
Djurgårdskvällar
event1946
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An artist with drinking problems is depressed because his career didn't turn out so good. He puts his faith in his daughter to carry the artistic heritage further.
Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
event1932
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A traveling theatre company comes to Lund and one of the smallest hotels in town. A female actress gets a key by mistake to a room where Sten Stensson Stéen lives.
Svärmor kommer
event1932
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John and Ulla are happily married and live in the villa Fridhem. Via telegram, John gets the news that his dreaded mother-in-law will come to visit.
Skeppare i blåsväder
event1951
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The story of the aging fisherman Alex who refuses to realize that his boat needs to be replaced.
Janne Vängman i farten
event1952
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Erik Ernsson is on his way to Jon-Persgården in Ångermanland to seek employment. He befriends the old man Janne Vängman.
Finnskogens folk
event1955
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The year is 1906. Somewhere on the long lake of Fryken, pastor David Amberg appears. He is not satisfied with the religious life of the countryside. He wants to bring real revival.
Ådalens poesi
event1947
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The farmers Zackris Månsson and the Kerstorps-farmer lives on each side of the river. The two villages has always been enemies. The Kerstorps-farmer dies after a beating caused by Zachris. The son Olle takes over the farm and becomes a good farmer. He has a reputation of a fancying women, but the only women he has eyes for is Zachris daughter.
Laughing in the Sunshine
event1956
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Princess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name.
Janne Vängman och den stora kometen
event1955
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Janne Vängman is having dreams of meeting aliens from outer space.
Kronans glada gossar
event1952
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Pelle Frisk is serving in the Swedish armed forces.
Pettersson & Bendel
Act like Karl-Johan Pettersson
event1933
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The two conmen Bendel and Pettersson starts doing business together. Bendel got the brains and Pettersson the charm.
Fasters millioner
Act like Georg Berger
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.
Sköna Susanna och gubbarna
Act like Fjärdingsman
event1959 star_border 2
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In the legend of Susanna in Babylon she was highly desired by the old men. In this movie, Susanna the beautiful lives in a Swedish town in the 19th century.
Dunungen
Act like Teodor Fristedt
event1941
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The shy Anne-Marie wants to marry the mayor's son despite his parents' opposition.
Ä' vi gifta?
Act like Åke Kjellberg, musiker og komponist
event1936
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The well-known musician and composer Åke Kjellberg wakes up in a nice Stockholm apartment. He lives in Count Sparvhök's empty home until it gets rented out.
Perhaps a Gentleman
Act like Gustaf «Gurra» Lind, havnearbeider
event1935 star_border 5
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Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren claims that, like Higgins in the play, he can turn a harbor worker into the gentleman.
Stackars miljonärer
Act like Ingeniør Jan Eriksson
event1936
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Jan Eriksson wins a vacation trip to a hotel in the mountains.
Strange Harbor
Act like Captain Greger
event1948 star_border 7
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"Strange Harbor " - A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead. That same evening one of the Swedish sailors, meets a Jewish woman who has fled Nazi Germany.
Tattarblod
Act like Frasse Vallander
event1954
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David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals until it becomes known that David is the son of a notorious drifter.
Kvartetten som sprängdes
Act like Karl Ludvig Sundelin
event1950
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A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the stock market. The result is not as good as expected.
Just a Waiter
Act like Tilly
event1959 star_border 7
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Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Matilda Roos, singer and diva. Fabian is too insensitive to notice that Annie, who works in the kitchen, is in love with him. Encouraged by Matilda, Fabian leaves the hotel and goes to Stockholm to become famous. But, as he soon learns, it is more difficult than he first thought.
Johan på Snippen
Act like Johan Karlsson
event1956
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In the village of Stubbhult lives many motorcycle interested young people. However, their rampage interfere with the local population.
Johan på Snippen tar hem spelet
Act like Johan
event1957
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There is a barn dance in the village Stubbhult. Johan Snippen and his friend the stationmaster Mandus plays happily, when a fight is about to break out.
Hattmakarens bal
Act like Ulrik Melander
event1928 star_border 5.5
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The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.
På kryss med Blixten
Act like Rickard
event1927 star_border 5
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Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.
Ung och kär
Act like Don Sebastian de Gonzaga y Perossi
event1950
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The two young attachées Freddie Rundhult and Rutger af Utterfeldt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are rivals for the beautiful operetta singer Alice.
En sjöman går iland
Act like Axel Nord
event1937
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The sailor Axel Nord is asked by his captain to do him a favor before his leave begins. Captain Rundholm wants him to give a letter to his niece in Stockholm. As Nord discovers, it isn't easy to find somebody you never have met, and it isn't made easier by the fact that some crooks believe that the letter contains evidence proving embezzlement in the shipping company.
Dance, My Doll
Act like Albin Kvist
event1953 star_border 3.3
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In a small town called Skrabbarp in Southern Sweden lives the school teacher Sebastian Pettersson, an amateur detective and one of the most diligent correspondents of the Stockholm police.
Falska Greta
Act like Ove Häger
event1934
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A woman on vacation is mistaken for Greta Garbo.
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