Hasse Ekman
September 10, 1915 · 111 years old
Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with h…
Known For
9 titles
Sawdust and Tinsel
The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
Thirst
A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend.
Prison
A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.
Intermezzo
An innocent young pianist falls into an affair with a married violinist.
Girl with Hyacinths
After a young woman commits suicide, her neighbors try to piece together why she did it by tracking down her acquaintances.
June Night
When Kerstin Norback is shot and gravely wounded by her lover, the trial causes a public scandal, forcing her to move to Stockholm under an assumed name. There she befriends a group of women and attempts to rebuild her life.
While the Door Was Locked
About a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.
Jazzgossen
The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater in the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a dancer, Karin. He decides to put up a show with Karin as the leading lady, ...
Fröken Chic
An agent on the brink of bankruptcy finds a reluctant singing talent on a TV quiz show.