Bo Widerberg

Bo Widerberg

June 8, 1930 · 96 years old

Bo Widerberg, (June 8, 1930 – May 1, 1997) was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor. He was born Bo Gunnar Widerberg in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He died in Ängelholm, Skåne län, Sweden of stomach cancer. Widerberg was the director of films such as Raven's End (1963), Elvira Madigan (1…

Known For

13 titles
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All Things Fair

All Things Fair

1995 · 2h 10m · Movie

Stig, a 15-year-old student, is attracted to the beauty of Viola, his 37-year-old teacher, and she, drawn to his youth and innocence, feels that he is a God-sent relief for her drunken and miserable husband.

6.8
2
Man on the Roof

Man on the Roof

1976 · 1h 52m · Movie

When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.

7.2
3
Elvira Madigan

Elvira Madigan

1967 · 1h 31m · Movie

The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.

7.0
4
The Man from Majorca

The Man from Majorca

1984 · 1h 46m · Movie

In Stockholm, on St. Lucy's feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Two cops from vice squad, Johansson and Jarnebring, who were the first to the crime scene, pursue all...

6.9
5
Adalen 31

Adalen 31

1969 · 1h 55m · Movie

During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between demonstrators and the military who open fire...

7.0
6
Raven's End

Raven's End

1963 · 1h 41m · Movie

An aspiring young writer lives in a bleak working class block in the late 1930s.

7.4
7
Joe Hill

Joe Hill

1971 · 1h 54m · Movie

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.

7.3
8
The Baby Carriage

The Baby Carriage

1963 · 1h 35m · Movie

Following his manifesto for a new Swedish cinema, director Widerberg started his career with this realist tale of young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant.

6.7
9
The Serpent's Way

The Serpent's Way

1986 · 1h 51m · Movie

A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.

6.2
10
Love 65

Love 65

1965 · 1h 36m · Movie

A film director has problems coping with his wife and marriage. The daughter is their only connecting link. He is looking for love and sex elsewhere. A married woman becomes his new partner for a while.

6.2
11
Victoria

Victoria

1979 · 1h 29m · Movie

The tragic romance between the son of a miller and a landlord's daughter.

5.7
12
The Boy and the Kite

The Boy and the Kite

1962 · 30m · Movie

It is Arild's birthday, but his father has forgotten this and goes to work as usual. The mother is in the hospital to give birth. In the afternoon father and son visit the mother in the hospital.

7.0
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En handelsresandes död

En handelsresandes död

1979 · 2h 6m · Movie

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

6.9