- Hasse Ekman
Infobox Actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Hasse Ekman
imagesize = 168px
birthname = Hans Gösta Ekman
birthdate =September 10 ,1915
location =Stockholm, Sweden
deathdate =February 15 ,2004
deathplace =Marbella, Spain
spouse = Agneta Wrangel (1937-1944)
Eva Henning (1946-1953)
Tutta Rolf (1953-1972)
Viveca Trädgårdh (1974-2004)Hasse Ekman (
September 10 ,1915 –February 15 ,2004 ) was a Swedish film director and actor.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 his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmakerOrson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film "Flicka och hyacinter" (Girl with Hyacinths ), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment.Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor
Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actorGösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage director Mikael Ekman. Also grandfather of actress Sanna Ekman.As an actor Ekman also came to act in most of his own films, in a number of strong supporting roles, and he also acted in a number of early
Ingmar Bergman -films (including "Prison", "Thirst" and "Sawdust and Tinsel ") and also opposite his famous father in "Intermezzo"; the original Swedish 1936 film starringIngrid Bergman in the female lead. Overall he made 50 roles in Swedish films.elected director filmography
*1965 - "Niklassons" (TV-series)
*1964 - "Äktenskapsbrottaren"
*1963 - "Min kära är en ros (My Love Is Like a Rose)"
*1960 - "Kärlekens decimaler"
*1959 - "Himmel och pankaka (Heaven and Pancakes)"
*1959 - "Fröken Chic"
*1956 - "Sjunde himlen (Seventh Heaven)"
*1954 - "Gabrielle"
*1953 - "Vi tre debutera"
*1952 - "Eldfågeln (The Firebird)"
*1950 - "Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths)"
*1949 - "Flickan från tredje raden (The Girl from the Third Row)"
*1948 - "Banketten ("The Banquet")"
*1948 - "Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka (Little Martin Returns)"
*1948 - "Var sin väg (Each to His Own Way)"
*1947 - "En fluga gör ingen sommar (One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer)"
*1946 - "Medan porten var stängd (While the Door Was Locked)"
*1946 - "Möte i natten (Meeting in the Night)"
*1945 - "Fram för lilla Märta"
*1945 - "Vandring med månen (Wandering with the Moon)"
*1945 - "Kungliga patrasket ("The Royal Rabble")"
*1944 - "Som folk är mest"
*1943 - "Ombyte av tåg"
*1942 - "Lågor i dunklet"
*1941 - "Första divisionen"
*1940 - "Med dej i mina armar"External links
* Ekmansocietys website [http://ekmansallskapet.se]
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