Brink of Life is a thought-provoking movie set in a maternity ward, exploring the lives of expectant mothers as they face the joys and challenges of childbirth. The film delves into the intense emotions experienced by these women, as well as the relationships and dynamics between them. Brink of Life brings to light the raw reality of pregnancy, touching on themes of love, loss, and the strength of the human spirit.
A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. The cubs are attacked by the farmer and only one survives. An otter trapped in a burrow is rescued by 10-year-old Anders and his six-year-old brother, Kjell. In secret, the boys cage the animal and finally domesticate it. They obtain food for the Otter by fishing through the ice on a frozen lake. The boys manage to keep their secret from their family. On the eve of the May Day festival, Kjell reveals to family and friends the otter's presence. Anders is so distressed that he runs into the woods with the otter. The otter breaks away and returns to its life of natural freedom. The film was a prize winner at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak attacks on the invading army.
In this comedy, a man named Gunnar has the ability to see the devil's eye, which allows him to seduce any woman he desires. However, his mission is to seduce the virtuous Britt-Marie, which proves to be a challenge. Along the way, he encounters various comedic and fantastical situations. Will Gunnar succeed in his mission or will he be defeated by the power of love?
American businessman Chris Johnson spent WW2 in Sweden and fell in love with a nurse, Karin Engström. He lost contact with her after war and now, seven years later, he returns to Sweden on a business trip, trying to find her again.
In Stockholm, a nurse and a newspaper reporter become embroiled in a romantic rivalry as they clash over a high-profile trial. Amidst jealousy and falling reputations, they navigate the complexities of love and journalism.
The wild Jon Esping bets that he will become a churchwarden. He, the upstart and the illiterate who can only write his name, a fox in business, a stud among women and a brute in general, wins the bet.
To Kill a Child follows the story of a working-class family living in the Swedish countryside. The young daughter of the family is tragically killed in a car accident, leading to the devastating impact it has on the family and their community. The film explores themes of poverty, fantasizing about the future, and the complex emotions experienced in the face of loss.
In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and falls in love with her, but it is an impossible love story due to the rules of society.
Sture and Birgit are secretly engaged. One day when they are kissing, they are discovered by Sture's father Dana. However, he promises not to reveal anything, as Sture would probably lose his job on Birgit's father Hjalle's shipyard. When Hjalle is forced by a usurer to pay back 23,000 on a loan, he gets problem. Dana promises to solve the problem, the question is just how. There is only one person that could help him, his childhood friend Gösta Hägg that nowadays is the director of a big company. But time passes quickly, and where is Mr. Hägg ...?
City girl Emma marries the farmer Nicklas but gets involved in a love triangle with his brother Ragnar.
The tragic love story between a line dancer and an army officer.
A bitter governess with a facial scar gets a second chance at life when she becomes involved in a murder plot orchestrated by a criminal gang. As she navigates adultery, blackmail, and self-pity, she must confront her past and the morals that define her.
Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from the 1940's master director Hasse Ekman . The material is in a disarray but the Society for Ancient Film Research compiles the material after what is believed to have been the master's artistic intentions
A member of a highly successful crime drama series is found murdered in a television studio. The screenwriter of the TV-series is found as prime suspect but claims his innocence and tries to clear his name. But who is the murderer and what is his motive?
"Seventh Heaven" - Famous radio personality Willy Lorens has a big success with the radio series "Seventh Heaven." The amount of fan mail and attention eventually becomes too much for Willy, who suffers a minor collapse. Taken to a hospital where he meets Dr. Lovisa Sundelius, virtually the only woman in Sweden who do not admire the radio idol.
"I Slew" - Hospital drama of a doctor who thinks that he killed a patient on the operating table.
The boxing promoter Charlie returns from America to Sweden and needs to find a professional Swedish boxer for an upcoming fight. By chance Charlie watches Björn Harring fight off some hoodlums. Charlie sees great potential in Björn and wants to promote him for an upcoming fight, the problem is though that Björn is studying theology and is soon to become a priest. This might not look too good in a prejudiced society of the 40s with a boxing priest, but Charlie is determent to find a way.