Movies: Stefan Jarl

Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen....

A feature-length documentary, possibly focusing, at least in part, on the recent anti-globalization protests in Gothenburg, Sweden and the alleged police misconduct during the protests....

A documentary film depicting a group of young boys from Stockholm which live on the outskirts of society. The film is the first part of a trilogy....

Private detective Ture Sventon is visited by his friend Mr. Omar of the Arabic desert. Sventon decides to travel with Mr. Omar on his flying carpet to Paris. However, Sventon almost exclusively lives on cream puffs, and to transport these across the ...

A family on a small farm tries to live as usual even though there is a violent coup in the country. The threat is constantly present....

The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries...

Misfits to Yuppies is the last of three films (Dom kallar oss mods, Ett anständigt liv, Det sociala arvet) that shows conditions for addicts in Stockholm and try to find out how social legacy have been transferred to their children from previous film...

A documentary about Stefan Jarl's Mod-trilogy....

"A Respectable Life" - A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter...

Documentary about the making of Bo Widerberg's film 'Victoria'....

A documentary about acclaimed Swedish actor Thommy Berggren....

A documentary by Ronny Svensson and Markus Stromqvist on the making of Bo Widerberg's 1976 movie Man on the Roof, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew...

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector....

With impressive visual clarity, memories, experiences, and events are interwoven with myths and dreams in a film about the search for meaning in a fragmented reality....

A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior regarding his training and preparations. Facing difficulties with the Swedish Olympic Committee, Bruch is den...

Loosely based on the Sala gang, a group of five people that committed murders and thefts in Sweden in the 1930s....

A cry from the revolutionary wilderness. About the solidarity that disappeared....

A portrait of the legendary Swedish journalist and writer Cordelia Edvardson (1929-2012). She was only fourteen when she alone was brought to the concentration camp of Theresienstadt and later to the camp of Auschwitz....

About the "aware, free and unrestrained modern woman" Anna Susanna....

On Saturday, April 26, spring came to Sweden. That same day, Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Bringing mild winds to Scandinavia. Sweden suffered heavily of radioactive poison....