Sven Nykvist Movies

Land owner Bill Bärnfelt sees a beautiful woman when he is out riding and immediately falls in love. But then his former fiancee turns up and...

Krister and his fiancé Brita return to Stockholm after a stay in Italy. Shortly upon their return Krister learns that all his assets left to...

The early stage experiences of a group of young, more or less talented aspiring actors, whose first steps on the stage are described. Among them are...

A documentary on Sven Nykvist lighting the movie-set during the shooting of Andrei Tarkovsky's film "The Sacrifice."

After years of ignoring the shy cousin whom she and her peers taunted mercilessly as a child, a middle-aged woman (Ingrid Thulin) wrenches the poor...

In the beginning of WW II a Swedish ship in a northern French port is exposed to German air raids. The captain take a chance to leave the port...

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one...

A 19-year-old boy, after his mother's death, starts a relationship with his father's mistress, although he is engaged. The relationship continues...

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against...

Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.

What to do if you are stuck as a police officer in a boring small town, no decent crimes happen and you should actually make the big career at the...

A Swedish missionary visits a museum in Stockholm that has several objects from his travels to Africa. When he sees a wooden god he starts to...

A coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri. She is doing well for herself as a partner in...

Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made for an adult woman.

From Bjørnson's novels about romance in 19th century Norway. Thorbjörn Granliden is raised severely by his parents who notice that he is...

In a fictional future totalitarian society ruled as a one-party state. A teacher commits the crime to teach their students to think independently and...

Eric and Clarence are friends from the same class in school - but from different social classes. Eric comes from the working class, Clarence from the...

A missionary film by photographer Sven Nykvist.

A Swedish scientist couple comes to a small African village to fight malaria.

A documentary film about the German musician, philosopher, doctor and peace prize winner Albert Schweitzer, his life and work.