Sven Nykvist Movies

In Norway in the 1600s, An-Magritt is born as the result of a rape.

A man meets prisoner Nils Gustaf Boman and asks him why he strayed from the straight and narrow. The prisoner says: "Put yourself in my position."...

The beautiful student Katja shocks the conservative and rigid city of Wadköping by appearing in tail-coat on the big prom.

The night before her wedding, a nervous bride examines her gifts and picks out a book of romantic short stories. Hoping to while away the evening,...

Africa and Schweitzer is a rarely-seen, excellent documentary made while Albert Schweitzer was still alive. Narrated by Lowell Thomas and...

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...

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...

Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage performances, the film explores sources...

Alan Kennebeck is unable to accept a brief, realistic romance for what it is. Eventually it leads to his complete moral downfall. Triggered by the...

Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmakers from a variety of disciplines about their...

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...

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...

A missionary film by photographer Sven Nykvist.

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 new foreman, Huus, arrives in a sleepy Danish village, much to the delight of the unmarried women there. However, Huus becomes very friendly with...

A docudrama based on stills from the film "The Sacrifice" (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky. Sven Nykvist and Andrei Tarkovsky meet in a final...

The stingy fisherman Ericsson lives on a small island north of Stockholm with his wife Johanna och her father Isak.

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...

Filip Palm works as a clerk. His hobby is creating inventions of different sorts. He has just received a big inheritance and has fallen in love with...

Based on the classic children’s story, seven orphan siblings and their goat make a difficult journey over the mountains to find new parents.