Sven Nykvist Movies

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

Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and...

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...

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

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

A young woman who is obsessed with Buster Keaton stays in the sanatorium where the actor was once a patient.

Bertil Lund works at the wholesaling company Everything for the Baby. The supervisor Fredriksson is considering promoting him to vice-president but...

Eva Dahl, a doctor's wife, starts an affair with a younger man.

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

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,...

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled...

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...

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...

A Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His wife reacts strongly, since they always have...

Winter in Lapland, a settler and his wife just had their newborn daughter baptized. On the way home through the wilderness, they are chased by a pack...

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

A dead and unknown woman is found in a canal. Police inspector Martin Beck becomes involved in the case. After several months the woman is...

A document of life and culture in the southern Swedish university town, Lund.

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

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...