Karl Gerhard

Året var 1951

1951 - the year when Snoddas plays bandy and the naval spy is exposed. Stålfarfar rides a bike, Pär Lagerkvist receives a Nobel Prize and Tage Erlander and Karl Gerhard are getting older. Out in the world there's a cold war and in Sweden there's the big Västgöta maneuver. There's a plastic fashion and new hairstyles for a new age.

Tack ska du ha, Karl Gerhard heter jag

Talking head documentary about the early 20th century Swedish comedian and singer Karl Gerhard made for his hundredth birthday.

Stiller-fragment

Available episodes of missing movies by Mauritz Stiller.

Jazz Boy

The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater at the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a dancer, Karin. He decides to put up a show with Karin as the leading lady, but for the first time one of his shows becomes an economic disaster.

And Then There Comes a Boy

Karl Gerhard sings and talks to Fatima Gerhard about his career.

We Three Debutantes

Three young poets are about to make their debuts.

Skådetennis

Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.

The Marriage Game

The sculptress Tora Diidiken is married to the sculptor Gunnar Grahn and they both compete in a contest to design a statue for the public square in Hicksville.

Do You Remember?

Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since been lost and the only surviving fragments can be found in this film.

Sample Without Value

Sound film with Karl Gerhard and music by Jules Sylvain.

The Dream Waltz

This is the story of Olof Svensson who works as a streetcar conductor in Stockholm. In his free time he is a music composer.

Puss in Boots

Young Jörgen Steenfeld is the heir of it over the chimney-indebted estate Steensgaard and unable to clear up its finances. He is being looked after by his old friend, "Mästerkatten", ie the enterprising, charming but somewhat irreplaceable Karl Konstantin Kattrup, who has been relegated from the university. Kattrup, involved as a manager at Steensgaard. Steenfeld receives visits by county governor Markdanner and her daughter Rose. The Countess is planning a marriage between Rose and Jörgen, but Jörgen is secretly in love with the orphan Helga Anthon, called Pips. The conditions are further complicated by the appearance of Kattrup and Rose.

In the Fetters of Darkness

Elinor Petipon has been arrested as suspected of the murder of her husband. She seems to have lost memory, and confronted with the husband's body, she does not even recognize him. The hearing judge decides that she shall be detained in custody for observation.

The Mannequin

Lili is a young and courageous woman. She does things that create confusion. She suddenly begin to act in a film's plot in a movie theater, or take a mannequin from a shop.