Sven Nykvist Movies

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

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 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...

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

Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored...

The singing vagabond Loffe suddenly becomes a man of the law.

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...

A con artist arrives to a small island to swingle money from the fishermen.

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

A missionary film by photographer Sven Nykvist.

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...

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,...

Nisse Holm start marketing coffee made of tree cones.

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