John Ekman Movies

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the...

A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into...

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself...

Olof Koskela, the only son is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a floater. His reputation as a womanizer goes...

Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter...

A romantic couple's happiness is threatened when the girl's father, a forester, decide to marry her off to a much older man, a valet.

A rich young man falls for a beautiful girl and meets with trouble. An adaptation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Das fremde Mädchen.

Set at a recreational resort in the mountains, where a group of people have their lives and loves interveined.

The suicidal gambler Tom Haget receives an invitation to The Club of the Living Dead, whose members apparently see it as their task to help each...

The aging Count Eric von Ure is worried about the lack of responsibility shown by his son and heir Kuno. His extramarital son Jörgen Ager is...

The widower Stensson lives a happy life on his farm with his two children.

Ayo Vindico is known in the capital Stockholm as the Bird of paradise.

An unemployed man encounters trouble when he tries to find a way to help his sick wife.

A film about family secrets... and deathbed confessions.

Two men are rivals for the affection of the beautiful Eufrosyne Linde - who is actually toying with one gentleman to make the other jealous.

In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak...

Sigge and Putte has moved to a private school, where they fight and get up to mischief.

Swedish version of Norwegian National Author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel.

A young orchestra violinist’s fear of mediocrity and drive for artistic success strain his marriage to a fellow musician. Told largely in...

A young woman is predestined to marry her fathers companion. During the summer she falls in love with an artist. The intended husband detects the...