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Hasse Ekman

Hasse Ekman

Director · Born 1915-09-10 · Stockholm, Sweden

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Biography

Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment. Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actor Gösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage/film director Mikael Ekman. Also grandfather of actress Sanna Ekman. As an actor Ekman also came to act in most of his own films, as the leading man and in a number of strong supporting roles, and he also acted in a three of early Ingmar Bergman-films (Prison, Thirst and Sawdust and Tinsel). He also played opposite his famous father in Intermezzo; the original Swedish 1936…

Directed

  1. Girl with Hyacinths (1950) — Director
  2. The Banquet (1948) — Director
  3. While the Door Was Locked (1946) — Director
  4. The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) — Director
  5. Miss Chic (1959) — Director
  6. The Girl from the Third Row (1949) — Director
  7. The White Cat (1950) — Director
  8. Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It (1945) — Director
  9. Little Martin Returns (1948) — Director
  10. On a Bench in a Park (1960) — Director
  11. Seventh Heaven (1956) — Director
  12. The Halo Is Slipping (1957) — Director
  13. Private Entrance (1956) — Director
  14. The Royal Rabble (1945) — Director
  15. A Day Will Dawn (1944) — Director
  16. Summer Place Wanted (1957) — Director
  17. Gabrielle (1954) — Director
  18. The First Squadron (1941) — Director
  19. Jazz Boy (1958) — Director
  20. With You in My Arms (1940) — Director
  21. The Nuthouse (1951) — Director
  22. The Heist (1961) — Director
  23. Meeting in the Night (1946) — Director
  24. The Firebird (1952) — Director
  25. Heaven and Pancakes (1959) — Director
  26. Jack of Hearts (1950) — Director
  27. Decimals of Love (1960) — Director
  28. Flames in the Dark (1942) — Director
  29. Changing Trains (1943) — Director
  30. The Sixth Shot (1943) — Director
  31. Happiness Is on Its Way (1942) — Director
  32. Interlude (1946) — Director
  33. Wandering with the Moon (1945) — Director
  34. We Three Debutantes (1953) — Director
  35. Like Everyone Else (1944) — Director
  36. His Excellency (1944) — Director
  37. Each to His Own Way (1948) — Director
  38. One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (1947) — Director
  39. The Great Amateur (1958) — Director
  40. My Love Is Like a Rose (1963) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) — Frans
  2. Thirst (1949) — Dr. Rosengren
  3. Prison (1949) — Martin Grande
  4. Intermezzo (1936) — Åke Brandt
  5. June Night (1940) — Willy Wilson
  6. The Banquet (1948) — Hugo Stenbrott
  7. While the Door Was Locked (1946) — Torsten "Totte" von Breda
  8. The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) — Klad Traenger
  9. Miss Chic (1959) — Buster Carell
  10. The Yellow Squadron (1954) — Captain Birger Wreting
  11. The Girl from the Third Row (1949) — Sture Anker
  12. Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It (1945) — Kurre
  13. Little Martin Returns (1948) — Second Lieutenant Svensson
  14. On a Bench in a Park (1960) — Stig Brender
  15. Seventh Heaven (1956) — Willy Lorens
  16. The Halo Is Slipping (1957) — Per-Axel Dahlander
  17. Private Entrance (1956) — Sture Falk
  18. The Royal Rabble (1945) — Tommy Anker
  19. A Day Will Dawn (1944) — Rutger von Brewitz
  20. Gabrielle (1954) — Kjell Rodin
  21. The First Squadron (1941) — Franconian Bråde
  22. Jazz Boy (1958) — Teddy Anker
  23. The Nuthouse (1951) — Hans Hasseson Ekman / Fänrik Bråde / Kim (voice)
  24. Meeting in the Night (1946) — Åke
  25. Heaven and Pancakes (1959) — Willy Lorens
  26. Jack of Hearts (1950) — Lt. Anders Canitz
  27. Decimals of Love (1960) — Karl Krister 'Charlie' Gedelius
  28. Flames in the Dark (1942) — Per Sahlén
  29. The Sixth Shot (1943) — Man at the train platform
  30. Changing Trains (1943) — Joakim Lundell
  31. Happiness Is on Its Way (1942) — Voice on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)
  32. Interlude (1946) — Vilhelm Canitz
  33. We Three Debutantes (1953)
  34. Wandering with the Moon (1945) — Ernst Törsleff
  35. I rök och dans (1954) — Well dressed man in haystack
  36. Life and Death (1943) — Kirre Granlund
  37. Life Goes On (1941) — Ludvig Bourg
  38. Each to His Own Way (1948) — Tage Sundell
  39. One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (1947) — Bertil
  40. The Great Amateur (1958) — Max Wallby