Jan Troell Movies

Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the...

Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée which Troell had previously dramatized in "Ingenjör Andrées...

Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

For nine years in the 1950s, Jan Troell worked as a teacher at the Sorgenfri primary school in Malmö (an experience he drew on for his study of...

A documentary about acclaimed Swedish film director Bo Widerberg.

A train passes the village Stångby in the countryside. Three-year-old Åsa comes running naked along a street and into a modern villa,...

A small local radio station in the city of Trelleborg, Sweden. Very important to its listeners. A friend in the air.

About the difficulty of finding its way.

Interviews with Kjell who is a cancer patient, children who smoke and various celebrities on their views and experiences on smoking.

Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the...

Director Jan Troell films the process of making Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair'). The footage was compiled...

A film about Jan Troell who turns 90 this summer. We get to see Jan Troell's own pictures, but also a conversation about childhood happiness and the...

A portrait of Swedish film maker Jan Troell.

A young Swedish boy tries to enjoy his birthday with his mother in the maternity ward and his father having forgotten about the occasion.

Documentary about the making of Swedish film director Jan Troell's "The New Land" (1971) and "The Emigrants" (1972).

Movement, glance, rhythm and hints. Meetings on fragrant meadows and in enclosed training rooms. Joy, sweat, disciplined training and physical...

Pianist Hans Pålsson is asked to write music for his friend Claes Eklundh's artwork. A documentary which shows the two men and their creating...

The film depicts some people's innocent presence a weekday at the World Trade Center in New York. The powerful architecture of the twin tower still...

Protagonist Johan Ekberg has apparently worked at the railway, but is now relegated to a passive existence as a pensioner. He walks through the city...