Allan Edwall

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.

Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky · With Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.

Dir. Jan Troell · With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.

Dir. Jan Troell · With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

Dir. Tage Danielsson · With Hanna Zetterberg, Dan Håfström, Börje Ahlstedt

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

Dir. Olle Hellbom · With Staffan Götestam, Lars Söderdahl, Allan Edwall