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Tuntematon sotilas

Tuntematon sotilas

Kristian Smeds's sensational debut at the National Theater. Smeds's adaptation of Väinö Linna's The Unknown Soldier had a powerful impact even on those who had not seen the play. In the National Theater's interpretation, modernity and intensity are strongly present throughout the play. The cast includes Antti Luusuaniemi, Kristo Salminen, and Jaakko Kytömaa.

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

Television adaptation of Chekhov's story about the spoiled widow Madame Ranevskaya.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Seven Crosses in a Notebook

Seven Crosses in a Notebook

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Diskrummet

Diskrummet

About the people at the bottom of the hierarchy working in a restaurant.

Night Café

Night Café

Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night

Muntra fruarna i Windsor

Muntra fruarna i Windsor

A light hearted adaptation of Shakespeare's play about middle class life in Elizabethan England.

I lodjurets timma

I lodjurets timma

A boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal in the cells of prisoners.

Färdknäpp

Färdknäpp

Dennis feels he's had enough of the cozy middle-class life in the suburbia. Before the middle-age (and John Denver's records) puts him down he wants to break away from everything. Unfortunately his wife Pauline and their friends William and Jane don't make it easy for him. To make matters worse, there seems to be some young punks vandalizing the neighborhood, but it's definitely not the ones everyone seem to believe it is.

Lek ej med kärleken

Lek ej med kärleken

The baron wants his niece and her cousin to get married but their own intrigues challenge his plans.

Misantropen

Misantropen

Alceste has a very low opinion about humanity and is always brutally honest. This gets him into a lot of trouble.

I denne verden er alt mulig

I denne verden er alt mulig

Drama about a group of young people in 1933 Berlin in search of an identity find themselves drawn to dangerous movements in society.

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Miss Julie

Miss Julie

Television adaptation of Strindberg's play about the midsummer romance between the noblewoman and the valet.

Den beslöjade damen

Den beslöjade damen

Fredrik is a male feminist who has a big fight with his wife one morning. When a widow shows up in their home and starts telling his wife how great it is to be a widow he flees the apartment but finds himself constantly followed by a gang of women.

Ett Dockhem

Ett Dockhem

Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.

Från regnormarnas liv

Från regnormarnas liv

The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

A young girl is torn between marrying the old man herr Sleeman for money or the young hunter out of love.

Comrades

Comrades

Axel and Bertha are a married couple who are both artists in 1880s Paris, the film addresses the topic of gender equality in marriage and society, for example the property rights of married women.

Stängda dörrar

Stängda dörrar

Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.