Andersson, HarrietOverview
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Harriet Andersson
Most widely held works by
Harriet Andersson
Dogville
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38 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 1,014 libraries worldwide Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, on the run from gangsters. The townspeople agree to hide her. However, when outsiders start looking for the fugitive, the locals make demands of Grace in exchange for the risk of harboring her. But Grace has a secret and its a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever decided to bare its teeth.
Viskningar och rop Cries and whispers
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19 editions published between 1972 and 2010 in Swedish and English and held by 968 libraries worldwide A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes is dying of cancer and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation and selfishness. Yet Agnes is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror.
Sommarnattens leende Smiles of a summer night
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27 editions published between 1955 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 846 libraries worldwide A sharp satire about eight Swedish aristocrats who become romantically and comically intertwined over a single weekend. Includes Director approved special edition features.
Fanny och Alexander Fanny and Alexander
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5 editions published in 2004 in Swedish and held by 614 libraries worldwide Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
Through a glass darkly
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11 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 482 libraries worldwide "While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin's harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness."--Container.
Gycklarnas afton
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1 edition published in 2007 in Swedish and held by 330 libraries worldwide A relationship between a turn-of-the-century traveling circus owner and his performer girlfriend suddenly changes, when they pull into the town where the owner's wife and children live, whom he hasn't seen in three years.
Through a glass darkly
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18 editions published between 1961 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 248 libraries worldwide "Four-character drama about just-released mental patient, her husband, her father and her younger brother who spend summer together on secluded island ... The first in the filmmaker's "faith" trilogy, followed by Winter light and The silence"--Leonard Maltin's TV movies and video guide.
A film trilogy
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1 edition published in 2003 in Swedish and held by 190 libraries worldwide This four disc set features Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's work on three of his most powerful films presented as a trilogy. The films of the trilogy examine the necessity of religion and question the promise of faith. The last disc is a documentary film offering views on set construction, lighting, rehearsals, editing, as well as intimate conversations with Ingmar Bergman and members of his cast and crew.
Fanny och Alexander
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5 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in Swedish and English and held by 162 libraries worldwide Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
Through a glass darkly
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2 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in Swedish and held by 113 libraries worldwide A gloomy look at God and love through the eyes of a tormented family. The first of a trilogy of films (Winter Light, The Silence) which explored man's relationship with a God as Ingmar Bergman saw it.
Fanny och Alexander
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2 editions published in 2004 in Swedish and held by 111 libraries worldwide Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
Kvinnodröm Dreams
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7 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in Swedish and held by 103 libraries worldwide The story of the loves of two women--the owner of a model agency and her top model. On a photographic outing to another city, both have strange one day affairs with married men.
Loving couples
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2 editions published in 2005 in Swedish and held by 91 libraries worldwide Three mothers-to-be take a look back on their romantic lives as they are about to give birth. Each is from a different social class and each one has a different take on becoming a mother.
Gycklarnas afton Sawdust and tinsel
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4 editions published between 1980 and 1993 in Swedish and held by 83 libraries worldwide The owner of a travelling circus leaves his mistress for his separated wife, and is challenged to fight by the mistress's new lover.
Brenda Brave
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 75 libraries worldwide Brenda takes care of her Grandma when she slips and injures her leg, and helps with Grandma's business, selling peppermint sticks in the town square. Although her motive is selfless, she is wonderfully rewarded at Christmas in the most charming way.
Sawdust and tinsel
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5 editions published between 1953 and 2007 in Swedish and held by 68 libraries worldwide A film about human relationships set as an allegory in a small-time circus.
Through a glass darkly
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5 editions published between 1961 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 67 libraries worldwide Ingmar Bergman's gloomy but incisive 1961 classic about a woman's battle with schizophrenia and descent into madness--and the inability of her family to mitigate her pain with love. The first of Bergman's "faith" or "religious" trilogy (Winter Light, The Silence).
Smiles of a summer night
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3 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in Swedish and held by 55 libraries worldwide Eight characters become four couples, then switch partners, while vacationing at a country estate. A clever, erotic tragicomedy that inspired the scenario for the Broadway hit: A little night music.
Sommaren med Monika Monika
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2 editions published in 1993 in Swedish and held by 49 libraries worldwide A promiscuous girl and young boy leave the city to spend an idyllic summer. When she becomes pregnant, they are forced to marry. After the child's birth, she is unfaithful and heads for a life of prostitution.
Schreie und Flüstern
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17 editions published between 1972 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 48 libraries worldwide Familiedrama. Een jonge vrouw ligt op sterven en wordt verzorgd door haar dienstmeid Anna en haar twee zusters. Het is een tijd van overdenkingen en herinneringen. more
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Alternative Names
Anderssonová, Harriet, 1932- czecze
Languages
Swedish
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English (67) German (43) French (17) Undetermined (12) Multiple languages (11) Spanish (9) No Linguistic content (5) Danish (2) Dutch (2) Russian (1) Miscellaneous languages (1) Covers
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