Emil Fjellström
Know for: Acting
Born: 1884-10-24
Place of birth: Näs socken, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Also know as:
Adolf i toppform (1952)
A compilation of some of Adolf Jahr's films.
Nygifta (1941)
The young architect Gunnar Bergstrand marries the Norwegian Eva, against his parents' wishes.
Alla tiders Karlsson (1936)
Åke is employed as a singer in a revue tour and his uncle Karlsson becomes the tour bus driver.
Hur tokigt som helst (1949)
"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a...
Minns ni? (1993)
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
With You in My Arms (1940)
Millionaire Krister Dahl loses his memory when he is hit in the head by a golf ball. He meets his ex-wife and immediately fall in love with her...
Kan doktorn komma? (1942)
A rural doctor in the north of Sweden must travel for hours to his patients. When a young woman has a serious case of appendicitis the doctor must...
I mörkaste Småland (1943)
Albert Engström's anecdotes of Småland have been put together to make a comedy film about Johannes and Cornelius, two smallholding farmers...
En kvinna ombord (1941)
In the beginning of WW II a Swedish ship in a northern French port is exposed to German air raids. The captain take a chance to leave the port...
Rospiggar (1942)
A lonely fisherman drowns and his elderly brother Efraim is left to do an inventory of the estate. He discovers that his brother had a son,...
Örlogsmän (1943)
The trio Erik, Arne and Ingrid have been friends since childhood, the two boys always competing for the affection of Ingrid. At the naval academy...
Kungen kommer (1936)
A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the audience notices the similarity in appearance between...
Intermezzo (1936)
The world famous violinist Holger Brandt comes back to his family after a tour. He and his wife have been married for many years, but their love has...
Atlantäventyret (1934)
Theatre director Freddy Alsterberg has failed with his latest operetta. He decides to work his way over the Atlantic. His niece Tusse also stows away...
Our Gang (1942)
A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.
Tre glada tokar (1942)
The wealthy Rudolf Trane helps the unsuccessful vacuum-cleaner salesman Rhuter to find a girl called Marianne. Trane, Rhuter and Trane's manservant...
Karl för sin hatt (1940)
Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.
Tåg 56 (1943)
A triangle drama. Oskar has just been appointed to the train driver, his friend and colleague Gustav turns 60 and must retire. Gustav's son Lasse is...
Fia Jansson från Söder (1944)
Luft-Kalle and Kol-Jocke get into adventures in southern Stockholm around midsummer.
Hemsöborna (1944)
In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans...
The Ghost Reporter (1941)
Augustus Blomkvist sells his sausage factory and buys the newspaper Stockholms-Posten where he starts working as a reporter under false name.
Storm över skären (1938)
The vessel pilot Alfred and fisherman Sven are both in love with Sonja, the most beautiful girl on the island they live on. Sven and Alfred become...
The Monastery of Sendomir (1920)
Two riders on their way to Warsaw stop at a monastery for the night and ask an old monk there to tell them the story of its founding.
His Lord's Will (1919)
A series of family entanglements develop around the changing will of Roger Bernhuses de Sars (Karl Mantzius), who wants his heritage to go to his...
Halta Lena och vindögde Per (1933)
The film centers on Algot Söderholm's two daughters, beautiful Magda and plain, less desirable Lena. Adapted from the 1910 play by Ernst Fastbom.
Adolf i eld och lågor (1939)
Swedish comedy from 1939. Adolf Berglund is a reporter at the newspaper Morgonbladet and is sent on one action-packed mission after the other. But...
Thomas Graal's Best Film (1917)
Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a...
The Count of the Old Town (1935)
A police inspector tracks a notorious jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse,' to a hotel filled with eccentrics.
Flickor i hamn (1945)
Shipmate Henrik gets in contact with two women in Gothenburg — the sociable Lisbeth and the shy Astrid.
Janssons frestelse (1936)
John Smith is an accountant at a stockbroking firm, where the firm ends up in the liquidity crisis because of his managerial speculation with the...
Bombi Bitt and Me (1936)
A Swedish feature film based on a novel by Fritiof Nilsson Piraten.
Familjen Andersson (1937)
A happy-go-lucky husband has a wife bitten with social aspirations and this leads to several social mishaps.
Bleka greven (1937)
A Swedish comedy from 1937. At castle Gyllenskiöld Holm a lawyer reads the deceased Count's will. Son Rouglas inherits the estate in front of...
Sigge Nilsson och jag (1938)
Sigge and Putte has moved to a private school, where they fight and get up to mischief.
A Cruise in the Albertina (1938)
John is the skipper of the Albertina which is moored in Mariehamn. Nearby is luxury yacht Sea Star, where Ann-Mari boards. She begins to take an...
Melodin från Gamla Stan (1939)
Swedish movie from 1939. In summer Stockholm live the unemployed musician Nisse trying to sell the songs to music publishers. One day the treasurer...
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar (1920)
Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's...
Sons of Ingmar (1919)
Part one of an ambitious screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's book Jerusalem.
Spöke till salu (1939)
The Creutzerhjelm's are in search of an authentic haunted castle. Therefore, the owner of the castle SkiöldBorg decides to play ghost himself to...
Kvinnan tar befälet (1942)
A story about a gang of youngsters living in a boarding house in Stockholm.
En natt på Smygeholm (1933)
It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle.
Anderssonskans Kalle (1934)
Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His...
En man för mycket (1941)
Julius Berge has an advertising firm in Stockholm together with his wife Sonja. The man with the ideas is their colleague Kurt Dal, who used to be...
Se opp för spioner! (1944)
A bomb attempt is prevented in the last minute but one question remains: who placed the bomb? After some stakeout work the police are on the track...
Kungajakt (1944)
The film takes place in the 1780s. The Russians plan to overthrow Gustav III from the Swedish throne and Lieutenant Rehusen tries to stop them, while...
Hon eller ingen (1934)
The wholesaler Blomberg is a regular customer of "Parfumerie Marie Danielsson". He often buys perfume for his many girlfriends. Blomberg's driver...
Thunder and Lightning (1938)
The aristocratic count Hägerskiöld is very proud of his swine Helen of Troy who wins a prize every year as the best swine in the area. This...
Bastard (1940)
Siberian hunter Burtaj learns from his dying father that he originates from German farmers on his mother side. He is thus a "bastard", since the...
Morgondagens melodi (1942)
The schoolgirl Maj-Lis comes from a wealthy family and is unhappy with her life. Emmy, her friend at school, tells Maj-Lis about her lousy job at the...
Inled mig i frestelse (1933)
Lund is home to Qvillander and Schorn. There is also a gentleman who lives entirely in the world of books, Professor Möbius. The latter is...
Fredlös (1935)
The Finnish War 1808-1809 is over and Russia has conquered Finland from Sweden. All weapons in the country are meant to be handed over to the new...
Smålänningar (1935)
Gustav lives in Värnamo. He constructs a new boat engine, but needs time to complete it. The work has been financed by factory director...
A Man There Was (1917)
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself...
The Heavenly Play (1942)
"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit...
National match (1932)
Erik Andersson marries Brita Blomstedt. During the wedding party he drinks alcohol which he is not used to. Later that evening Erik is involved in a...
Lasse-Maja (1941)
About the Swedish trickster and thief Lars "Lasse-Maja" Molin. He often disguised himself and lived as a woman in 1800s. He takes place as a kitchen...
The First Squadron (1941)
The year is 1941 and Nazi Germany is at its peak. Hitler's army is storming into Russia. Sweden stands lonely and isolated while the air force is...
Fransson the Terrible (1941)
A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.
Släkten är bäst (1944)
The hypocritical wholesaler Johan Ekberg is taught a lesson.
Sjöcharmörer (1939)
A bus company wants to acquire traffic rights on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. The steam boats will be replaced by buses, but Captain...
Adolf Armstarke (1937)
Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired...
Song of the Scarlet Flower (1919)
The son of a wealthy farmer loves a simple maid, for which he's booted out of the house by his father.
The Fairy of Solbakken (1919)
Synnöve lives with her parents at the farm Solbakken on a sunny hill. Thorbjörn, who lives at Granliden in the shadow of a big mountain,...
Love's Crucible (1922)
At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to...
The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1917)
A 1917 Swedish drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a 1913 novel by Selma Lagerlöf. It was the first in a series of...
The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into...
The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, he is finally defrocked. He becomes a tutor...
Hemliga Svensson (1933)
The little town Västerköping needs a new police man - but the only applicant is the small and tiny Fridolf. He gets the job but has to work...
Karl Fredrik Reigns (1934)
A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.
Alexander the Great (1917)
In a small provincial town there is a hotel run by one of those eccentric cooks of long ago who made generous meals that have nothing in common with...
Flickorna från Gamla Sta'n (1934)
About two girls sharing an apartment in the Old Town of Stockholm.
Kungliga Johansson (1934)
Famous chef Carl-Ulrik Johansson (Erik 'Bullen' Berglund) comes home to Sweden after twenty years abroad and finds out he never finished his...
Simon i Backabo (1934)
Simon lives a quiet life on his farm until one day he discovers he is the heir of a great fortune.