Movies: Anders Wahlgren

The Old Town of Stockholm has been threatened many times. The worst was when, in 1959, a large motorway was pulled through the heart of the city, a sword cut that split the Old Town in two. The Riddarholm church, where the Swedish regents are buried,...

'Filmstaden', a film studio in Stockholm where directors Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Ingmar Bergman among others worked - as well as many prominent actors - was built 1919-1920. This documentary tells its rich history featuring many of the peop...

Documentary about the artists Sigrid Hjertén and Isaac Grünewald....

The life of the swedish writer Moa Martinson: at the age of 18, Moa marries the stone worker Karl and has five children. The marriage becomes stormy and fringed with tragedies. In the adversities, Moa begins to write about her life. She tells unpleas...

Interview with artist Jan Håfström about his art....

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A documentary about Victoria, queen of Sweden, and her relationship with her doctor, Axel Munthe....

A movie about the volatile marriage between artist Nils Dardel and Thora Klinckowström....

A Swedish documentary about Vällingby....

By chance Erik meets Viivi, an Estonian violinist playing in the Stockholm subway. They start an intense romance. Erik's mother dislikes the relationship, not having forgotten her escape from Estonia during the war. She reveals facts from the past an...

Based on a series of interviews documentary film maker Anders Wahlgren made with architect Sven Markelius in 1969. Sven Markelius was one of the most radical architects in Sweden for many years. Since these interviews were the only recorded interview...

Documentary about the isolated farming communities in Valchiusella, Italy and the methods they use to survive....

Documentary about the Swedish artist Anders Åberg and the depopulation of his childhood countryside. As jobs in industry fade away many houses are left empty for nature to reclaim. Anders makes scale models of these houses so they will be remembered....

Thousands of wrecked ships lie on the seabed of the Baltic, with their woodwork often well preserved. Yet it was a world-wide sensation when the VASA was discovered in 1956 in Stockholm harbour....

Documentary about the Swedish modernist painter Otto G. Carlsund....

Stockholm is the most changed city in Europe not caused by bombing....

A documentary about Domus department stores in Sweden....

Pistolteatern in Stockholm, Sweden, was a leading experimental scene in the mid 1960s, comparable to the Living Theater in New York. In the years 1964-67. Pistolteatern produced theatre plays, exhibitions and happenings at a very high pace. The name,...

Documentary film maker Anders Wahlgren interviews the artist Peter Tillberg....

Interview with the Swedish artist John E. Franzén....