Hasse Ekman

The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.Read More »

During excavations made in Stockholm in the year 2248, archaeologists find 45,000 meters of film reels from the 1940s, which turn out to be feature films by master director Hasse Ekman. The material is in total disarray, but the Association of Ancient Film Research compiles the reels according to what they believe to have been the master’s artistic intent.Read More »

Sweden, 1954. The peace is fragile and the cold war is about to descend truly upon the nation. Air Force Captain Birger Wreting (Ekman) feels the heavy responsibilty on his shoulders of protecting the skies of his country whilst also keeping his airmen alive flying the new SAAB J 29 “The Flying Barrel” aircraft, particularly his brother-in-law Arne – a brilliant but sometimes reckless pilot. What he doesnt know is that a few of his men has secrets that can endanger the lives of them all.Read More »

Journalist Åke Bergström is sacked from the newspaper he’s working at because of an article he wrote about the condition in Swedish prisons. To show his boss he was right he and his friend, the author Sune Berger, agree to fake the murder of Sune, so that Åke can study the prison from the inside…Read More »

Ekman’s favorite of his own films, and an enduring classic in Scandinavia, “Girl with Hyacinths” examines the mysterious suicide of a young woman (Eva Henning, Ekman’s wife at the time) through a Wellesian multiplicity of points of view. Visually striking, with extreme long takes and images that drift into a dreamlike surrealism, the film reveals its secrets with grace and sympathy, moving toward a final revelation that seems at least a generation ahead of its time.Read More »

Two criminals escape from prison. Together with two old accomplices they plan a big heist against a racetrack.Read More »

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Ekman’s favorite of his own films, and an enduring classic in Scandinavia, “Girl with Hyacinths” examines the mysterious suicide of a young woman (Eva Henning, Ekman’s wife at the time) through a Wellesian multiplicity of points of view. Visually striking, with extreme long takes and images that drift into a dreamlike surrealism, the film reveals its secrets with grace and sympathy, moving toward a final revelation that seems at least a generation ahead of its time.Read More »