
Jan Halldoff
Directing
Biography
Jan Harry "Janne" Halldoff was a Swedish photographer, film director and writer. His first feature film was "Myten/The Myth" in 1966. Two years later he landed his breakthrough, "Korridoren/The Corridor" a socially critical depiction of a Swedish medical care in crisis. Halldoff mades some 21 films in all. Ingmar Bergman thought highly of him; "A tall talented boy who would eventually make major films. "
Known For

Somewhere in the archipelago outside Sandhamn lives the barber Assar Gustafsson and his 17-year old daughter Anna-Bella. Out of the blue his wife comes back after five years of absence. She starts up a brothel in their bath house with Anna-Bella as the main attraction, a brothel that attracts various men from all over. The browbeaten Assar starts to make arrangements for his wife's permanent absence.
Dog Days

Two groups of teens get shipwrecked on a deserted island in the Stockholm archipelago and try to create a new society in order to survive.
Island of Secrets

Harry H. is a detective who prefers to sit by the water and fish but can never say no to a case when someone is in need.
Harry H.

Office executive Knut Levin decides to arrange a party at work. Things don't go exactly according to plan with hilarious results.
The Office Party

A stripper from Club Chez Nous is murdered. The killer contacts a newspaper to whitewash himself. Two journalists start to investigate the case and stumble on other crimes along the way.
Chez Nous

Kent, Lasse, Olle and Sven are in their mid-twenties and have been friends since childhood. At a restaurant they meet two young women and one of them, Lena, becomes pregnant. Now, who is the father? Well, it's definitely not Kent, but the others convince him to accept the fatherhood.
Polare

"The Marriage" - Eva and Kent are planning to get married. Their bridal stag parties causes some problems. The wedding reception will serve moonshine since the regular booze is capsized at sea.
The Wedding

An eccentric, offbeat man performing pranks and peculiarities becomes a major concern for the Stockholm authorities. He mingles with bizarre slum characters and dreams of his ideal girl.
The D.T.'s

Ola is a pop idol, touring with his band in Sweden in the mid-60's. Julia is a young actress in a traveling theatre company. They meet and fall in love.
Ola and Julia

An officers kadett is dismissed because of his strange behavior. At work he is considered deranged. At home he is dominated by his mother and fiancee. He manages to get a temporary job as a biology teacher, leave home and rent a room. He begins to flirt with a student.
Det sista äventyret

In the cold neon light of Stockholm City, Sofi, 15, drifts around in a blonde wig picking up clients. In the shabby room that her friend Pia and her pimp rent out, she spreads her legs for them. Then she takes the bus home to her parents in the dormant suburban residential community. "Did you have a good time as a babysitter?" they ask. As usual, they don't understand anything, anything at all!
Lämna mej inte ensam

Jack spends his days smoking pot, drinking and hitting on girls together with his friends. As opposed to his friends, Jack actually knows what he wants to do with his life, he wants be an author. After a long summer together with his friends Jack finally has an idea for his first book...
Jack

A newly graduated doctor finds trauma too heavy in everyday work of the hospital. He is constantly facing new demands which ultimately threatens to overpower him. He is about to give up his career.idoren
The Corridor

Frank Sinatra was at rock bottom as far as his career in Hollywood was concerned, but made his way back to the spotlight via Finspångs Folkets park in 1953 in front of 537 local fans. Hollywood no longer wanted to know about Frank Sinatra, he divorced his wife Nancy in 1951 to marry the actress Ava Gardner, "the most beautiful woman in the world" and he went to Las Vegas to get his career going again. But in 1952 he was fired from Columbia Pictures.. A year later he was in Sweden on tour and performed in Finspång. Only 537 turned up.The ticket was a whopping SEK 4 against the normal 1:50. The arrangement backfired.
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång

After a few years in prison Stickan comes out and trying to readjust to society. He is approached by his old prison buddy Janne who is full of ideas how to get over the money without having to work.
A Dream About Freedom

A study in forgiveness as oppression and goodness as provocation. Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment where they are assigned to live together in a rundown apartment in the heart of Stockholm, Sweden. The six boys are being supervised by two forgiving and uneasy social workers. Their need to continue to commit petty crimes escalates out of boredom with the situation. One night they run into a young girl in trouble.
491

After losing his son in a traffic accident and his wife to mental illness, Harry moves to a gloomy Stockholm suburb. A local youth gang is harassing the neighborhood and Harry comes up with the idea of hiring the gang to kill the bureaucrats who are responsible for the construction of the suburb. The film is a fierce critique of the political project of building suburbs designed only for workers to sleep in and also wants to have a say in the debate over nature vs nurture.
The Stone Face

A love story about a young woman's relationship with two men, the lawyer she was previously married to and a romantic Swedish actor. At the same time, it is a discussion of gender roles: Are a man's work and future more important than a woman's?
Mig og dig

Two impressionable teenage girls fall in with a beatnik crowd that is content to avoid work and have fun. The group lives for today while committing petty crimes and revels in being outside social convention until their adventures take a murderous turn. A young divorcee with a baby feels that life has passed her by as her friends enjoy a carefree time. Another couple with a young child is headed for divorce when their idyllic bubble is burst and they are overwhelmed by reality.
Life's Just Great

A young man receives a farewell letter from his girlfriend. He walks around the home depressed and after a phone call with the woman, he is again seized by despair.