
Gösta Werner
Directing
Biography
Gösta Werner (15 May 1908 – 20 July 2009) was a Swedish film director. He was married to Kaj Björkdahl. He primarily made his mark on European cinema during the 1940s. During the 1970s, Werner was first associate professor at Stockholm University, and then later Professor of Cinematography. He was born in Östra Wemmenhög, Skåne, Sweden. Werner turned 101 years old on 15 May 2009.
Known For

Britt Malm gets hit by a car on a Stockholm street and is taken to hospital. She is badly injured and must undergo surgery. While the anesthetic takes effect she sees hallucinatory images. This turns into a flashback of what happened Britt before the accident.
Gatan

The waitress Monica goes to Västerköping to find out who actually was her father. By aunt Margareta, she has been told that her mother, who died at birth, had four admirers.
Solkatten

Gun and Robert are in love, but both are unfaithful during Robert's military service. For Gun, this results in her becoming pregnant and for Robert an infection of syphilis.
Möte med livet

Algot and Bengt have built a house together. But they can not agree on how ownership should be distributed between them. In addition they don't get any mail since the Post office refuse to hand it out.
Friarannonsen

In a Swedish village, situated in a rural idyll, a father, mother and little daughter are preparing breakfast on a Sunday morning. The family is looking forward to the boat trip that is to follow. The little girl's thoughts are already completely on the water. But there is no sugar in the house, so the mother sends her little daughter to the neighbor across the street to quickly get some. Two villages further on, a young man is filling up his car with gas so that he can drive to the Baltic Sea with his girlfriend. In their convertible, the young people feel blithe and free on the country road and race towards the village where the little girl is just crossing the street with the sugar to return home.
To Kill a Child

The rootless, misfit artist Bengt Hallberg escapes from a mental hospital. The head doctor believes him to be a hopeless case and dangerous for the environment. Bengt looks up Inga Larsson, the only person that matters to him.
Två trappor över gården

A monologue of a woman who tells about her life, mainly about the men she met, while walking.
Waiting Waters

One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben is the grandson of Mauritz's brother.
Stiller, Garbo & jag
Winemaking in Italy, Spain, France, Algeria.
Ett glas vin

In a small village there are two doctors - one professional and one quack. Dr. Bergman has to see the number of his patients dwindle, as they seem to prefer the traditional medication of the quack doctor, Rasmus Thomsen. Rasmus' son Erik graduates from medical school and returns to the village. While Rasmus and Dr. Bergman become enemies, Erik falls in love with Dr. Bergman's daughter Birgit.
Kloka gubben

Loffe Fridh is out wandering the roads and takes life one day at the time.
Loffe på luffen

A man sees a woman in a mirror. In a disturbed state, he breaks the mirror.
Blood and Lipstick

Butcher Charles Svensson (Thor Modéen) bets on the horses and wins the jackpot. He finds high society is not immediately appreciative of the newly rich.
Svensson ordnar allt!

Images from a train ride through Sweden.
The Train

A morning in Klarahallen in Stockholm, a study of contrast.
Morning Watch : A Study in Contrasts

Stockholm sunset with night lights.
City Twilight

A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.
Midwinter Sacrifice

Gösta Werner makes an unsentimental trip back to his old student city. gauging it's past and it's future.
Lund

Portrait of director Mauritz Stiller, with scenes from some of his best known movies.
Mauritz Stiller

A man comes home to his apartment in the evening. On the tape recorder, his wife has left a message.