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Gösta Werner

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

Gatan
6.7

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

1949
Solkatten
7.0

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

1948
Möte med livet
7.0

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

1953
Friarannonsen
9.0

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

1955
To Kill a Child
6.8

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

1953
Två trappor över gården
8.0

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

1950
Waiting Waters
N/A

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

Waiting Waters

1965
Stiller, Garbo & jag
3.7

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

1988
No image
N/A

Winemaking in Italy, Spain, France, Algeria.

Ett glas vin

1960
Kloka gubben
10.0

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

1938
Loffe på luffen
7.0

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

Loffe på luffen

1948
Blood and Lipstick
N/A

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

Blood and Lipstick

1996
Svensson ordnar allt!
10.0

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!

1938
The Train
N/A

Images from a train ride through Sweden.

The Train

1948
Morning Watch : A Study in Contrasts
N/A

A morning in Klarahallen in Stockholm, a study of contrast.

Morning Watch : A Study in Contrasts

1945
City Twilight
N/A

Stockholm sunset with night lights.

City Twilight

1955
Midwinter Sacrifice
5.8

A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.

Midwinter Sacrifice

1946
Lund
N/A

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

Lund

1967
Mauritz Stiller
N/A

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

Mauritz Stiller

1987
Jag väntar inget svar
N/A

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

Jag väntar inget svar

1961