Jan Troell Movies

Documentary about the making of Swedish film director Jan Troell's "The New Land" (1971) and "The Emigrants" (1972).

The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finnish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the...

1966 - when Bob Dylan visits Sweden and Prime Minister Erlander has a difficult time with questions about housing. A special evening at the opera is...

Interviews with Kjell who is a cancer patient, children who smoke and various celebrities on their views and experiences on smoking.

A portrait of Swedish film maker Jan Troell.

Jan Troell portrays the friend and photographer Georg Oddner. For more than half a century, from 1950 arriving in New York, Georg Oddner has lived...

In room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's...

A film about Jan Troell who turns 90 this summer. We get to see Jan Troell's own pictures, but also a conversation about childhood happiness and the...

From 1957 to 1961 170.000 Algerians flee to Tunisia because of the war. Most of them walk by feet across the mountains and the desert, carrying only...

Sören Mårtensson is a middle school teacher. His classroom occupied by half-grown children. His work is tormenting him and at night he is...

Director Jan Troell films the process of making Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair'). The footage was compiled...

A tale of a young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant.

An interview with director Jan Troell, conducted by critic Peter Cowie, on his epic Oscar-nominated masterpieces, The Emigrants (1971) and The New...

1964 - the year when Astrid Lindgren's 'Vi på Saltkråkan' is shown on TV, UN Swedes smuggle weapons, Khrushchev is visiting, car testing...

A tribute and portrait of the Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg. Thommy Berggren presents slices and comments on Widerberg.

The film depicts some people's innocent presence a weekday at the World Trade Center in New York. The powerful architecture of the twin tower still...

Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

Protagonist Johan Ekberg has apparently worked at the railway, but is now relegated to a passive existence as a pensioner. He walks through the city...