List of the best Erland Josephson movies: The Sacrifice(1986), Saraband(2003), After the Rehearsal(1984), Scenes From a Marriage(1973), Face to Face(1975), Hanussen(1988), Montenegro(1981), Sofie(1992), Faithless(2000), Fanny and Alexander(1982), Meeting Venus(1991), The Passion of Anna(1969) ... ...
Drama
Sweden|France|UK
1986
145 Minutes
Alexander
Erland Josephson Allan Edwall Susan Fleetwood Valérie Mairesse Gudrún Gisladóttir Sven Wollter Filippa Franzen Tommy Kjellqvist
son wife father mail carrier middle-aged man boy somber dark fascinating solemn island family home countryside party seaside woods post-apocalypse nuclear war world war iii faith
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Drama
2003
107 Minutes
Erland Josephson Liv Ullmann Börje Ahlstedt Julia Dufvenius Gunnel Fred
ex-wife ex-husband son granddaughter cellist conductor emotional uneasy somber moving sweden villa divorce family dysfunction musicians death suicide second chance love growing up
Tensions rise when a bitter man (Erland Josephson) receives an unwelcome visit from his former wife (Liv Ullmann).
Drama
1984
72 Minutes
Erland Josephson Ingrid Thulin Lena Olin Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss Bertil Guve
director actress alcoholic mother old flame dense striking engaging sad stage sweden theater theater acting aging affair mother/daughter relationship guilt discovery love
An aging Swedish stage director's (Erland Josephson) ex-lover (Ingrid Thulin) and would-be lover (Lena Olin) visit him on the set.
Drama
Sweden
1973
168 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Bibi Andersson Jan Malmsjö Anita Wall Gunnel Lindblom Lena Bergman Wenche Foss
husband wife lover friend emotional somber sweden household cabin marital problems romance infidelity sex disillusionment love transformation fall 1970s
Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners.
Drama
Sweden
1975
136 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Gunnar Björnstrand Aino Taube-Henrikson Kari Sylwan Sif Ruud
psychiatrist grandmother grandfather patient rapist dark creative uneasy mental institution house sweden mental breakdown suicide psychoanalysis memory discovery transformation 1970s
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Drama
Hungary|West Germany|Austria
1988
120 Minutes
soldier doctor manager lover clairvoyant nazi suspenseful chilling fascinating offbeat austria hospital berlin theater supernatural world war ii nazism politics precognition metamorphosis
A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of... See full summary »
Comedy
Sweden|UK
1981
96 Minutes
Susan Anspach Erland Josephson Per Oscarsson Svetozar Cvetkovic Marianna Jacobi James Marsh John Zacharias Bora Todorovic Lisbeth Zachrisson
housewife husband young man migrant yugoslavian businessman dark disturbing outlandish sweden nightclub house depression boredom free love affair insanity transformation wretched excess forbidden love
A bored wealthy housewife on the verge of insanity cuts loose with some lively Yugoslavian immigrants who delight in their bohemian lifestyle.
Drama
1992
146 Minutes
Semmy
Karen-Lise Mynster Erland Josephson Ghita Nørby Jesper Christensen Torben Zeller Stig Hoffmeyer Elin Reimer Kirsten Rolffes Peter Hesse Overgaard Lone Helmer Henning Moritzen
Parents (Erland Josephson, Ghita Nørby) and tradition force a 19th-century Jewish woman (Karen-Lise Mynster) to marry a man she does not love.
Drama
2000
154 Minutes
Lena Endre Erland Josephson Krister Henriksson Thomas Hanzon Michelle Gylemo Juni Dahr Philip Zandén Therese Brunnander Marie Richardson
actress musician director cheater dark emotional household sweden paris romance infidelity movie making friendship betrayal forbidden love temptation 2000s
A woman's (Lena Endre) affair with a friend of the family (Krister Henriksson) destroys her marriage and makes her daughter a pawn in the feud with her husband.
Drama
Sweden|France|West Germany
1982
188 Minutes
Isak Jacobi
Pernilla Allwin Bertil Guve Erland Josephson Gunn Wållgren Allan Edwall Ewa Fröling Jan Malmsjö Harriet Andersson Lena Olin Jarl Kulle
brother sister mother bishop stepfather sibling bleak emotional moving frightening sweden household childhood home family childhood authority living with parents subjugation cruelty fall
Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.
Romance
1991
120 Minutes
Jorge Picabia
Glenn Close Niels Arestrup Erland Josephson Mosko Alkalai Macha Méril Johanna Ter Steege Maïté Nahyr Victor Poletti Marián Labuda Jay O. Sanders Dieter Laser
opera singer conductor emotional amusing europe opera love satire diplomacy nationalism quest rise
An opera star (Glenn Close) falls for a married Hungarian conductor (Niels Arestrup) trying to do Wagner's "Tannhauser."
Drama
Sweden
1969
101 Minutes
Elis Vergerus
Liv Ullmann Bibi Andersson Max von Sydow Erland Josephson Erik Hell Sigge Fürst
ex-husband widow husband wife bleak passionate emotional sweden island marriage infidelity deception grief romance animal cruelty love discovery mystery 1960s
A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.
Documentary
2012
84 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Ingmar Bergman Samuel Fröler Erland Josephson Bibi Andersson Max von Sydow Harriet Andersson Ingrid Thulin Ingrid Bergman
Filmmaker Dheeraj Akolkar chronicles the long relationship between actress Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Drama
Sweden|France|West Germany|UK|Norway
1978
97 Minutes
Josef
Ingrid Bergman Liv Ullmann Lena Nyman Halvar Björk Erland Josephson Arne Bang-Hansen Gunnar Björnstrand Mimi Pollak
mother daughter mentally impaired person pianist melodramatic gripping sad tense sweden household asylum family dysfunction parenthood reunion mental impairment career vs. family mother/daughter relationship sacrifice discovery rivalry
A married daughter who longs for her mother's love is visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist.
Drama
Sweden
1972
95 Minutes
David, the doctor
Liv Ullmann Harriet Andersson Ingrid Thulin Kari Sylwan Erland Josephson George Arlin Henning Moritzen Anders Ek
dying person suicidal person sister maid doctor priest brooding somber family home sweden mansion death family meaning of life infidelity suicide quest transformation 19th century
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Drama
Sweden
1957
83 Minutes
Anders Ellius
Eva Dahlbeck Ingrid Thulin Bibi Andersson Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Erland Josephson Max von Sydow Gunnar Sjoberg
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other while in a maternity ward together, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
Drama
Sweden|USA
1988
171 Minutes
Ambassador
Daniel Day-Lewis Juliette Binoche Lena Olin Derek de Lint Erland Josephson Pavel Landovský Donald Moffat Daniel Olbrychski Stellan Skarsgård
surgeon photographer artist professor unrestrained sultry tense prague geneva countryside polyamory prague spring warsaw pact love triangle invasion discovery escape temptation 1960s
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Drama
Norway|Germany|Sweden
1995
180 Minutes
Broder Edvin
Elisabeth Matheson Bjørn Skagestad Sverre Anker Ousdal Henny Moan Rut Tellefsen Jørgen Langhelle Svein Tindberg Erland Josephson Lena Endre Linus Aaberg Gisken Armand
Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway. She grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. She... See full summary »
Comedy
South Africa
1991
100 Minutes
Lasse Åberg Jon Skolmen Daniel Bergman Hege Schøyen Ulf Eklund Marianne Brinkendahl Jimmy Logan Margo Dunn Lasse Haldenberg Annalisa Ericson Ingvar Kjellson