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Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television.
Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment.
Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actor Gösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage/film director Mikael Ekman. Also grandfather of actress Sanna Ekman.
As an actor Ekman also came to act in most of his own films, as the leading man and in a number of strong supporting roles, and he also acted in a three of early Ingmar Bergman-films (Prison, Thirst and Sawdust and Tinsel). He also played opposite his famous father in Intermezzo; the original Swedish 1936 film starring Ingrid Bergman in the female lead. Overall he made 50 roles in Swedish films.
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Birth Name
Hans Gösta Ekman
Born
Friday, 10 September 1915
Died
Sunday, 15 February 2004
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hylands hörna | Self | 1962 |
På en bänk i en park | Stig Brender | 1960 |
Kärlekens decimaler | Karl Krister 'Charlie' Gedelius | 1960 |
Himmel och pannkaka | Villy Lorens / Willy Lorens | 1959 |
Fröken Chic | Buster Carell | 1959 |
Jazzgossen | Teddy Anker | 1958 |
Den store amatören | Max Wallby | 1958 |
Med glorian på sned | Per-Axel Dahlander | 1957 |
Ratataa eller The Staffan Stolle Story | Klad Traenger / Klåd Tränger | 1956 |
Seventh Heaven | Willy Lorens / Willy Lorens, radioprogramledare | 1956 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hylands hörna | Self | 1962 |
På en bänk i en park | Stig Brender | 1960 |
Kärlekens decimaler | Karl Krister 'Charlie' Gedelius | 1960 |
Himmel och pannkaka | Villy Lorens / Willy Lorens | 1959 |
Fröken Chic | Buster Carell | 1959 |
Jazzgossen | Teddy Anker | 1958 |
Den store amatören | Max Wallby | 1958 |
Med glorian på sned | Per-Axel Dahlander | 1957 |
Ratataa eller The Staffan Stolle Story | Klad Traenger / Klåd Tränger | 1956 |
Seventh Heaven | Willy Lorens / Willy Lorens, radioprogramledare | 1956 |
Egen ingång | Sture Falk | 1956 |
Gabrielle | Kjell Rodin | 1954 |
The Yellow Squadron | Captain Birger Wreting / Birger Wreting | 1954 |
I rök och dans | Well dressed man in haystack / Gentleman in Haystack | 1954 |
Glasberget | Stellan Sylvester | 1953 |
Sawdust and Tinsel | Frans | 1953 |
Vi tre debutera | Narrator | 1953 |
Foreign Intrigue | Eridatti / Socrates | 1951 |
Dårskapens hus | Hans Hasseson Ekman / Fänrik Bråde / Kim / Kim (voice) | 1951 |
Hjärter knekt | Anders Canitz / Lt. Anders Canitz | 1950 |
Thirst | Dr. Rosengren | 1949 |
The Girl from the Third Row | Sture Anker / Teaterdirektör Sture Anker | 1949 |
Prison | Martin Grandé / Martin Grande | 1949 |
Banketten | Hugo / Hugo Stenbrott | 1948 |
Little Martin Returns | Fänriken / Second Lieutenant Svensson | 1948 |
Each to His Own Way | Tage Sundell | 1948 |
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer | Bertil | 1947 |
While the Door Was Locked | Torsten "Totte" von Breda / Torsten v. Breda | 1946 |
Meeting in the Night | Åke | 1946 |
Interlude | Vilhelm Canitz | 1946 |
Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar | Kurre | 1945 |
Wandering with the Moon | Ernst Törsleff | 1945 |
Kungliga patrasket | Hans son / Tommy Anker | 1945 |
Stopp! Tänk på något annat | Karsten Kirsewetter | 1944 |
Jag är eld och luft | Tore Ekström / Tore Ekström, Actor | 1944 |
En dag skall gry | Rutger von Brewitz | 1944 |
Sjätte skottet | Man at the train platform / Man med Marguerite på tågstationen | 1943 |
Ombyte av tåg | Kim / Joakim Lundell | 1943 |
Lyckan kommer | Voice on the radio / Radioröst | 1942 |
Lågor i dunklet | Per Sahlén, Student / Per Sahlén | 1942 |
Första divisionen | Fänrik Bråde / Franconian Bråde | 1941 |
Life Goes On | Ludvig / Ludvig Bourg | 1941 |
Med dej i mina armar | Svanberg's Secretary | 1940 |
June Night | Willy Wilson | 1940 |
Kadettkamrater | Bertil Winge | 1939 |
Med folket för fosterlandet | Hjalmar Karlsson | 1938 |
The Great John Ericsson | (as Hans Ekman) | 1937 |
Intermezzo | Åke Brandt | 1936 |
En natt på Smygeholm | Leonard Barring | 1933 |
The Young Nobleman | Curious boy | 1924 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Äktenskapsbrottaren | 1964 |
My Love Is Like a Rose | 1963 |
Stöten | 1961 |
På en bänk i en park | 1960 |
Kärlekens decimaler | 1960 |
Himmel och pannkaka | 1959 |
Fröken Chic | 1959 |
Jazzgossen | 1958 |
Den store amatören | 1958 |
Summer Place Wanted | 1957 |
Med glorian på sned | 1957 |
Ratataa eller The Staffan Stolle Story | 1956 |
Seventh Heaven | 1956 |
Egen ingång | 1956 |
Gabrielle | 1954 |
Vi tre debutera | 1953 |
The Firebird | 1952 |
Dårskapens hus | 1951 |
The White Cat | 1950 |
Hjärter knekt | 1950 |
Girl with Hyacinths | 1950 |
The Girl from the Third Row | 1949 |
Banketten | 1948 |
Little Martin Returns | 1948 |
Each to His Own Way | 1948 |
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer | 1947 |
While the Door Was Locked | 1946 |
Meeting in the Night | 1946 |
Interlude | 1946 |
Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar | 1945 |
Wandering with the Moon | 1945 |
Kungliga patrasket | 1945 |
Som folk är mest | 1944 |
Excellensen | 1944 |
En dag skall gry | 1944 |
Sjätte skottet | 1943 |
Ombyte av tåg | 1943 |
Lyckan kommer | 1942 |
Lågor i dunklet | 1942 |
Första divisionen | 1941 |
Med dej i mina armar | 1940 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The White Cat | 1950 |
Hjärter knekt | 1950 |
Girl with Hyacinths | 1950 |
The Girl from the Third Row | 1949 |
Banketten | 1948 |
Each to His Own Way | 1948 |
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer | 1947 |
While the Door Was Locked | 1946 |
Interlude | 1946 |
Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar | 1945 |
Kungliga patrasket | 1945 |
Som folk är mest | 1944 |