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Mai Zetterling‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1925-05-24

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star4.4

Mai Zetterling

Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden

Mai Zetterling

Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1925-05-24

Popularity

star4.4

Biography

Mai Elisabeth Zetterling ( May 24, 1925 – March 17, 1994) was a Swedish actress and film director. She began directing in the early 1960s, starting with political documentaries and a short film called The War Game (1962), which was nominated for a BAFTA award, and won a Silver Lion at Venice. Her first feature film Älskande par (1964, "Loving Couples"), based on the novels of Agnes von Krusenstjerna, was banned at the Cannes Film Festival for its sexual explicitness and nudity. Kenneth Tynan of The Observer later called it "one of the most ambitious debuts since Citizen Kane." It was not the only film she made that would stir up controversy for its frank sexuality (early pioneer on voyeurism). When critics reviewing her debut feature said that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man," she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. The Girls, which had an all-star Swedish cast including Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson, discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play Lysistrata, and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times.

Movie Credits

Nu börjar livet

Nu börjar livet‌
star1.0
calendar 1948

The Witches

The Witches‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Ett dockhem

Ett dockhem‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Minns ni?

Minns ni?‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Sunshine Follows Rain

Sunshine Follows Rain‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Music in Darkness

Music in Darkness‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

Torment

Torment‌
star7.1
calendar 1944

The Traitor

The Traitor‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play‌
star5.8
calendar 1962

Frieda

Frieda‌
star5.3
calendar 1947

Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood‌
star6.6
calendar 1954

Faces in the Dark

Faces in the Dark‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Quartet

Quartet‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

The Master Builder

The Master Builder‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Man Who Finally Died

The Man Who Finally Died‌
star6.2
calendar 1963

Offbeat

Offbeat‌
star6.1
calendar 1961

A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold‌
star5.4
calendar 1955

Blackmailed

Blackmailed‌
star1.0
calendar 1951

Desperate Moment

Desperate Moment‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Sellers' Best

Sellers' Best‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer‌
star7.0
calendar 2022

Piccadilly Third Stop

Piccadilly Third Stop‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Jag dräpte

Jag dräpte‌
star3.5
calendar 1943

Naughty Arlette

Naughty Arlette‌
star5.1
calendar 1949

Visions of Eight

Visions of Eight‌
star7.0
calendar 1973

The Main Attraction

The Main Attraction‌
star4.0
calendar 1962

The Lost People

The Lost People‌
star5.7
calendar 1949

Hell Is Sold Out

Hell Is Sold Out‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

The Ringer

The Ringer‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life‌
star5.9
calendar 1948

Jet Storm

Jet Storm‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Dance Little Lady

Dance Little Lady‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

Prince Gustaf

Prince Gustaf‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Tall Headlines

Tall Headlines‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Iris and the Lieutenant

Iris and the Lieutenant‌
star7.4
calendar 1946

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress

Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress‌
star7.5
calendar 1989

Playing on the Rainbow

Playing on the Rainbow‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Lianbron

Lianbron‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

The Truth About Women

The Truth About Women‌
star5.8
calendar 1957

The Bad Lord Byron

The Bad Lord Byron‌
star5.5
calendar 1949

We Have Many Names

We Have Many Names‌
star5.0
calendar 1976

Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

The Bay of St. Michel

The Bay of St. Michel‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Morfars resa

Morfars resa‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Lasse-Maja

Lasse-Maja‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

My Heart Is Red

My Heart Is Red‌
star4.3
calendar 1977

Stulet nyår

Stulet nyår‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling

Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling‌
star6.0
calendar 2015

Meeting with Mai

Meeting with Mai‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Calling the Shots

Calling the Shots‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Stockholm

Stockholm‌
star6.0
calendar 1978

Tv Credits

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

The Third Man

The Third Man‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

Svenska noveller

Svenska noveller‌
star0.0
calendar 1978