Acting
Mai Zetterling
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.
Filmography
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Film · 2022
Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
Film · 2015
Meeting with Mai
Film · 1996
Minns ni?
Film · 1993
Morfars resa
Film · 1993
Sellers' Best
Film · 1992
The Witches
Film · 1990
Hidden Agenda
Film · 1990
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Film · 1990
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Film · 1989
Calling the Shots
Film · 1988
Stulet nyår
Film · 1978
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Film · 1978
Svenska noveller
Series · 1978
My Heart Is Red
Film · 1977
We Have Many Names
Film · 1976
Visions of Eight
Film · 1973
Film '72
Series · 1971
One Pair of Eyes
Series · 1967
Lianbron
Film · 1965
The Man Who Finally Died
Film · 1963
The Bay of St. Michel
Film · 1963
Only Two Can Play
Film · 1962
The Main Attraction
Film · 1962
Offbeat
Film · 1961
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Film · 1961
Faces in the Dark
Film · 1960
Piccadilly Third Stop
Film · 1960
Danger Man
Series · 1960
The Traitor
Film · 1959
Jet Storm
Film · 1959
Interpol Calling
Series · 1959
The Third Man
Series · 1959
The Master Builder
Film · 1958
Playing on the Rainbow
Film · 1958
Seven Waves Away
Film · 1957
The Truth About Women
Film · 1957
Ett dockhem
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
A Prize of Gold
Film · 1955
Knock on Wood
Film · 1954
Dance Little Lady
Film · 1954
Desperate Moment
Film · 1953
The Ringer
Film · 1952
Tall Headlines
Film · 1952
Blackmailed
Film · 1951
Hell Is Sold Out
Film · 1951
The Romantic Age
Film · 1949
The Lost People
Film · 1949
The Bad Lord Byron
Film · 1949
Life Starts Now
Film · 1948
Music in Darkness
Film · 1948
Quartet
Film · 1948
Portrait from Life
Film · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
Frieda
Film · 1947
Sunshine Follows Rain
Film · 1946
Iris and the Lieutenant
Film · 1946
Torment
Film · 1944
Prince Gustaf
Film · 1944
Jag dräpte
Film · 1943
Lasse-Maja
Film · 1941
The Polite Invasion
Film