A Swedish Love Story
Encyclopedia
A Swedish Love Story is a 1970 Swedish romantic
drama
directed by Roy Andersson
, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave
, the film was Andersson's feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival
. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 43rd Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story and Songs from the Second Floor. More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of...
, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave
Czechoslovak New Wave
The Czechoslovak New Wave is a term used for the early films of 1960s Czech directors Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Vojtěch Jasný, Evald Schorm and Slovak directors Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher, Ján Kádár, Elo...
, the film was Andersson's feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival
20th Berlin International Film Festival
The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1970. However, the competition was cancelled and no prizes were awarded, over controversy surrounding Michael Verhoeven's film o.k.-Jury:* George Stevens...
. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 43rd Academy Awards
43rd Academy Awards
The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.It was during this ceremony that George C...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Cast
- Ann-Sofie Kylin as Annika
- Rolf Sohlman as Pär
- Anita Lindblom as Eva
- Bertil Norström as John Hellberg
- Lennart Tellfelt as Lasse
- Margreth Weivers as Elsa
- Arne Andersson as Arne
- Maud Backéus as Gunhild
- Verner Edberg as Verner
- Elsie Holm as Guest at Crayfish Party
- Tommy Nilsson - Roger
- Gunnar Ossiander as Pär's Grandfather
- Gunvor Ternéus as Guest at Crayfish Party
- Lennart Tollén as Lennart
- Björn AndrésenBjörn AndresenBjörn Johan Andrésen is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the fourteen-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice....
as Pär's Buddy
Production
Roy Andersson had just graduated from film school, having made two promising short films and a 48 minutes examination film, when he was given the opportunity to make A Swedish Love Story. The film was shot between 16 June and 26 August 1969.See also
- List of submissions to the 43rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film