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person_profile-Mai Zetterling

Mai Zetterling Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Mai Zetterling

Date of Birth:

May 24, 1925

Country of birth:

Sweden

Died:

Mar 17, 1994

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Mai Zetterling

Found 46 Movies in total

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Morfars resa

Elin Fromm ( Actor )

... 1993

Sellers' Best

Self ( Actor )

... 1992

Hidden Agenda

Moa ( Actor )

... 1990

The Witches

Helga Eveshim ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1990

... 1989

Calling the Shots

Self ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1978

We Have Many Names

Lena ( Actor )

Director

... 1976

Visions of Eight

Narrator ( Actor )

Director

... 1973

... 1965

The Man Who Finally Died

Lisa von Deutsch ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1963

The Main Attraction

Gina ( Actor )

... 1962

Only Two Can Play

Liz ( Actor )

... 1962

Offbeat

Ruth Lombard ( Actor )

... 1961

Faces in the Dark

Christiane Hammond ( Actor )

... 1960

Piccadilly Third Stop

Christine Preedy ( Actor )

... 1960

Jet Storm

Carol Tilley ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1958

The Master Builder

Hilda Wangel ( Actor )

... 1958

The Truth About Women

Julie Eaton ( Actor )

... 1957

Abandon Ship

Nurse Julie White ( Actor )

... 1957

A Prize of Gold

Maria ( Actor )

... 1955

Dance Little Lady

Nina Gordon ( Actor )

... 1954

Knock on Wood

Ilse Nordstrom ( Actor )

... 1954

Desperate Moment

Anna DeBurg ( Actor )

... 1953

The Ringer

Lisa ( Actor )

... 1952

Tall Headlines

Doris Rickardson ( Actor )

... 1952

Hell Is Sold Out

Valerie Martin ( Actor )

... 1951

Blackmailed

Mrs. Carol Edwards ( Actor )

... 1951

The Romantic Age

Arlette Tessereau ( Actor )

... 1949

The Lost People

Lily ( Actor )

... 1949

The Bad Lord Byron

Teresa Guiccioli ( Actor )

... 1949

Portrait from Life

Lidia ( Actor )

... 1948

Quartet

Jeanne ( Actor )

... 1948

Nu börjar livet

Vera Ullman ( Actor )

... 1948

Music in Darkness

Ingrid Olofsson ( Actor )

... 1948

Frieda

Frieda ( Actor )

... 1947

Sunshine Follows Rain

Marit Germundsdotter ( Actor )

... 1946

Iris and the Lieutenant

Iris Mattson ( Actor )

... 1946

Prince Gustaf

Anna Maria Wastenius ( Actor )

... 1944

Torment

Bertha Olsson ( Actor )

... 1944

Jag dräpte

Miss Peters ( Actor )

... 1943