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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.

Photos of

Mai Zetterling

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Filmography of

Mai Zetterling

Found 12 Movies in total

Amorosa

Editor

... 1986

... 1982

Love

Writer

... 1982

... 1978

... 1977

We Have Many Names

Lena ( Actor )

Director

... 1976

Visions of Eight

Narrator ( Actor )

Director

... 1973

... 1972

... 1968

Doctor Glas

Screenplay

... 1968

... 1966

... 1964