Mai Zetterling
62 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1925
- Died
- Mar 17, 1994 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
- Also known as
- Maj Zetterling · Mai Elizabeth Zetterling · مای زترلینگ
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).
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Mai Zetterling: movies and TV shows
Acting (56)
- Upcoming
- 1996
- 1993 Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
- 1993 Morfars resa
as Elin Fromm
- 1990 Hidden Agenda
as Moa
- 1990 The Witches
as Helga Eveshim
- 1978 Stulet nyår
as Gerda
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977 My Heart Is Red
as Nietzsche
- 1976 We Have Many Names
as Lena
- 1973 Visions of Eight
as Narrator
- 1967
- 1965
- 1963 The Man Who Finally Died
as Lisa von Deutsch
- 1963 The Bay of St. Michel
as Helene Bretton
- 1962 The Main Attraction
as Gina
- 1962 Only Two Can Play
as Liz
- 1961
- 1961 Offbeat
as Ruth Lombard
- 1960 Faces in the Dark
as Christiane Hammond
- 1960
- 1960 Piccadilly Third Stop
as Christine Preedy
- 1959
- 1959 Jet Storm
as Carol Tilley
- 1959
- 1959 The Traitor
as Frau Caypor
- 1958
- 1958 The Master Builder
as Hilda Wangel
- 1957 The Truth About Women
as Julie Eaton
- 1957 Seven Waves Away
as Nurse Julie White
- 1956
- 1956 Ett dockhem
as Gurli Pall
- 1955 A Prize of Gold
as Maria
- 1954 Dance Little Lady
as Nina Gordon
- 1954 Knock on Wood
as Ilse Nordstrom
- 1953 Desperate Moment
as Anna DeBurg
- 1952 The Ringer
as Lisa
- 1952 Tall Headlines
as Doris Rickardson
- 1951 Hell Is Sold Out
as Valerie Martin
- 1951 Blackmailed
as Mrs. Carol Edwards
- 1949 The Romantic Age
as Arlette Tessereau
- 1949 The Lost People
as Lily
- 1949 The Bad Lord Byron
as Teresa Guiccioli
- 1948 Portrait from Life
as Lidia
- 1948
- 1948 Quartet
as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
- 1948 Life Starts Now
as Vera Ullman
- 1948 Music in Darkness
as Ingrid Olofsson
- 1947 Frieda
as Frieda
- 1946 Sunshine Follows Rain
as Marit Germundsdotter
- 1946 Iris and the Lieutenant
as Iris Mattson
- 1944 Prince Gustaf
as Anna Maria Wastenius
- 1944 Torment
as Bertha Olsson
- 1943 Jag dräpte
as Miss Peters
- 1941 Lasse-Maja
as Fanny
Behind the camera (21)
- Upcoming The Polite Invasion
Director
- 1992
- 1990 Sunday Pursuit
Director
- 1990
- 1986 Concrete Grandma
Director
- 1986 Amorosa
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1983
- 1982 Scrubbers
Director, Writer
- 1982 Love
Writer, Director
- 1981 Of Seals and Men
Director, Writer
- 1978 Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Director
- 1977 The Moon Is a Green Cheese
Director, Writer
- 1976 We Have Many Names
Director
- 1973 Visions of Eight
Director
- 1972 Vincent the Dutchman
Director
- 1968 The Girls
Writer, Director
- 1968 Doctor Glas
Director, Screenplay
- 1966 Night Games
Director, Writer
- 1964 Loving Couples
Director, Writer
- 1963 The War Game
Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 1961
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2022
- 2015
- 1992
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode