Hasse Ekman
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-09-10
Day of Death
2004-02-15 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Hasse Ekman
Biography
Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television.
Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment.
Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actor Gösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage/film director Mikael Ekman. Also grandfather of actress Sanna Ekman.
As an actor Ekman also came to act in most of his own films, as the leading man and in a number of strong supporting roles, and he also acted in a three of early Ingmar Bergman-films (Prison, Thirst and Sawdust and Tinsel). He also played opposite his famous father in Intermezzo; the original Swedish 1936 film starring Ingrid Bergman in the female lead. Overall he made 50 roles in Swedish films.
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Acting
(1993)
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
(1993)
(1987)
(1960)
On a Bench in a Park
as Stig Brender
(1960)
Decimals of Love
as Karl Krister 'Charlie' Gedelius
(1959)
Miss Chic
as Buster Carell
(1959)
Heaven and Pancakes
as Willy Lorens
(1958)
Jazz Boy
as Teddy Anker
(1958)
The Great Amateur
as Max Wallby
(1957)
The Halo Is Slipping
as Per-Axel Dahlander
(1956)
Seventh Heaven
as Willy Lorens
(1956)
The Staffan Stolle Story
as Klad Traenger
(1956)
Private Entrance
as Sture Falk
(1954)
The Yellow Squadron
as Captain Birger Wreting
(1954)
Gabrielle
as Kjell Rodin
(1954)
I rök och dans
as Well dressed man in haystack
(1954)
(1953)
Sawdust and Tinsel
as Frans
(1953)
(1953)
The Glass Mountain
as Stellan Sylvester
(1951)
The Nuthouse
as Hans Hasseson Ekman / Fänrik Bråde / Kim (voice)
(1950)
Jack of Hearts
as Lt. Anders Canitz
(1949)
Thirst
as Dr. Rosengren
(1949)
The Girl from the Third Row
as Sture Anker
(1949)
Prison
as Martin Grande
(1949)
(1948)
The Banquet
as Hugo Stenbrott
(1948)
Little Martin Returns
as Second Lieutenant Svensson
(1948)
Each to His Own Way
as Tage Sundell
(1947)
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
as Bertil
(1946)
(1946)
Interlude
as Vilhelm Canitz
(1946)
While the Door Was Locked
as Torsten "Totte" von Breda
(1946)
Meeting in the Night
as Åke
(1945)
The Royal Rabble
as Tommy Anker
(1945)
(1945)
Wandering with the Moon
as Ernst Törsleff
(1945)
Skådetennis
as Himself
(1944)
A Day Will Dawn
as Rutger von Brewitz
(1944)
(1944)
Jag är eld och luft
as Tore Ekström, Actor
(1943)
The Sixth Shot
as Man at the train platform
(1943)
Changing Trains
as Joakim Lundell
(1943)
Life and Death
as Kirre Granlund
(1942)
Flames in the Dark
as Per Sahlén
(1942)
Happiness Is on Its Way
as Voice on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)
(1941)
Life Goes On
as Ludvig Bourg
(1941)
The First Squadron
as Franconian Bråde
(1940)
June Night
as Willy Wilson
(1939)
Cadets Together
as Bertil Winge
(1938)
(1938)
(1937)
(1936)
Intermezzo
as Åke Brandt
(1933)
(1933)
(1924)
Crew
(1972)
KaRamellodier
Director
(1969)
De sista entusiasterna
Director
(1969)
Cabarét Canalhumorn
Director
(1964)
The Marriage Wrestler
Writer, Director
(1963)
My Love Is Like a Rose
Director
(1961)
Funny Boy
Writer, Director
(1961)
The Heist
Director
(1960)
On a Bench in a Park
Director, Writer
(1960)
Decimals of Love
Director, Writer
(1959)
Swinging at the Castle
Writer
(1959)
Miss Chic
Director, Writer
(1959)
Heaven and Pancakes
Director, Writer
(1958)
Jazz Boy
Director, Writer
(1958)
You Are My Adventure
Writer
(1958)
The Great Amateur
Director, Writer
(1957)
Summer Place Wanted
Director
(1957)
The Halo Is Slipping
Director, Writer
(1956)
Seventh Heaven
Director, Writer
(1956)
The Staffan Stolle Story
Writer, Director
(1956)
Private Entrance
Director, Writer
(1954)
Gabrielle
Writer, Director
(1953)
Resan till dej
Writer
(1953)
We Three Debutantes
Writer, Director
(1953)
The Glass Mountain
Writer
(1952)
The Firebird
Director, Writer
(1951)
The Nuthouse
Writer, Director
(1950)
Girl with Hyacinths
Writer, Director
(1950)
Jack of Hearts
Producer, Director, Writer
(1950)
The White Cat
Director, Producer, Writer
(1950)
Kyssen på kryssen
Writer
(1949)
The Girl from the Third Row
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Production Manager
(1948)
The Banquet
Director, Screenplay
(1948)
Each to His Own Way
Producer, Writer, Director
(1948)
Little Martin Returns
Director, Lyricist, Dialogue, Special Effects, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Scenario Writer
(1947)
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
Producer, Director, Writer
(1946)
While the Door Was Locked
Producer, Director, Writer
(1946)
Interlude
Writer, Producer, Director
(1946)
Meeting in the Night
Director, Writer
(1946)
Love Goes Up and Down
Writer
(1945)
The Royal Rabble
Director, Writer, Production Manager, Producer
(1945)
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(1945)
Wandering with the Moon
Director, Writer
(1944)
A Day Will Dawn
Writer, Director
(1944)
Like Everyone Else
Producer, Writer, Director, Production Manager
(1944)
His Excellency
Director
(1944)
A Profession for Men
Director
(1943)
Örlogsmän
Writer
(1943)
Changing Trains
Director, Writer
(1943)
The Sixth Shot
Director
(1943)
Life and Death
Writer
(1942)
Flames in the Dark
Writer, Director
(1942)
Happiness Is on Its Way
Director, Writer
(1941)
The First Squadron
Director, Writer
(1941)
Magistrarna på sommarlov
Writer
(1941)
The Ghost Reporter
Writer
(1940)
Hjältar i gult och blått
Writer
(1940)
Karl för sin hatt
Writer
(1940)
With You in My Arms
Writer, Director
(1940)
'Swing It' Teacher
Writer
(1939)
Emelie Högqvist
Assistant Director
(1938)
(1938)
Thunder and Lightning
Writer