Mai Zetterling

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.

  • Title: Mai Zetterling
  • Popularity: 7.379
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1925-05-24
  • Place of Birth: Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
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  • Also Known As: Maj Zetterling, Mai Elizabeth Zetterling
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Mai Zetterling Movies

  • 1948
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    Nu börjar livet

    Nu börjar livet

    1 1948 HD

    A married priest woos a seamstress.

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  • 1990
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    The Witches

    The Witches

    6.9 1990 HD

    A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand...

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  • 1956
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    Ett dockhem

    Ett dockhem

    1 1956 HD

    August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married), about female...

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  • 1993
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    Minns ni?

    Minns ni?

    1 1993 HD

    A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

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  • 1990
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    Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda

    6.9 1990 HD

    In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British...

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  • 1946
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    Sunshine Follows Rain

    Sunshine Follows Rain

    5.3 1946 HD

    The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according...

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  • 1948
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    Music in Darkness

    Music in Darkness

    6.1 1948 HD

    Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. He gets to live with relatives in the countryside...

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  • 1944
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    Torment

    Torment

    7.1 1944 HD

    Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's...

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  • 1959
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    The Traitor

    The Traitor

    1 1959 HD

    In wartime, an English spy must go into neutral territory to murder a fellow-Englishman who has been working for the enemy.

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  • 1962
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    Only Two Can Play

    Only Two Can Play

    5.8 1962 HD

    John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys...

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  • 1947
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    Frieda

    Frieda

    5.3 1947 HD

    An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who...

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  • 1954
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    Knock on Wood

    Knock on Wood

    6.6 1954 HD

    Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss...

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  • 1960
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    Faces in the Dark

    Faces in the Dark

    6.2 1960 HD

    A businessman loses his sight in an explosion on the day his wife planned to leave him for another man.

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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

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  • 1957
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    Abandon Ship

    Abandon Ship

    7.438 1957 HD

    After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over...

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  • 1958
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    The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

    1 1958 HD

    Halvard Solness is a middle-aged architect whose ruthlessness in his business makes him a hardened individual. Affected by his ambitions are his wife...

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  • 1963
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    The Man Who Finally Died

    The Man Who Finally Died

    6.2 1963 HD

    Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in...

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  • 1961
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    Offbeat

    Offbeat

    6.1 1961 HD

    When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner...

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  • 1955
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    A Prize of Gold

    A Prize of Gold

    5.4 1955 HD

    A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.

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  • 1953
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    Desperate Moment

    Desperate Moment

    1 1953 HD

    Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)

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  • 1951
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    Blackmailed

    Blackmailed

    1 1951 HD

    A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young...

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  • 1992
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    Sellers' Best

    Sellers' Best

    1 1992 HD

    One of the all-time greatest comedians, Peter Sellers’ mimicry, timing, instinct and ability to decimate an audience with laughter made him...

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  • 2022
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    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    7 2022 HD

    A journey through Swedish queer film history.

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  • 1960
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    Piccadilly Third Stop

    Piccadilly Third Stop

    6.5 1960 HD

    A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman,...

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  • 1943
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    Jag dräpte

    Jag dräpte

    3.5 1943 HD

    "I Slew" - Hospital drama of a doctor who thinks that he killed a patient on the operating table.

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  • 1949
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    Naughty Arlette

    Naughty Arlette

    5.1 1949 HD

    Arlette is a malicious schoolgirl who uses her feminine charms to attract, and then destroy, every man gullible enough to respond to her flirtations....

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  • 1973
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    Visions of Eight

    Visions of Eight

    7 1973 HD

    Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include...

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  • 1962
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    The Main Attraction

    The Main Attraction

    4 1962 HD

    An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.

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  • 1949
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    The Lost People

    The Lost People

    5.7 1949 HD

    Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior...

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  • 1951
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    Hell Is Sold Out

    Hell Is Sold Out

    6 1951 HD

    A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.

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  • 1952
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    The Ringer

    The Ringer

    5.8 1952 HD

    An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.

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  • 1948
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    Portrait from Life

    Portrait from Life

    5.9 1948 HD

    A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering...

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  • 1959
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    Jet Storm

    Jet Storm

    6.5 1959 HD

    Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.

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  • 1954
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    Dance Little Lady

    Dance Little Lady

    7 1954 HD

    When a ballerina's career is ended after she's injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet...

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  • 1944
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    Prince Gustaf

    Prince Gustaf

    1 1944 HD

    In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and falls in love with her, but it is an impossible love...

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  • 1952
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    Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlines

    5.8 1952 HD

    A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

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  • 1946
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    Iris and the Lieutenant

    Iris and the Lieutenant

    7.4 1946 HD

    Robert, an upper-class officer, meets and falls in love with Iris, a house maid. His family will do anything to stop her from marrying him.

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  • 1990
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    The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

    The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

    1 1990 HD

    Documentary looking at the making-of and real-life stories behind the award-winning conspiracy thriller starring Oscar-winner Frances McDormand and...

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  • 1989
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    Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress

    Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress

    7.5 1989 HD

    An intimate portrait of director Mai Zetterling that includes interviews with Zetterling, David Hughes (Zetterling’s ex-husband and the...

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  • 1958
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    Playing on the Rainbow

    Playing on the Rainbow

    1 1958 HD

    The school counselor Vanja believe neither in love, marriage or a woman's subservient role to the man. One day she meets the student Björn....

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  • 1965
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    Lianbron

    Lianbron

    1 1965 HD

    A Swedish scientist couple comes to a small African village to fight malaria.

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  • 1957
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    The Truth About Women

    The Truth About Women

    5.8 1957 HD

    A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.

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  • 1949
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    The Bad Lord Byron

    The Bad Lord Byron

    5.5 1949 HD

    Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.

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  • 1976
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    We Have Many Names

    We Have Many Names

    5 1976 HD

    A sacrificial passive woman spends her life breeding happiness into her family. What happens when her world of security cracks, shatters completely...

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  • 1961
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    Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

    Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

    1 1961 HD

    Every year in May several thousand 'Lords of Little Egypt' meet for festivities in the Camargue. Mai Zetterling stays with the gypsies and reports on...

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  • 1963
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    The Bay of St. Michel

    The Bay of St. Michel

    1 1963 HD

    A trio of World War 2 vets band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune.

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  • 1993
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    Morfars resa

    Morfars resa

    1 1993 HD

    Film by Staffan Lamm.

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  • 1941
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    Lasse-Maja

    Lasse-Maja

    1 1941 HD

    About the Swedish trickster and thief Lars "Lasse-Maja" Molin. He often disguised himself and lived as a woman in 1800s. He takes place as a kitchen...

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  • 1977
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    My Heart Is Red

    My Heart Is Red

    4.3 1977 HD

    A poll for an advertising agency during a working day resulting in a series of meetings with women and men from different social strata, each one of...

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  • 1978
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    Stulet nyår

    Stulet nyår

    1 1978 HD

    A story about Gerda, maid and unmarried. And a New Year's Eve in her life.

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  • 2015
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    Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling

    Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling

    6 2015 HD

    A celebrated movie star, Mai Zetterling stepped behind the camera in the early 1960's as one of the few female directors in the world. Her works were...

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  • 1996
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    Meeting with Mai

    Meeting with Mai

    1 1996 HD

    Mai Zetterling is interviewed in the summer of 1984 in her house in southern France. Seventeen years have passed since the Girls were made in Sweden...

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  • 1988
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    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

    1 1988 HD

    Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

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  • 1978
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    Mai Zetterling's Stockholm

    Mai Zetterling's Stockholm

    6 1978 HD

    Mai Zetterling explores Swedish cultural canon in a Canadian TV-production called “Cities”. Zetterling herself play all the prominent...

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  • 1966
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    Night Games

    Night Games

    5.4 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Night Games

    Night Games

    5.4 1966 HD

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  • 1982
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    Scrubbers

    Scrubbers

    5.1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Scrubbers

    Scrubbers

    5.1 1982 HD

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  • 1964
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    Loving Couples

    Loving Couples

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1968
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    Doctor Glas

    Doctor Glas

    6.3 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Doctor Glas

    Doctor Glas

    6.3 1968 HD

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  • 1986
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    Amorosa

    Amorosa

    5.4 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Amorosa

    Amorosa

    5.4 1986 HD

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  • 1963
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    The War Game

    The War Game

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The War Game

    The War Game

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The War Game

    The War Game

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1982
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    Love

    Love

    5.2 1982 HD

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  • 1973
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    Visions of Eight

    Visions of Eight

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1964
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    Loving Couples

    Loving Couples

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1986
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    Amorosa

    Amorosa

    5.4 1986 HD

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  • 1976
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    We Have Many Names

    We Have Many Names

    5 1976 HD

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  • 1961
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    Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

    Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Girls

    The Girls

    6.091 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Girls

    The Girls

    6.091 1968 HD

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  • 1981
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    Of Seals and Men

    Of Seals and Men

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Of Seals and Men

    Of Seals and Men

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1972
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    Vincent the Dutchman

    Vincent the Dutchman

    3 1972 HD

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  • 1990
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    Sunday Pursuit

    Sunday Pursuit

    4 1990 HD

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  • 1982
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    Love

    Love

    5.2 1982 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Moon Is a Green Cheese

    The Moon Is a Green Cheese

    6 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Moon Is a Green Cheese

    The Moon Is a Green Cheese

    6 1977 HD

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  • 1986
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    Concrete Grandma

    Concrete Grandma

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1978
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    Mai Zetterling's Stockholm

    Mai Zetterling's Stockholm

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1959
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    Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

    6.7 1959 HD

    The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.

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  • 1959
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    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1978
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    Svenska noveller

    Svenska noveller

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1970
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    Svenska noveller

    Svenska noveller

    6.1 1970 HD

    A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

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  • 1970
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    Svenska noveller

    Svenska noveller

    3 1970 HD

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