Mai Zetterling
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting63
moviePrejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieRegissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
2015
Self (archival footage)
movieMinns ni?
1993
(archive footage)
movieMorfars resa
1993
Elin Fromm
movieThe Witches
1990
Helga Eveshim
movieMy Heart Is Red
1977
Nietzsche
movieVisions of Eight
1973
Narrator
movieThe Man Who Finally Died
1963
Lisa von Deutsch
movieOffbeat
1961
Ruth Lombard
movieFaces in the Dark
1960
Christiane Hammond
tvDanger Man
1960
Nadia
moviePiccadilly Third Stop
1960
Christine Preedy
movieJet Storm
1959
Carol Tilley
The Traitor
1959
Frau Caypor
movieThe Master Builder
1958
Hilda Wangel
movieThe Truth About Women
1957
Julie Eaton
movieSeven Waves Away
1957
Nurse Julie White
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Miss Julie / Louise Josse
movieEtt dockhem
1956
Gurli Pall
movieDance Little Lady
1954
Nina Gordon
movieKnock on Wood
1954
Ilse Nordstrom
movieDesperate Moment
1953
Anna DeBurg
movieTall Headlines
1952
Doris Rickardson
movieHell Is Sold Out
1951
Valerie Martin
movieBlackmailed
1951
Mrs. Carol Edwards
movieThe Romantic Age
1949
Arlette Tessereau
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
Teresa Guiccioli
tvStudio One
1948
Gabrielle
movieQuartet
1948
Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Life Starts Now
1948
Vera Ullman
movieMusic in Darkness
1948
Ingrid Olofsson
movieFrieda
1947
Frieda
movieSunshine Follows Rain
1946
Marit Germundsdotter
movieIris and the Lieutenant
1946
Iris Mattson
moviePrince Gustaf
1944
Anna Maria Wastenius
movieTorment
1944
Bertha Olsson
movieJag dräpte
1943
Miss Peters
movieLasse-Maja
1941
Fanny
Directing21
tvLove at First Sight
1992
Director
movieSunday Pursuit
1990
Director
tvChillers
1990
Director
movieAmorosa
1986
Director
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983
Director
movieScrubbers
1982
Director
movieLove
1982
Director
movieWe Have Many Names
1976
Director
movieVisions of Eight
1973
Director
movieVincent the Dutchman
1972
Director
movieThe Girls
1968
Director
movieDoctor Glas
1968
Director
movieNight Games
1966
Director
movieLoving Couples
1964
Director
movieThe War Game
1963
Director
Writing11
tvChillers
1990
Writer
movieAmorosa
1986
Writer
movieScrubbers
1982
Writer
movieLove
1982
Writer
movieThe Girls
1968
Writer
movieDoctor Glas
1968
Screenplay
movieNight Games
1966
Writer
movieLoving Couples
1964
Writer
movieThe War Game
1963
Screenplay
Editing1
movieAmorosa
1986
Editor
Production1
movieThe War Game
1963
Producer