Mai Zetterling
Acting
Born: May 24, 1925 · Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Died: March 17, 1994 (aged 68)
Highest Rated
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). 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
The Witches
1990
Hidden Agenda
1990
Torment
1944
Music in Darkness
1948
Night Games
1966
Knock on Wood
1954
Only Two Can Play
1962
The Girls
1968
The Hitchhiker
1983
Seven Waves Away
1957
Danger Man
1960
Scrubbers
1982
Photos (7)
Movies (43)
The Witches
Helga Eveshim
The Ringer
Lisa
Hidden Agenda
Moa
The Truth About Women
Julie Eaton
The Man Who Finally Died
Lisa von Deutsch
Seven Waves Away
Nurse Julie White
The Main Attraction
Gina
Desperate Moment
Anna DeBurg
Only Two Can Play
Liz
Visions of Eight
Narrator
Hell Is Sold Out
Valerie Martin
Portrait from Life
Lidia
Blackmailed
Mrs. Carol Edwards
A Prize of Gold
Maria
Torment
Bertha Olsson
The Lost People
Lily
Music in Darkness
Ingrid Olofsson
Jet Storm
Carol Tilley
Faces in the Dark
Christiane Hammond
Knock on Wood
Ilse Nordstrom
Quartet
Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Romantic Age
Arlette Tessereau
We Have Many Names
Lena
Jag dräpte
Miss Peters
Prince Gustaf
Anna Maria Wastenius
Piccadilly Third Stop
Christine Preedy
Morfars resa
Elin Fromm
Sunshine Follows Rain
Marit Germundsdotter
The Bay of St. Michel
Helene Bretton
Frieda
Frieda
Playing on the Rainbow
1958
Offbeat
Ruth Lombard
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
Tall Headlines
Doris Rickardson
My Heart Is Red
Nietzsche
Iris and the Lieutenant
Iris Mattson
Dance Little Lady
Nina Gordon
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978
Lasse-Maja
Fanny
The Master Builder
Hilda Wangel
Meeting with Mai
1996
Lianbron
1965
Ett dockhem
Gurli Pall
TV Shows (8)
Studio One
Gabrielle · 1 eps
Danger Man
Nadia · 1 eps
Interpol Calling
Carol · 1 eps
The Third Man
2 eps
One Pair of Eyes
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Miss Julie · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Louise Josse · 1 eps
Svenska noveller
Gerda · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
Directing (17)
The Hitchhiker
Director
Chillers
Director
Love at First Sight
Director
The Girls
Director
Visions of Eight
Director
Night Games
Director
Love
Director
Scrubbers
Director
Loving Couples
Director
We Have Many Names
Director
Doctor Glas
Director
Amorosa
Director
The War Game
Director
Sunday Pursuit
Director
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
Director
Vincent the Dutchman
Director
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Director
Writing (10)
Chillers
Writer
The Girls
Writer
Night Games
Writer
Love
Writer
Scrubbers
Writer
Loving Couples
Writer
Doctor Glas
Screenplay
Amorosa
Writer
The War Game
Screenplay
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
Writer