Anita Björk
Anita Björk (born 25 April 1923) is a Swedish actress. Born in Tällberg, Dalarna, Anita Björk attended Dramatens elevskola (The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school) in 1942-45. Anita Björk has been a leading lady of Swedish theatre for many years and has worked at the national stage; Dramaten, since 1945, where she has performed in more than 100 parts over the years (which makes her one of the greatest actors of Dramaten). On film, Anita Björk has played leading roles - in particular - in a number of style forming Swedish thrillers and crime mystery dramas, including Det kom en gäst (1947), Moln över Hellesta (1956), Damen i svart (1958), Mannekäng i rött (1958) and Tärningen är kastad (1960).
Still, her most famous part is probably her title role in Alf Sjöberg's celebrated film adaption of Strindberg's Miss Julie (1951) that was awarded with the grand prize at Cannes Film Festival. Married to Olof Bergström (1945–1951) and from 1953 with Stig Dagerman. After his death she had a relationship with Graham Greene. Currently performing in A.R. Gurney's play Kärleksbrev (Love Letters) at Dramaten, opposite Jan-Olof Strandberg (Lilla scenen; March-April, 2009).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.864 |
| Birthday | 1923-04-25 |
| Place of Birth | Tällberg, Dalarna, Sweden |
| Also Known As | Anita Barbro Kristina Björk, Анита Бьёрк, |
1992
The Best Intentions
7.148/64
In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely,...
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The Best Intentions
1996
Private Confessions
6.1/10
Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges...
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Private Confessions
1998
In the Presence of a Clown
7.1/26
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsa...
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In the Presence of a Clown
1951
Miss Julie
6.511/46
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's...
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Miss Julie
1952
Waiting Women
6.5/56
Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other...
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Waiting Women
1979
Heritage
4.857/7
Gathered at a funeral for a successful business man, the testament is to be read. They will all inherit, with a big IF; if the family company is to be...
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Heritage
1946
100 dragspel och en flicka
3.5/2
Two inventors, Ville and Rulle have developed a revolutionary new accordion; however, they have competition. Twelve-year-old Pelle Borell gets to show...
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100 dragspel och en flicka
1958
The Lady in Black
5.9/16
The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young...
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The Lady in Black
1956
Moon Over Hellesta
4/2
Margareta, newly engaged with count Carl Anckarberg, visits his estate for the first time. During the visit she gets to know that his last fiancee die...
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Moon Over Hellesta
1958
Mannequin in Red
6.5/22
A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several p...
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Mannequin in Red
1960
The Die Is Cast
6/5
A member of a highly successful crime drama series is found murdered in a television studio. The screenwriter of the TV-series is found as prime suspe...
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The Die Is Cast
1954
Night People
5.938/32
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent...
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Night People
1956
Song of the Scarlet Flower
4/1
Olof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver and his reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide.
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Song of the Scarlet Flower
1957
Guest at One's Own Home
6/1
Eva Dahl, a doctor's wife, starts an affair with a younger man.
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Guest at One's Own Home
1969
Adalen 31
6.649/37
A film about the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Å...
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Adalen 31
1964
Loving Couples
5.8/18
As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthfu...
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Loving Couples
1947
A Guest Is Coming
6.3/7
It's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it. The following morning he's found murdered.
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A Guest Is Coming
2000
The Image Makers
6.5/15
Per Olov Enquist's play about Selma Lagerlöf and Victor Sjöström after the shooting of The Phantom Carriage. Director Victor Sjöström has been shootin...
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The Image Makers
1947
Woman Without a Face
5.6/14
Martin is married to Frida and together they have a son. One day after a quarrel with his wife, he goes to buy flowers to ask for forgiveness. In the...
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Woman Without a Face
1986
Amorosa
5.364/11
About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is bro...
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Amorosa
1954
The Witch
0/0
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The Witch
1981
The Witch Hunt
5.714/7
Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter...
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The Witch Hunt
1962
Lady in White
5.7/9
A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.
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Lady in White
1952
Han glömde henne aldrig
1/1
American businessman Chris Johnson spent WW2 in Sweden and fell in love with a nurse, Karin Engström. He lost contact with her after war and now, seve...
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Han glömde henne aldrig
1966
Utro
5.5/2
She loves to ride in the bus and read smart book ... He likes to sit by the water and drink soda ... She loves to write down their thoughts on the fly...
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Utro
1961
Square of Violence
6.3/3
Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces cam...
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Square of Violence
1976
Sing Beautifully About Love
0/0
A tv play about the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding. Flashbacks from his life in a mental hospital.
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Sing Beautifully About Love
1942
The Heavenly Play
0/0
"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit o...
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The Heavenly Play
1992
Madame de Sade
7.4/14
A theatre production of Yukio Mishima's play, filmed for Swedish television. It begins in France in 1772. Six Women, one of them Madame de Sade, discu...
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Madame de Sade
1989
Dagerman
0/0
About the Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954). More than a style, there is a Dagerman voice. This simple voice speaks softly, without emphasis, o...
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Dagerman
1955
Der Cornet
9/1
Adventure film based on a Rilke poem.
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Der Cornet
1998
Sanna ögonblick
4.3/3
By chance Erik meets Viivi, an Estonian violinist playing in the Stockholm subway. They start an intense romance. Erik's mother dislikes the relations...
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Sanna ögonblick
1950
Kvartetten som sprängdes
0/0
A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the stock market. The result is not as good as expected...
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Kvartetten som sprängdes
1958
The Phantom Carriage
5.8/5
The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's...
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The Phantom Carriage
1973
Kommer hem och är snäll
8/1
Sören Hellgren comes home drunk one night and his wife Tyra is furious because he is boozed up and has spent a lot of money. Sören doesn't understand...
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Kommer hem och är snäll
1965
Waiting Waters
0/0
A monologue of a woman who tells about her life, mainly about the men she met, while walking.
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Waiting Waters
1974
Karl XII
0/0
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Karl XII
1960
Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors
1/1
Hugo Frejer terrorizes his family and surroundings with his unhappy mood.
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Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors
1955
Giftas
0/0
The General's daughter, Helene, grows up in a safe world. She doesn't want to get married or have kids. She meets a man who talks about platonic love...
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Giftas
1949
Realm of Man
0/0
A man is forced to leave his family estate and start again.
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Realm of Man
1944
Count Only the Happy Moments
4.5/2
The old Victor Branzell has a grandson, Alf, who is in love with a clerk in a glove shop, Lilian Lind. But Lilian with her simple background doesn't g...
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Count Only the Happy Moments
2004
Stig Dagerman
0/0
Fifty years after the Swedish author Stig Dagerman took his own life we view his short but intense career in retrospective.
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Stig Dagerman
1993
Minns ni?
0/0
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Minns ni?
1978
Tribadernas natt
0/0
Depicts the explosive relationship between August Strindberg and Siri von Essen in 1889 while Siri is rehearsing a lead role in a play written by Stri...
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Tribadernas natt
1968
Komedi i Hägerskog
0/0
Narcissa and Elina work in a small town social service office and have various erotic encounters with the people who visit it.
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Komedi i Hägerskog
1995
Stjärnbilder
0/0
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film h...
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Stjärnbilder
1967
Henpecked
0/0
An engineer and an actor, two extremely similar men, change their identity with each other.
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Henpecked
1980
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
0/0
Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows up dreaming about her future.
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Midsommardröm i fattighuset
2001
An Image Maker
0/0
Making of-documentary about Ingmar Bergman's The Image Makers, featuring behind the scenes footage and an interview with its writer, Per Olov Enquist.
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An Image Maker
1948
On These Shoulders
0/0
Kjell Loväng returns to his parent's farm after a few years of work in Stockholm. He discovers that his father Arvid neglects the farm and spends too...
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On These Shoulders
1953
Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns
5/1
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini at a gala held in Sweden in 1953.
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Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns
1947
Ingen väg tillbaka
0/0
The newly appointed director Hugo Henriksen gets into a fight and accidentally hits a prostitute. When Hugo is trying to leave the scene the girl dies...
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Ingen väg tillbaka
1955
Hamlet
0/0
Prince Hamlet returns home from the university of Wittenberg to attend his father's funeral. His uncle Claudius, the new King, has announced his broth...
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Hamlet
1983
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
0/0
Alf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film director the first of international importance since t...
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Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
2006
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
0/0
Documentary about the play Miss Julie and dramatist August Strindberg
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