The Man from the Third Row

Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-250-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 415 g

Until his early retirement at age 50, Hasse Ekman was one of the leading lights of Swedish cinema, an actor, writer, and director of prodigious talents. Yet today his work is virtually unknown outside of Sweden, eclipsed by the filmography of his occasional collaborator (and frequent rival) Ingmar Bergman. This comprehensive introduction—the first ever in English—follows Ekman’s career from his  early days as a film journalist, through landmark films such as Girl with Hyacinths (1950), to his retirement amid exhaustion and disillusionment. Combining historical context with insightful analyses of Ekman’s styles and themes, this long overdue study considerably enriches our understanding of Swedish film history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gustafsson, Fredrik

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

 

Chapter 1. On Auteurs and National Cinema

Chapter 2. The Social Context

Chapter 3. Swedish Cinema

Chapter 4. Hasse Ekman in the Renaissance

Chapter 5. The Early 1950s

Chapter 6. The Final Years

Chapter 7. Ideas and Legacy

Conclusion

Filmography

Works cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gustafsson, Fredrik
Fredrik Gustafsson works at the library at the Swedish Film Institute and teaches film history at Örebro University, Sweden. He holds a doctorate in film studies from the University of St. Andrews. He also has programmed numerous Bergman and Ekman retrospectives around the world, writes regularly for La Furia Umana, and blogs at fredrikonfilm.blogspot.com.