- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
- Died
- March 17, 1994
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 …
Filmography
moviePrejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieRegissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
2015 · Self (archival footage)
movieMeeting with Mai
1996
movieMinns ni?
1993 · (archive footage)
movieMorfars resa
1993 · Elin Fromm
tvLove at First Sight
1992 · Director
movieSellers' Best
1992 · Self
movieSunday Pursuit
1990 · Director
movieHidden Agenda
1990 · Moa
movieThe Witches
1990 · Helga Eveshim
movieThe Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
1990 · Self
tvChillers
1990 · Director, Writer
movieMaybe I Really Am a Sorceress
1989 · Self
movieCalling the Shots
1988 · Self
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Director
movieAmorosa
1986 · Director, Writer, Editor
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983 · Director
movieScrubbers
1982 · Director, Writer
movieLove
1982 · Writer, Director
Of Seals and Men
1981 · Director, Writer
Stulet nyår
1978 · Gerda
tvSvenska noveller
1978 · Gerda
movieMai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978 · , Director
movieMy Heart Is Red
1977 · Nietzsche
movieThe Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977 · Director, Writer
movieWe Have Many Names
1976 · Lena, Director
movieVisions of Eight
1973 · Narrator, Director
movieVincent the Dutchman
1972 · Director
Film '72
1971 · Self
movieThe Girls
1968 · Writer, Director
movieDoctor Glas
1968 · Director, Screenplay
tvOne Pair of Eyes
1967
movieNight Games
1966 · Director, Writer
movieLianbron
1965
movieLoving Couples
1964 · Director, Writer
movieThe Man Who Finally Died
1963 · Lisa von Deutsch
movieThe War Game
1963 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
movieThe Bay of St. Michel
1963
movieThe Main Attraction
1962 · Gina
movieOnly Two Can Play
1962 · Liz
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961 · , Director
movieOffbeat
1961 · Ruth Lombard
movieFaces in the Dark
1960 · Christiane Hammond
tvDanger Man
1960 · Nadia
moviePiccadilly Third Stop
1960 · Christine Preedy
tvThe Third Man
1959
movieJet Storm
1959 · Carol Tilley
tvInterpol Calling
1959 · Carol
The Traitor
1959 · Frau Caypor
moviePlaying on the Rainbow
1958
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
movieA Prize of Gold
1955 · Maria
movieDance Little Lady
1954 · Nina Gordon
movieKnock on Wood
1954 · Ilse Nordstrom
movieDesperate Moment
1953 · Anna DeBurg
movieThe Ringer
1952 · Lisa
movieTall Headlines
1952 · Doris Rickardson
movieHell Is Sold Out
1951 · Valerie Martin
movieBlackmailed
1951 · Mrs. Carol Edwards
movieThe Romantic Age
1949 · Arlette Tessereau
movieThe Lost People
1949 · Lily
The Bad Lord Byron
1949 · Teresa Guiccioli
moviePortrait from Life
1948 · Lidia
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
The Polite Invasion
— · , Director