Mai Zetterling
Born in Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden — May 24 1925• Died Mar 17 1994
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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 deb…
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Mai Zetterling's Credits
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Studio One
Gabrielle
The Hitchhiker
Directing
Film '72
Self
Chillers
Directing
Interpol Calling
Carol
The Third Man
Love at First Sight
Directing
The Witches
Helga Eveshim
Armchair Theatre
Miss Julie
One Pair of Eyes
Quartet
Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jet Storm
Carol Tilley
Hidden Agenda
Moa
Svenska noveller
Gerda
Blackmailed
Mrs. Carol Edwards
The Ringer
Lisa
Seven Waves Away
Nurse Julie White
A Prize of Gold
Maria
The Lost People
Lily
Offbeat
Ruth Lombard
Visions of Eight
Narrator
Frieda
Frieda
The Girls
Writing
Scrubbers
Directing
Torment
Bertha Olsson
Only Two Can Play
Liz
Hell Is Sold Out
Valerie Martin
Portrait from Life
Lidia
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
Loving Couples
Directing
Love
Writing
Sellers' Best
Self
Jag dräpte
Miss Peters
Music in Darkness
Ingrid Olofsson
Desperate Moment
Anna DeBurg
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Self
Knock on Wood
Ilse Nordstrom
Faces in the Dark
Christiane Hammond
Tall Headlines
Doris Rickardson
The Man Who Finally Died
Lisa von Deutsch
Doctor Glas
Directing
Amorosa
Directing
Playing on the Rainbow
The Bad Lord Byron
Teresa Guiccioli
The Truth About Women
Julie Eaton
Prince Gustaf
Anna Maria Wastenius
Piccadilly Third Stop
Christine Preedy
The Master Builder
Hilda Wangel
Calling the Shots
Self
Sunday Pursuit
Directing
Night Games
Directing
The Romantic Age
Arlette Tessereau
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Self (archive footage)
The Main Attraction
Gina
Iris and the Lieutenant
Iris Mattson
Dance Little Lady
Nina Gordon
My Heart Is Red
Nietzsche
Vincent the Dutchman
Directing
Lasse-Maja
Fanny
Lianbron
Sunshine Follows Rain
Marit Germundsdotter
The Bay of St. Michel
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Self
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
Directing
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
Self (archival footage)
The Traitor
Frau Caypor
Morfars resa
Elin Fromm
The War Game
Production
Life Starts Now
Vera Ullman
We Have Many Names
Lena
Ett dockhem
Gurli Pall
Meeting with Mai
Stulet nyår
Gerda
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Concrete Grandma
Directing
Of Seals and Men
Directing