Hasse Ekman

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-09-10 (89 years old)

Deathday

2004-02-15

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Hasse Ekman

Biography

Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment. Hasse Ekman is part of th...

Acting

1954

The Yellow Squadron

as Captain Birger Wreting

1993

Minns ni?

as (archive footage)

1940

June Night

as Willy Wilson

1953

1949

Thirst

as Dr. Rosengren

1954

Gabrielle

as Kjell Rodin

1949

1948

The Banquet

as Hugo Stenbrott

1945

The Royal Rabble

as Tommy Anker

1942

Flames in the Dark

as Per Sahlén

1943

The Sixth Shot

as Man at the train platform

1941

Life Goes On

as Ludvig Bourg

1943

Changing Trains

as Joakim Lundell

1936

Intermezzo

as Åke Brandt

1941

The First Squadron

as Franconian Bråde

1942

Happiness Is on Its Way

as Voice on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)

1949

Prison

as Martin Grande

1946

Interlude

as Vilhelm Canitz

1960

On a Bench in a Park

as Stig Brender

1959

Miss Chic

as Buster Carell

1944

A Day Will Dawn

as Rutger von Brewitz

1956

Seventh Heaven

as Willy Lorens

1946

While the Door Was Locked

as Torsten "Totte" von Breda

1958

Jazz Boy

as Teddy Anker

1957

The Halo Is Slipping

as Per-Axel Dahlander

1956

The Staffan Stolle Story

as Klad Traenger

1948

Little Martin Returns

as Second Lieutenant Svensson

1951

The Nuthouse

as Hans Hasseson Ekman / Fänrik Bråde / Kim (voice)

1953

The Glass Mountain

as Stellan Sylvester

1956

Private Entrance

as Sture Falk

1948

Each to His Own Way

as Tage Sundell

1959

Heaven and Pancakes

as Willy Lorens

1950

Jack of Hearts

as Lt. Anders Canitz

1960

Decimals of Love

as Karl Krister 'Charlie' Gedelius

1945

Wandering with the Moon

as Ernst Törsleff

1939

Cadets Together

as Bertil Winge

1954

I rök och dans

as Well dressed man in haystack

1958

The Great Amateur

as Max Wallby

1943

Life and Death

as Kirre Granlund

1944

Jag är eld och luft

as Tore Ekström, Actor

1945

Skådetennis

as Himself

Production

1950

1950

1954

Gabrielle

as Director

1954

Gabrielle

as Writer

1948

The Banquet

as Director

1945

The Royal Rabble

as Director

1945

1945

The Royal Rabble

as Production Manager

1942

1942

1943

Örlogsmän

as Writer

1943

Changing Trains

as Director

1943

1943

The Sixth Shot

as Director

1950

Jack of Hearts

as Producer

1948

1941

1946

Interlude

as Director

1946

Interlude

as Writer

1946

Interlude

as Producer

1959

Miss Chic

as Director

1959

Miss Chic

as Writer

1940

1972

KaRamellodier

as Director

1945

The Royal Rabble

as Producer

1944

A Day Will Dawn

as Director

1944

1960

1961

Funny Boy

as Writer

1944

1956

Seventh Heaven

as Director

1956

1950

The White Cat

as Director

1961

Funny Boy

as Director

1957

1952

The Firebird

as Director

1952

The Firebird

as Writer

1958

Jazz Boy

as Director

1940

1940

1953

1950

The White Cat

as Producer

1953

1957

1948

1969

1951

The Nuthouse

as Director

1951

The Nuthouse

as Writer

1944

1944

1944

Like Everyone Else

as Production Manager

1961

The Heist

as Director

1940

1969

1953

1944

His Excellency

as Director

1946

1956

Private Entrance

as Director

1956

1948

1948

1959

1959

1950

Jack of Hearts

as Director

1950

1953

1960

Decimals of Love

as Director

1960

1958

Jazz Boy

as Writer

1950

The White Cat

as Writer

1939

Emelie Högqvist

as Assistant Director

1948

The Banquet

as Screenplay

1958

1958

1963

1948

1948

Little Martin Returns

as Scenario Writer

1948

1948

1948

Little Martin Returns

as Original Music Composer

1948

Little Martin Returns

as Special Effects

1949

The Girl from the Third Row

as Production Manager

1964

1944

1943

1941

1950

1941

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