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Mai Zetterling
Born · May 24, 1925
Died · March 17, 1994 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Bio
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 cast including Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson, discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play Lysistrata, and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times.
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2022
Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling
Self (archival footage)
6.0
2015
Meeting with Mai
0.0
1996
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
0.0
1993
Morfars resa
Elin Fromm
0.0
1993
Sellers' Best
Self
0.0
1992
Hidden Agenda
Moa
6.9
1990
The Witches
Helga Eveshim
6.9
1990
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Self
0.0
1990
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Self
7.5
1989
Calling the Shots
Self
0.0
1988
Stulet nyår
Gerda
0.0
1978
Svenska noveller
Gerda · (1 episode)
0.0
1978
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
6.0
1978
My Heart Is Red
Nietzsche
4.3
1977
We Have Many Names
Lena
5.0
1976
Visions of Eight
Narrator
7.0
1973
Lianbron
0.0
1965
The Man Who Finally Died
Lisa von Deutsch
6.2
1963
The Bay of St. Michel
0.0
1963
The Main Attraction
Gina
4.0
1962
Only Two Can Play
Liz
5.9
1962
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
0.0
1961
Offbeat
Ruth Lombard
6.1
1961
Faces in the Dark
Christiane Hammond
6.2
1960
Piccadilly Third Stop
Christine Preedy
6.5
1960
The Third Man
(2 episodes)
6.7
1959
Jet Storm
Carol Tilley
6.5
1959
Interpol Calling
Carol · (1 episode)
6.7
1959
The Traitor
Frau Caypor
0.0
1959
Playing on the Rainbow
0.0
1958
The Master Builder
Hilda Wangel
0.0
1958
The Truth About Women
Julie Eaton
5.9
1957
Abandon Ship
Nurse Julie White
7.4
1957
Ett dockhem
Gurli Pall
0.0
1956
A Prize of Gold
Maria
5.4
1955
Dance Little Lady
Nina Gordon
7.0
1954
Knock on Wood
Ilse Nordstrom
6.6
1954
Desperate Moment
Anna DeBurg
0.0
1953
The Ringer
Lisa
5.8
1952
Tall Headlines
Doris Rickardson
5.8
1952
Hell Is Sold Out
Valerie Martin
5.7
1951
Blackmailed
Mrs. Carol Edwards
3.5
1951
Naughty Arlette
Arlette Tessereau
5.1
1949
The Lost People
Lily
5.7
1949
The Bad Lord Byron
Teresa Guiccioli
5.5
1949
Portrait from Life
Lidia
5.9
1948
Studio One
Gabrielle · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
Quartet
Jeanne
6.0
1948
Nu börjar livet
Vera Ullman
1.0
1948
Music in Darkness
Ingrid Olofsson
6.1
1948
Frieda
Frieda
5.3
1947
Sunshine Follows Rain
Marit Germundsdotter
5.5
1946
Iris and the Lieutenant
Iris Mattson
7.4
1946
Prince Gustaf
Anna Maria Wastenius
0.0
1944
Torment
Bertha Olsson
7.1
1944
Jag dräpte
Miss Peters
3.5
1943
Lasse-Maja
Fanny
0.0
1941