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