Screenplay: Hans Alfredson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Hans Alfredson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982 · Movie · 108 min. · Sweden

Direction Hans Alfredson

Cast Stellan Skarsgard · Maria Johansson · Hans Alfredson · Per Myrberg

Plot The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Hoeglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows....

6.9

36 votes

6.9

36 votes

The Adventures of Picasso

1978 · Movie · 109 min. · Sweden

Direction Tage Danielsson

Cast Gösta Ekman · Hans Alfredson · Margaretha Krook · Lena Olin

Plot Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris...

6.2

79 votes

6.2

79 votes

6.2

79 votes

P & B

1983 · Movie · 109 min. · Sweden

Direction Hans Alfredson

Cast Stellan Skarsgard · Allan Edwall · Lena Nyman · Lillemor 'Lill' Lindfors

Plot Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam...

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The Rooster

1981 · Movie · 97 min. · Sweden

Direction Lasse Hallström

Cast Magnus Härenstam · Lill-Anna Andersson · Ellionor Bille · Åsa Bjerkerot

Plot 1944. Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women staff can work more efficiently. When first arriving he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at...

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Docking the Boat

1965 · Movie · 101 min. · Sweden

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The Apple War

1971 · Movie · 103 min. · Sweden

Direction Tage Danielsson

Cast Hans Alfredson · Tage Danielsson · Per Grundén · Max von Sydow

Plot A German business man, Volkswagner, comes to Österlen in the south of Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. The local councillors and the member of...

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Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

1975 · Movie · 107 min. · Sweden

Direction Hans Alfredson

Cast Gösta Ekman · Max von Sydow · Birgitta Andersson · Anna Godenius

Plot This musical tragicomedy starring Max von Sydow as The Father, the patriarch of a seemingly nameless family. A factory owner whose workers transform eggs into specialized tools for scratching certain...

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False as Water

1985 · Movie · 102 min. · Sweden

Direction Hans Alfredson

Cast Malin Ek · Sverre Anker Ousdal · Marie Göranzon · Stellan Skarsgard

Plot John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiance Stig. John and Clara fall in love...

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Jim and the Pirates

1987 · Movie · 92 min. · Sweden

Direction Hans Alfredson

Cast Johan Åkerblom · Ewa Fröling · Jan Malmsjö · Stellan Skarsgard

Plot Young Jim's father dies but he comes back to Earth time and time again to tell Jim of his adventures. Jim's mother is left to take care of him, while...

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