7.5
7.5
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
1989
as Self
Mai Zetterling
Also known as: Mai Elisabeth Zetterling
Acting
Born:May 24, 1925
Died:March 17, 1994(aged 68)
Birthplace:Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Nationality:Sweden
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (64 movies)
7.4
7.4
Abandon Ship
1957
as Nurse Julie White
7.4
7.4
Iris and the Lieutenant
1946
as Iris Mattson
7.1
7.1
Torment
1944
as Bertha Olsson
7.0
7.0
Dance Little Lady
1954
as Nina Gordon
7.0
7.0
Visions of Eight
1973
Director
6.9
6.9
The Witches
1990
as Helga Eveshim
6.9
6.9
Hidden Agenda
1990
as Moa
6.8
6.8
Jet Storm
1959
as Carol Tilley
6.6
6.6
Knock on Wood
1954
as Ilse Nordstrom
6.5
6.5
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960
as Christine Preedy
6.3
6.3
Doctor Glas
1968
Director
6.2
6.2
Quartet
1948
as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
6.2
6.2
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
as Lisa von Deutsch
6.2
6.2
Faces in the Dark
1960
as Christiane Hammond
6.2
6.2
The War Game
1963
Producer
6.1
6.1
Music in Darkness
1948
as Ingrid Olofsson
6.1
6.1
Offbeat
1961
as Ruth Lombard
6.0
6.0
Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling
2015
as Self (archival footage)
6.0
6.0
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978
Director
6.0
6.0
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977
Director
6.0
6.0
The Girls
1968
Director
5.9
5.9
The Truth About Women
1957
as Julie Eaton
5.9
5.9
Portrait from Life
1948
as Lidia
5.8
5.8
Tall Headlines
1952
as Doris Rickardson
5.8
5.8
The Ringer
1952
as Lisa
5.8
5.8
Only Two Can Play
1962
as Liz
5.8
5.8
Loving Couples
1964
Director
5.7
5.7
The Lost People
1949
as Lily
5.7
5.7
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
as Valerie Martin
5.6
5.6
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
as Teresa Guiccioli
5.5
5.5
Sunshine Follows Rain
1946
as Marit Germundsdotter
5.4
5.4
A Prize of Gold
1955
as Maria
5.4
5.4
Night Games
1966
Writer
5.2
5.2
Amorosa
1986
Writer
5.1
5.1
Frieda
1947
as Frieda
5.1
5.1
The Romantic Age
1949
as Arlette Tessereau
5.0
5.0
Scrubbers
1982
Writer
5.0
5.0
We Have Many Names
1976
Director
4.5
4.5
Love
1982
Director
4.0
4.0
Sunday Pursuit
1990
Director
3.5
3.5
Jag dräpte
1943
as Miss Peters
3.5
3.5
My Heart Is Red
1977
as Nietzsche
3.4
3.4
The Main Attraction
1962
as Gina
3.0
3.0
Vincent the Dutchman
1972
Director
2.7
2.7
Blackmailed
1951
as Mrs. Carol Edwards
1.0
1.0
Nu börjar livet
1948
as Vera Ullman
Sellers' Best
1992
as Self
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
1990
as Self
The Master Builder
1958
as Hilda Wangel
The Traitor
1959
as Frau Caypor
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961
Director
The Bay of St. Michel
1963
Morfars resa
1993
as Elin Fromm
Ett dockhem
1956
as Gurli Pall
Lasse-Maja
1941
as Fanny
Stulet nyår
1978
as Gerda
Meeting with Mai
1996
Playing on the Rainbow
1958
Lianbron
1965
Prince Gustaf
1944
as Anna Maria Wastenius
Desperate Moment
1953
as Anna DeBurg
Of Seals and Men
1981
Director
Concrete Grandma
1986
Director
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