Mai Zetterling
Age: 68 | From: Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Person Details
Birthday: 1925-05-24 08:30:30
Death: 1994-03-17 08:30:30
Aliases: Maj Zetterling , Mai Elizabeth Zetterling
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 67
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Studio One
(1948) Gabrielle
Hidden Agenda
(1990) Moa
Torment
(1944) Bertha Olsson
Interpol Calling
(1959) Carol
Svenska noveller
(1978) Gerda
Music in Darkness
(1948) Ingrid Olofsson
Visions of Eight
(1973) Narrator
Abandon Ship
(1957) Nurse Julie WhiteActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2015 | Self (archival footage) | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1993 | N/A | |
| Elin Fromm | ||
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1990 | Moa | |
| Helga Eveshim | ||
| 1989 | Self | |
| 1988 | Self | |
| 1978 | Gerda | |
| Gerda | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Nietzsche | |
| 1976 | Lena | |
| 1973 | Narrator | |
| 1963 | Lisa von Deutsch | |
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Gina | |
| Liz | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Ruth Lombard | ||
| 1960 | Christiane Hammond | |
| Christine Preedy | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Carol Tilley | ||
| Carol | ||
| Frau Caypor | ||
| 1958 | Hilda Wangel | |
| 1957 | Julie Eaton | |
| Nurse Julie White | ||
| 1956 | Gurli Pall | |
| 1955 | Maria | |
| 1954 | Nina Gordon | |
| Ilse Nordstrom | ||
| 1953 | Anna DeBurg | |
| 1952 | Lisa | |
| Doris Rickardson | ||
| 1951 | Valerie Martin | |
| Mrs. Carol Edwards | ||
| 1949 | Arlette Tessereau | |
| Lily | ||
| Teresa Guiccioli | ||
| 1948 | Lidia | |
| Gabrielle | ||
| Jeanne | ||
| Vera Ullman | ||
| Ingrid Olofsson | ||
| 1947 | Frieda | |
| 1946 | Marit Germundsdotter | |
| Iris Mattson | ||
| 1944 | Anna Maria Wastenius | |
| Bertha Olsson | ||
| 1943 | Miss Peters | |
| 1941 | Fanny | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1986 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1983 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Writer | |
| 1982 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 1977 | Writer | |
| 1968 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1966 | Writer | |
| 1964 | Writer | |
| 1963 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |