John Botvid Movies

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

Insurance salesman Paul is to be engaged with Louise, the daughter of his boss. Trying to sell insurance to a millionaire he meet the millionaire's...

Two broke actors are employed as private detectives to protect the young woman Ewa, who is on her way to Paris to sell a valuable piece of jewellery.

Romance blossoms between single seamstress Puck and the art critic, Roger. He is engaged to Elsa, whose wedding dress Puck is involved with designing.

The teacher Arne Markell, who is also a well-known poet, leaves his class of students. He will marry Lena and work for a new school. One of the...

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.

Marianne is a dancer at the Lilla Teatern. The theatre has financial troubles and its existence is under threat. Marianne falls in love with Stig...

Millionaire Krister Dahl loses his memory when he is hit in the head by a golf ball. He meets his ex-wife and immediately fall in love with her...

Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His...

Ulla thinks her husband Billy is boring and starts dating other men. Lillans husband Peter is having important meetings, including girls. Billy and...

Two neighbours, each with a small plot of land, hate each other. Both are dissatisfied with his wife.

"I Slew" - Hospital drama of a doctor who thinks that he killed a patient on the operating table.

Karl and Ada are engaged, Gustaf is a sailor and in love with Elsa. For her sake he's willing to stay ashore.

Manager Blom and his family stop at a mountain hotel. Once there, all family members are insolent and even cruel to both guests and staff. When the...

Driver Elof "Loffe" Karlsson ends his employment with the director Bergfeldt, who is divorcing wife Karin. He takes the place of a lawyer Nyberg,...

The office worker Eva is told that she has inherited a massive amount of money in the United States.

"Colorful Raftsmen" - The three brothers Nils, Lars and Ivar are members of a raftsmen team. Ivar feels that he does not really belong there, he...

Laban Lundström is the porter at Hotell Kåkbrinken. The hotel is threatened by wholesaler Sjökvist, who wants to pull down the house...

The Österman brothers have come to realize that they need a housekeeper. Oldest brother Kalle travel to town and return with the young and...

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film...