Mai Zetterling
Acting
Born May 24, 1925 · Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Studio One
Film '72
Danger Man
Interpol Calling
The Third Man
One Pair of Eyes
The Witches
Visions of Eight
Jag dräpte
Svenska noveller
Armchair Theatre
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Seven Waves Away
Only Two Can Play
Hidden Agenda
Iris and the Lieutenant
Prince Gustaf
The Man Who Finally Died
Music in Darkness
Stulet nyår
The Lost People
We Have Many Names
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Torment
The Main Attraction
Minns ni?
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Portrait from Life
Piccadilly Third Stop
Knock on Wood
Jet Storm
Blackmailed
Life Starts Now
Hell Is Sold Out
Meeting with Mai
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
The Truth About Women
Frieda
Quartet
Calling the Shots