Adolf Jahr
Acting
Biography
John Adolf Reinhold Jahr, born Johansson, was a Swedish stage and screen actor, singer and director. He made his film debut in Edvard Persson's "Den gamla herrgården" (1925). Adolf Jahr appeared in some 65 feature films.
Born: June 24, 1893
Place of Birth: Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sweden
Known For
Rannstensungar
Ninni is a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother dies and she is taken care of by a friend of the family. She is trapped in the heart of Stockholm and can't get out of the city because the lack of money.
Karl för sin hatt
Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.
Strange Harbor
A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead. That same evening one of the Swedish sailors, meets a Jewish woman who has fled Nazi Germany.
Just a Waiter
Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Matilda Roos, singer and diva. Fabian is too insensitive to notice that Annie, who works in the kitchen, is in love with him. Encouraged by Matilda, Fabian leaves the hotel and goes to Stockholm to become famous. But, as he soon learns, it is more difficult than he first thought.
While the City Sleeps
Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
'Swing It' Teacher
Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.
Hattmakarens bal
The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.
When Darkness Falls
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
Oss baroner emellan
Baron Leijoncloo comes back to Sweden after many years in Argentina. On his way to his good friend Victor Sällberg's home, he loses his luggage. A con artist, Jönsson, finds it, and uses the baron's title to get invited to the manor of Mr. and Mrs. Blomqvist. By a coincidence, the baron also comes to the manor using a fake name. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
En sjöman i frack
First mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Connie Lundgren
as Fjärdingsman
as Tilly
as Löpar-Nisse Jonsson
as Johan
as Johan Karlsson
as Karl Oskar Bohm
as Frasse Vallander
as Albin Kvist
as Karl Ludvig Sundelin
as Don Sebastian de Gonzaga y Perossi
as Iris' Father
as Janne Vängman
as Captain Greger
as Alfred Söderman
as Janne Vängman
as Johan Hård
as Magni
as Fredrik Ågren
as Kalle Österman
as Kalle Österman
as Johan Fahlén
as Carlsson
as Allan Linde / Fritjof Karlsson
as Teodor Fristedt
as Bergman
as Ola Hansson
as Gustaf Adolf Leijoncloo
as Adolf Berglund
as John Andersson
as Adolf Berg
as Adolf Jansson
as Axel Nord
as Adolf Turesson / Adolf Armstarke of Thureholm
as Einar Hård
as Ingeniør Jan Eriksson
as Åke Kjellberg, musiker og komponist
as Adolf Berg
as Gustaf «Gurra» Lind, havnearbeider
as Georg Berger
as Ove Häger
as Karl-Johan Pettersson
as Ulrik Melander
as Rickard
as Harry Wills
as Robert Kvick