Jarl Kulle
Acting
Biography
Jarl Lage Kulle was a Swedish stage and screen actor, director and singer. He graduated from the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1949, was subsequently employed at the theatre and was a member of the ensemble till 1995. In total, Kulle played in 76 plays at the Royal dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 1959 he appeared as Henry Higgins in the musical "My Fair Lady" at Oscarsteatern, Stockholm. Thirteen years earlier, in 1946, Jarl Kulle made his film debut in a minor role. Ten years later he was offered major parts as first lover and prince charming. Internationally he's probably most known for his performances in Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night" and "Fanny and Alexander".
Born: February 27, 1927
Place of Birth: Ekeby, Malmöhus län, Sweden
Known For
Fanny and Alexander
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Fanny and Alexander
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
Smiles of a Summer Night
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
Den kære familie
Copenhagen around the turn of the century - December 29th, 1899. Great merchant and shipowner Jacob Friis is one of Copenhagen's richest men. His home is the gathering place for family and friends. Since his wife's dead 10 years earlier, he shares sense of family and business acumen with his three daughters. Jacob wants to find a nobleman for his daughter Emily. Baron Claes is a very charming gentleman, but also a great womanizer...
Miss April
The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.
Babette's Feast
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
The Devil's Eye
Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission: to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes frantic when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries.
Swedenhielms
Swedish TV movie based on the Hjalmar Bergman play.
Do You Believe in Angels?
Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Secrets of Women
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Oscar II
as Immanuel Nobel
as Oscar II
as (archive footage)
as Mack
as Panten
as General Lorens Löwenhielm
as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
as Hilding Lif
as Self - Best Actor winner
as Self - Host
as Phileas Fogg
as Karl XII
as Ture Sventon
as Lenny Bruce
as Ministern
as Leif Mix
as Krakow
as Baron Carl Ulrik Alsmeden
as John Berndtsson
as Self
as Hilmer Westlund
as Hans Ringmar
as Cornelius
as Thomas Glahn
as Mårten Gåskarl (voice)
as Klaes
as Karl Särner
as Jan Froman
as Don Juan
as Baron Patrik Sinclair
as Johan Jacob Wenkel
as Osvald Berg
as Viktor Aaltonen
as Dan Andersson
as Olof Koskela
as Ernst Farell
as Count Carl Magnus Malcolm
as King Erik of Sweden
as Leper at Death Valley
as Kaj
as Jalle
as Ture Borg
as Jänkarn