Nils Poppe
Acting
Biography
Nils Poppe (31 May 1908 – 28 June 2000) was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, but in Sweden he was much loved and participated in over 50 films on cinema and TV.
Born: May 31, 1908
Place of Birth: Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
Known For
The Seventh Seal
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
The Lord from the Lane
The poor photographer Tibbe turns out to be the heir of the recently deceased count Silfverbåge. But he can only get the money on one condition: he must stop seeing his old friends, including his fiancée Maja.
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.
Money: A Tragicomic Saga
Orvar is a vagabond, walking the country roads and living on sunshine and generosity. One day he decides to find work somewhere to get some money. He becomes a helping hand for seven lumberjack brothers. The big and strong brothers really enjoy themselves, joking with the small and meek Orvar. Orvar does not know that he has inherited a large fortune but the seven brothers do and they begin to treat him with the greatest courtesy. They convince him to write his last will, making them his heirs, and then begin to make plans on how to kill him.
Nils Poppe: Rolig till varje pris
Nils Poppe was one of Sweden's comedy greats but in this film his daughter, the actress Mia Poppe, wants to find answers to his inner darkness - hidden from the masses.
The Balloon
Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.
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.
Females At Play
A musical comedy about Kalle Svensson, a sergeant in the navy, and his loved one Nanette Raquette who works as a gymnastics teacher.
Stampen
Pawnshop assistant Patrick and maid Viveka meet by chance and become fond of each other, but none of them want to reveal his real profession for the other.
Ljuset från Lund
A horse wanders from town to the countryside. Here lives Sten Stensson Steen, a bachelor at law and philosophy. He is writing a social psychological report on the youth problem.
Filmography
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as Nils Österman
as (archive footage)
as Anton Tideman
as Jimmy Boy
as Emil "Mille" Pettersson
as Fabian Filosel
as Putte Bolster
as Calle Pettersson
as Amandus Propp
as Célestin / Floridor
as Sten Stensson Stéen
as Pelle Finkel
as Fabian Filosel
as Perrichon
as Putte Bolster, Duuns kompanjon
as Tiburtius "Tibbe" Pettersson
as Sten Stensson
as Narrator
as The Vicar
as Fabian Bom
as Fabian Bom
as Jof
as Sten Stensson Steen
as Patrik Palmquist
as Fabian Bom
as Sebastian Pettersson
as Fabian Bom
as Fabian Bom
as Fabian Bom
as Tiburtius 'Tibbe' Pettersson
as Jack of all trades
as Fabian Bom
as Pelle Olsson
as Sten Stensson Steen / Orvar Knatte / Yusuf / The King / Beppo
as Harry Orvar Larsson
as Sgt. Kalle Svensson
as Sten Stensson Stéen
as Himself
as Viktor Mattson
as Vicke Vire
as Dr. Baltazar
as Philip Vinberg
as Fabian Lundegren
as Brutus Rhuter
as Nisse Nyberg
as Nisse Lind
as Manager Svalling
as 52 Nisse Ek
as Nisse Karlsson, musician
as Knutte
as Undergraduate Blom
as Skogens Konung