Gustaf Molander

Gustaf Molander was born on Nov 18, 1888 in Finland. Gustaf Molander's big-screen debut came with Thomas Graals bästa film directed by Mauritz Stiller in 1917. Gustaf Molander is known for Ordet directed by Gustaf Molander, Victor Sjöström stars as Knut Borg Sr. and Holger Löwenadler as Knut. Gustaf Molander has got 2 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Gustaf Molander achieved is Venice Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Gustaf Molander plays is Honeysuckle Rose which will be released on Jul 18, 1980.

He attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school 1907-1909 and went on to become an actor at the same theatre 1913-1926. His first work for the movies was the script to Le meilleur film de Thomas Graal (1917) and the follow-up Thomas Graals bästa barn (1918). He made his directing debut with Bodakungen (1920). During the 1920s he made his first movies based on the Selma Lagerlöf novels. During the following years, his movies became very distinguished and recognizable: often sophisticated comedies in an upper-class environment with a touch of money and aristocracy: Les Swedenhielm (1935), 0028151 or Sara lär sig folkvett (1937). During the WWII he is involved in movies about the political situation at the time: Rid i natt! (1942) or 0035801. During these years, he also made his masterpiece, La Parole (1943). He was more or less forced to leave the production company Svensk Filmindustri (SF), whom he had been faithful during his career, in the late 1950s, when they wanted to get rid of everything old and tried.