MZ
Mai Zetterling
Actor, Director, Writer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born May 24, 1925Died March 17, 1994 (68 years)
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 only film she made that would stir up controversy for its frank sexuality (early pioneer on voyeurism).
When critics reviewing her debut feature said that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man," she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. The Girls, which had an all-star Swedish cast including Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson, discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play Lysistrata, and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times.
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 only film she made that would stir up controversy for its frank sexuality (early pioneer on voyeurism).
When critics reviewing her debut feature said that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man," she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. The Girls, which had an all-star Swedish cast including Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson, discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play Lysistrata, and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times.
Known For
Filmography
| 2016 | Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried · as Cast |
| 1993 | Morfars resa · as Elin Fromm |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda · as Moa |
| 1990 | The Witches · as Helga Eveshim |
| 1979 | Cities (TV Series) · as August Strindberg |
| 1978 | Svenska noveller (TV Series) · as Gerda |
| 1976 | Mon coeur est rouge · as Nietzsche |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight · as Narrator |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1963 | The Man Who Finally Died · as Lisa Von Deutsch |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | The Main Attraction · as Gina |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Carla Riehle |
| 1962 | Only Two Can Play · as Liz |
| 1961 | The Devil Inside · as Ruth Lombard |
| 1960 | Faces in the Dark · as Christiane Hammond |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Nadia Sandor |
| 1960 | Piccadilly Third Stop · as Christine Preedy |
| 1959 | Jet Storm · as Carol Tilley |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men (TV Series) · as 'maya' |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Tania |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Hilda Wangel |
| 1957 | The Truth About Women · as Julie Eaton |
| 1957 | Seven Days from Now · as Nurse Julie White |
| 1956 | The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV Series) · as Ilsa Morgan |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Louise Josse |
| 1956 | Ett dockhem · as Gurli Pall |
| 1955 | A Prize of Gold · as Maria |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Alice |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Agnes |
| 1954 | Dance Little Lady · as Nina Gordon |
| 1954 | Knock on Wood · as Ilse Nordstrom |
| 1953 | Desperate Moment · as Anna Deburg |
| 1952 | The Ringer · as Lisa |
| 1952 | The Frightened Bride · as Doris Rickardson |
| 1951 | Hell Is Sold Out · as Valerie Martin |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Baroness Mary Vetsera |
| 1949 | Naughty Arlette · as Arlette Tessereau |
| 1949 | The Lost People · as Lily |
| 1949 | The Bad Lord Byron · as Teresa Guiccioli |
| 1949 | Lost Daughter · as Lidia |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Gabrielle |
| 1948 | Quartet · as Jeanne |
| 1948 | Life Starts Now · as Vera Ullman |
| 1948 | Music in Darkness · as Ingrid Olofsson |
| 1947 | Frieda · as Frieda |
| 1946 | Sunshine Follows Rain · as Marit Germundsdotter |
| 1946 | Iris and the Lieutenant · as Iris Mattson |
| 1944 | Prince Gustaf · as Anna Maria Wastenius |
| 1944 | Torment · as Bertha Olsson |
| 1943 | Jag dräpte · as Miss Peters |
| 1941 | Lasse Maja · as Fanny |