Hasse Ekman

Hasse Ekman 10 September 1915 15 February 2004 was a Swedish director actor writer and producer for film stage and television Hasse Ekman is probably Swedens most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman and aside from him and post Sjöström and Stiller with his peak in mid1940s to the year 1950 Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodicfilms His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter Girl with Hyacinths a crimemystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent Ekman acting family in Sweden He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman senior and father of actor Gösta Ekman junior actor Stefan Ekman and stagefilm director Mikael Ekman Also grandfather of actress Sanna Ekman As an actor Ekman also came to act in most of his own films as the leading man and in a number of strong supporting roles and he also acted in a three of early Ingmar Bergmanfilms Prison Thirst and Sawdust and Tinsel He also played opposite his famous father in Intermezzo the original Swedish 1936 film starring Ingrid Bergman in the female lead Overall he made 50 roles in Swedish films Description above from the Wikipedia article Hasse Ekman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia