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Maj Zetterling, Mai Elizabeth Zetterling
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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-05-24
- event Death Date 1994-03-17
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 7.6
- info Birth Place Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Mai Zetterling
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Nu börjar livet
1948-08-16
7
The Witches
1990-05-25
0
Ett dockhem
1956-01-01
0
Minns ni?
1993-10-24
6.9
Hidden Agenda
1990-11-21
5.3
Sunshine Follows Rain
1946-12-26
6.1
Music in Darkness
1948-01-17
7.1
Torment
1944-10-02
0
The Traitor
1959-08-07
5.8
Only Two Can Play
1962-01-19
5.3
Frieda
1947-06-19
6.6
Knock on Wood
1954-04-06
6.2
Faces in the Dark
1960-11-22
6
Quartet
1948-10-26
7.4
Abandon Ship
1957-03-12
0
The Master Builder
1958-02-23
6.2
The Man Who Finally Died
1963-12-01
6.1
Offbeat
1961-01-01
5.4
A Prize of Gold
1955-10-14
1
Blackmailed
1951-01-30
0
Desperate Moment
1953-03-17
0
Sellers' Best
1992-02-01
7
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
2022-02-25
6.5
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960-09-05
3.5
Jag dräpte
1943-10-26
5.1
Naughty Arlette
1949-11-29
7
Visions of Eight
1973-10-06
4
The Main Attraction
1962-11-01
5.7
The Lost People
1949-08-22
5.7
Hell Is Sold Out
1951-06-01
5.8
The Ringer
1952-11-24
5.9
Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
6.5
Jet Storm
1959-09-16
7
Dance Little Lady
1954-07-13
0
Prince Gustaf
1944-11-29
5.8
Tall Headlines
1952-04-15
7.4
Iris and the Lieutenant
1946-12-16
0
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
1990-05-01
7.5
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
1989-12-31
0
Playing on the Rainbow
1958-08-25
0
Lianbron
1965-01-01
5.8
The Truth About Women
1957-10-01
5.5
The Bad Lord Byron
1949-04-18
5
We Have Many Names
1976-03-19
0
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961-01-03
0
The Bay of St. Michel
1963-03-01
0
Morfars resa
1993-01-29
0
Lasse-Maja
1941-11-28
4.3
My Heart Is Red
1977-03-23
0
Stulet nyår
1978-02-27
6
Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling
2015-05-22
0
Meeting with Mai
1996-01-01
0
Calling the Shots
1988-09-08
6
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978-01-01
4.7
Studio One
1948-11-07
6.7
Interpol Calling
1959-09-13
6.7
The Third Man
1959-10-02
0
Svenska noveller
1978-02-06
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Night Games
1966-09-12
0
Night Games
1966-09-12
0
Scrubbers
1982-09-24
0
Scrubbers
1982-09-24
0
Loving Couples
1964-12-20
0
Doctor Glas
1968-06-12
0
Doctor Glas
1968-06-12
0
Amorosa
1986-03-14
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Amorosa
1986-03-14
0
The War Game
1963-07-31
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The War Game
1963-07-31
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The War Game
1963-07-31
0
Love
1982-07-01
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Visions of Eight
1973-10-06
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Loving Couples
1964-12-20
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Amorosa
1986-03-14
0
We Have Many Names
1976-03-19
0
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961-01-03
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The Girls
1968-09-16
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The Girls
1968-09-16
0
Of Seals and Men
1981-01-01
0
Of Seals and Men
1981-01-01
0
Vincent the Dutchman
1972-10-15
0
Sunday Pursuit
1990-11-23
0
Love
1982-07-01
0
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977-03-10
0
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977-03-10
0
Concrete Grandma
1986-11-11
0
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978-01-01
0
The Hitchhiker
1983-11-01
0
Love at First Sight
1992-02-12