1925-05-24 Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
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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Fördom & stolthet – en queer filmhistoria | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-25 |
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Regissören: en film om Mai Zetterling | Self (archival footage) | 2015-05-22 |
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Möte med Mai | 1996-01-01 | |
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Minns ni? | 1993-10-24 | |
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Morfars resa | Elin Fromm | 1993-01-29 |
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Sellers' Best | Self | 1992-02-01 |
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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' | Self | 1990-05-01 |
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Hidden Agenda | Moa | 1990-11-21 |
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The Witches | Helga Eveshim | 1990-05-25 |
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Vielleicht bin ich wirklich eine Zauberin | Self | 1989-12-31 |
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Calling the Shots | Self | 1988-09-08 |
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Stulet nyår | Gerda | 1978-02-27 |
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Stockholm | 1978-01-01 | |
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Mon cœur est rouge | Nietzsche | 1977-03-23 |
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Vi har många namn | Lena | 1976-03-19 |
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Visions of Eight | Narrator | 1973-10-06 |
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Lianbron | 1965-01-01 | |
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The Bay of St. Michel | 1963-03-01 | |
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The Man Who Finally Died | Lisa von Deutsch | 1963-12-01 |
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Only Two Can Play | Liz | 1962-01-19 |
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The Main Attraction | Gina | 1962-11-01 |
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Offbeat | Ruth Lombard | 1961-01-01 |
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Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies | 1961-01-03 | |
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Piccadilly Third Stop | Christine Preedy | 1960-09-05 |
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Faces in the Dark | Christiane Hammond | 1960-11-22 |
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Jet Storm | Carol Tilley | 1959-09-16 |
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The Traitor | Frau Caypor | 1959-08-07 |
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Lek på regnbågen | 1958-08-25 | |
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The Master Builder | Hilda Wangel | 1958-02-23 |
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The Truth About Women | Julie Eaton | 1957-10-01 |
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Abandon Ship | Nurse Julie White | 1957-03-12 |
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Ett dockhem | Gurli Pall | 1956-01-01 |
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A Prize of Gold | Maria | 1955-10-14 |
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Dance Little Lady | Nina Gordon | 1954-07-13 |
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Knock on Wood | Ilse Nordstrom | 1954-04-06 |
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Desperate Moment | Anna DeBurg | 1953-03-17 |
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The Ringer | Lisa | 1952-11-24 |
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Tall Headlines | Doris Rickardson | 1952-04-15 |
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Blackmailed | Mrs. Carol Edwards | 1951-01-30 |
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Hell Is Sold Out | Valerie Martin | 1951-06-01 |
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The Bad Lord Byron | Teresa Guiccioli | 1949-04-18 |
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Naughty Arlette | Arlette Tessereau | 1949-11-29 |
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The Lost People | Lily | 1949-08-22 |
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Quartet | Jeanne | 1948-10-26 |
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Musik i mörker | Ingrid Olofsson | 1948-01-17 |
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Nu börjar livet | Vera Ullman | 1948-08-16 |
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Portrait from Life | Lidia | 1948-12-01 |
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Frieda | Frieda | 1947-06-19 |
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Iris och löjtnantshjärta | Iris Mattson | 1946-12-16 |
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Driver dagg faller regn | Marit Germundsdotter | 1946-12-26 |
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Hets | Bertha Olsson | 1944-10-02 |
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Prins Gustaf | Anna Maria Wastenius | 1944-11-29 |
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Jag dräpte | Miss Peters | 1943-10-26 |
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Lasse-Maja | Fanny | 1941-11-28 |
