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Hasse Ekman

Hasse Ekman

Directing
10 Sept 1915
15 Feb 2004
Stockholm, Sweden

Biography

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 Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacint...

Also Known As

Hans Ekman, Hans Gösta Ekman, Heman

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