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 thereo...
A Prize of Gold
1955
Ett dockhem
1956
The Witches
1990
Knock on Wood
1954
Faces in the Dark
1960
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
Tall Headlines
1952
Hidden Agenda
1990
Calling the Shots
1988
Dance Little Lady
1954
The Truth About Women
1957
Sunshine Follows Rain
1946
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
2022
Visions of Eight
1973
The Ringer
1952
Desperate Moment
1953
Seven Waves Away
1957
Quartet
1948
Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
2015
Jag dräpte
1943
The Bay of St. Michel
1963
Lianbron
1965
Torment
1944
Portrait from Life
1948
Only Two Can Play
1962
Blackmailed
1951
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
Minns ni?
1993
Lasse-Maja
1941
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960
My Heart Is Red
1977
Jet Storm
1959
Sellers' Best
1992
Morfars resa
1993
The Main Attraction
1962
Frieda
1947
Offbeat
1961
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
1990
The Lost People
1949