Mai Zetterling
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.
Filmography
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)
Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
as Self (archival footage)
Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
as Self (archival footage)
Meeting with Mai
Meeting with Mai
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
Morfars resa
as Elin Fromm
Morfars resa
as Elin Fromm
Sellers' Best
as Self
Sellers' Best
as Self
Hidden Agenda
as Moa
Hidden Agenda
as Moa
The Witches
as Helga Eveshim
The Witches
as Helga Eveshim
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
as Self
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
as Self
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
as Self
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
as Self
Calling the Shots
as Self
Calling the Shots
as Self
Stulet nyår
as Gerda
Stulet nyår
as Gerda
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
My Heart Is Red
as Nietzsche
My Heart Is Red
as Nietzsche
We Have Many Names
as Lena
We Have Many Names
as Lena
Visions of Eight
as Narrator
Visions of Eight
as Narrator
Lianbron
Lianbron
The Man Who Finally Died
as Lisa von Deutsch
The Man Who Finally Died
as Lisa von Deutsch
The Bay of St. Michel
The Bay of St. Michel
The Main Attraction
as Gina
The Main Attraction
as Gina
Only Two Can Play
as Liz
Only Two Can Play
as Liz
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Offbeat
as Ruth Lombard
Offbeat
as Ruth Lombard
Faces in the Dark
as Christiane Hammond
Faces in the Dark
as Christiane Hammond
Piccadilly Third Stop
as Christine Preedy
Piccadilly Third Stop
as Christine Preedy
Jet Storm
as Carol Tilley
Jet Storm
as Carol Tilley
The Traitor
as Frau Caypor
The Traitor
as Frau Caypor
Playing on the Rainbow
Playing on the Rainbow
The Master Builder
as Hilda Wangel
The Master Builder
as Hilda Wangel
The Truth About Women
as Julie Eaton
The Truth About Women
as Julie Eaton
Seven Waves Away
as Nurse Julie White
Seven Waves Away
as Nurse Julie White
Ett dockhem
as Gurli Pall
Ett dockhem
as Gurli Pall
A Prize of Gold
as Maria
A Prize of Gold
as Maria
Dance Little Lady
as Nina Gordon
Dance Little Lady
as Nina Gordon
Knock on Wood
as Ilse Nordstrom
Knock on Wood
as Ilse Nordstrom
Desperate Moment
as Anna DeBurg
Desperate Moment
as Anna DeBurg
The Ringer
as Lisa
The Ringer
as Lisa
Tall Headlines
as Doris Rickardson
Tall Headlines
as Doris Rickardson
Hell Is Sold Out
as Valerie Martin
Hell Is Sold Out
as Valerie Martin
Blackmailed
as Mrs. Carol Edwards
Blackmailed
as Mrs. Carol Edwards
The Romantic Age
as Arlette Tessereau
The Romantic Age
as Arlette Tessereau
The Lost People
as Lily
The Lost People
as Lily
The Bad Lord Byron
as Teresa Guiccioli
The Bad Lord Byron
as Teresa Guiccioli
Portrait from Life
as Lidia
Portrait from Life
as Lidia
Quartet
as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Quartet
as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Life Starts Now
as Vera Ullman
Life Starts Now
as Vera Ullman
Music in Darkness
as Ingrid Olofsson
Music in Darkness
as Ingrid Olofsson
Frieda
as Frieda
Frieda
as Frieda
Sunshine Follows Rain
as Marit Germundsdotter
Sunshine Follows Rain
as Marit Germundsdotter
Iris and the Lieutenant
as Iris Mattson
Iris and the Lieutenant
as Iris Mattson
Prince Gustaf
as Anna Maria Wastenius
Prince Gustaf
as Anna Maria Wastenius
Torment
as Bertha Olsson
Torment
as Bertha Olsson
Jag dräpte
as Miss Peters
Jag dräpte
as Miss Peters
Lasse-Maja
as Fanny
Lasse-Maja
as Fanny
The Polite Invasion
The Polite Invasion