Klas Östergren (Writer)

Call Girl

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

Release Date2012-11-09

Charactersd Sten Jenkert

Vote Count75

False as Water

John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancé Stig. John and Clara fall in love with each other, and she moves into an apartment owned by John. John breaks up with his wife and moves in with Clara. But Clara has a nervous breakdown.

Release Date1985-11-08

Charactersd Party Guest (uncredited)

Vote Count20

Dagerman

About the Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954). More than a style, there is a Dagerman voice. This simple voice speaks softly, without emphasis, of simple people, of children, of old men, of his native Sweden. She is friendly to the humble, the solitary, the victims.

Release Date1989-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd

Soldiers by Moonlight

The master builder Roffe (Göran Ragnerstam) and the sick Gunnar (Gösta Ekman) could have lived their lives without hearing about each other, but fate wanted something else.

Release Date2000-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Jerusalem

Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.

Release Date1996-09-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

Gentlemen

Beaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants: the flamboyant and charismatic Morgan brothers.

Release Date2014-12-05

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count21

Gustav III:s äktenskap

At 30 years old King Gustav III has a number of great projects behind him already, but his most demanding in front of him - to consummate his marriage and put an heir on the throne. With both determination and anxiety the king begins his amorous battle to secure succession.

Release Date2001-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Syndare i sommarsol

In the mid-1920s, four young men and women have decided to spend their summer holiday studying together and have rented a wonderful house in the Swedish archipelago. Rationally, they realize that this cohabitation may lead to some of the members being attracted to one another. Thus, in order to avoid unnecessary passions, conflicts, jealousy, grief and enmity, the women sleep in a separate house on the other side of the creek. In spite of believing that they are prepared for anything, and even though they share the task of cooking, their feelings get carried away.

Release Date2001-11-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

Röd jul

It's a freezing cold Christmas in the 70s in Stockholm and the young writer Bobo decides to help the beautiful upper class woman Bonnie carry her Christmas tree home.

Release Date2001-12-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Waiting for the Tenor

The author Thomas meets his childhood friend Hoffman on an autumn night in 1997. They decide to let a dream come true: to make a film of a play by Thomas, Veranda for a Tenor, with Hoffman in the lead role. The story takes us back to the summer of 1961, which changed their lives. The writing of the script awakens memories and forbidden questions are answered. Their friendship is put to the test a final time. Veranda for a tenor is a film about male friendship, but also about love. Their love for the same woman...

Release Date1998-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobShort Story

Vote Count1

Hedda Gabler

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

Release Date1993-12-26

DepartmentCrew

JobTranslator