Stephan Apelgren (Director)
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Works
Svenska tv-historier
Factual series about Swedish television shows that left an impression.
Release Date2015-01-05
Charactersd Stephan Apelgren
Episode Count1
Beck
Beck follows Swedish police officer Martin Beck and his team as they investigate various crimes.
Release Date1999-12-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count56
Wallander
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.
Release Date2005-01-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count5
Vote Count62
Off Track
A mid-age hipster in Stockholm is a training freak and trains for the 90 km ski race Vasaloppet. His sister is the opposite, no job, drinks but has a daughter. Suddenly secrets reveals and promises are made.
Release Date2022-01-28
DepartmentProduction
JobConsulting Producer
Vote Count60
Wallander: The Overdose
Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of a father under suspicious circumstances, as events at the local high school appear to be linked to the missing man's daughter, who recently committed suicide.
Release Date2005-10-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count14
En hederlig jul med Knyckertz
The Knyckertz family are thieves who enjoy taking other people's things. But Ture, their son, is different. He doesn't like stealing. He can't even lie!
Release Date2021-12-01
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count24
Vote Count2
Wallander: The African
Kurt Wallander receives a murder case from the Polish police, it turns out that the victim was shot dead on board a train in Sweden. Most of his face is shot away and for Wallander personally the case gets an unexpected turn. His two closest police colleagues are the daughter Linda, newly graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman.
Release Date2005-11-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count16
Wallander: The Witness
A girl goes missing somewhere in Ystad. It is obvious that she has seen something terrible and that someone wants her silenced. At the same time, a trial of human traffickers begins.
Release Date2010-07-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count13
Pistvakt
Three middle aged brothers is living home in a Godforsaken skiing resort in the northernmost part of Sweden and sees their life change when their father dies, and the mother going off on a holiday to Spain.
Release Date2005-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count20
Varg Veum - The Consorts of Death
Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.
Release Date2011-04-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count24
Sunes jul
Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.
Release Date1991-12-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Vote Count24
The Artist
A man with a battered, jangling suitcase appears in an airport out of nowhere. The surprised customs officer, ever more confused, gets a free ticket for a performance he will never forget.
Release Date1987-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Danslärarens återkomst
Release Date2004-11-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Wallander: The Joker
When a woman is murdered outside her restaurant in front of her eight-year-old daughter, Wallander and his team link the death to a restaurant mafia.
Release Date2006-11-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count15
Julkalendern
An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
Release Date1960-11-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Vote Count11
Play Off
Johan is a 35 year old soccer fan, unemployed but living by his wits and charm. During the Soccer World Championships in 1990 all Swedes want to follow the games, including Johan who doesn't own a TV set. He gets himself invited to friends or goes to bars to see matches. He is pursued by two hit men, as he owes money for a grand piano he was supposed to sell. Johan seeks the help of down-and-out Kenneth to avoid bodily harm. Kenneth arranges for Johan to smuggle 15 Iraqi from Frankfurt to Sweden. On the same night Sweden plays the fateful game against Costa Rica...
Release Date1997-03-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Wallander: The Courier
After the murder of a motorcyclist, an investigation reveals that bikers are being used as drug couriers from Denmark to Sweden and that the killing was part of a cartel power struggle.
Release Date2009-07-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count20
Thelma
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
Release Date2017-09-15
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Producer
Vote Count1098
Beck 29 - Invasion
The bodies of two buried men are found and despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered they discover new evidence that soon leads them to an Islamist terrorist cell.
Release Date2015-03-21
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count24
Star Boys
Through the eyes of two 12-year-old boys, the sexual revolution arrives in a conservative and religious small town in Northern Finland.
Release Date2017-09-08
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Producer
Vote Count13
Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm and it turns out that she suffered from an incurable disease. Her son refuses to believe that it was the disease that was the primary cause of her death.
Release Date2015-03-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count20
Wallander: The Secret
11-year-old Johannes is found raped and murdered. Investigations lead to a pedophile ring and detective Stefan Lindman's dark secret.
Release Date2006-11-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count13
Sune's Summer
It's summer and Sune Andersson's family is planning a holiday in Greece. Sune's father, Rudolf is sulking because then he won't be able to go on his beloved fishing trip. But after seeing how much the Greek trip is going to cost, he comes up with a great idea: Let's go on a camping trip instead. A lot is happens during this trip and after a while Rudolf discovers that the camping trip might not be as cheat as he thought.
Release Date1993-12-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count65
Varg Veum - Black Sheep
Varg Veum promises his girlfriend that he will find her sister who has vanished.
Release Date2011-01-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count31
Danslärarens återkomst
A former policeman is tortured and murdered and his friend and former colleague investigates the case.
Release Date2004-11-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count5
Eskil & Trinidad
Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society spending her time building a great ship that perhaps could take Eskil to his mother...
Release Date2013-02-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
Wallander: The Cellist
A Russian cellist is subject to a bomb attack following a performance in Ystad. It turns out that she is a witness in a murder prosecution against a member of the Russian mafia.
Release Date2009-09-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count13
Laugh or Die
Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.
Release Date2018-03-16
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Producer
Vote Count26
Julens Hjältar
Julens hjältar (1999) The Christmas tree decorations wakes up on the attic. And at the beginning of this story are everything the same down below, But the decorations start to feel how the family have, which have lots of consequences right up to Christmas Eve.
Release Date1999-12-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Wallander: The Thief
Homes are being burgled in Ystad and three neighbors form their own vigilante group. Soon Wallander is convinced the group has committed a double murder, although no bodies have been found.
Release Date2009-08-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count14
Death of a Juror
A young woman is found murdered in a small village. Police inspector Sandor Gross leads the investigation. Gross' wife died in an accident and he is alone with his young daughter. He soon discovers that the woman was murdered by her husband, juror Ernst Ljungberg. Ljungberg is sentenced, but Gross soon discovers that the case wasn't that easy to solve...
Release Date1995-10-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Inland
A young woman from Stockholm moves to her boyfriend's hometown in northern Sweden, but the relationship quickly ends. She finds a job and stays, for reasons she doesn't even understand herself. How do you become part of something new?
Release Date2020-01-25
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Producer
Vote Count7
Moa
The life of the swedish writer Moa Martinson: at the age of 18, Moa marries the stone worker Karl and has five children. The marriage becomes stormy and fringed with tragedies. In the adversities, Moa begins to write about her life. She tells unpleasant truths, and doesn't get much understanding. Her life changes when the books are published in ever larger editions. She can tear herself out of her poverty, but never abandons her origins. In 1929 she remarries the writer Harry Martinson.
Release Date1986-10-09
DepartmentSound
JobSound
Vote Count2
Hans tid som gravid
About a young man who falls in love with his brother's pregnant wife.
Release Date1990-09-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector