Allan Edwall
Acting
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Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
Filmography
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
2024
Bättre utan hund
1996
Stjärnbilder
1995
Duo jag
1991
I morgon var en dröm
1990
Evert Taube 100 år
1990
Doktor Glas
1989
The Journey to Melonia
1989
During the Journey to Melonia
1989
Lighting
1988
Pirates of the Lake
1987
Ronja Rövardotter
1986
The Nervous Man
1986
The Sacrifice
1986
Fanny and Alexander
1984
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984
Åke and His World
1984
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984
The School of Wives
1983
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
P & B
1983
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983
Limpan
1983
Fanny and Alexander
1982
Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981
The Rooster
1981
SOPOR
1981
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980
Madicken of June Hill
1980
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
To Be a Millionaire
1980
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979
Madicken
1979
Bröllopsfesten
1978
Svenska noveller
1978
The Brothers Lionheart
1977
Mondays with Fanny
1977
Games of Love and Loneliness
1977
Hålet
1977
Elvis! Elvis!
1976
Emil of Lönneberga
1975
Nattens konung
1974
Engeln
1974
Kulstötaren
1974
Emil and the Piglet
1973
Who Loves Yngve Frej
1973
The Ghost Sonata
1972
New Mischief by Emil
1972
The New Land
1972
Emil of Lonneberga
1971
The Emigrants
1971
Good-Bye Nana
1970
The Red Room
1970
We Are All Demons
1969
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969
Eriksson
1969
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967
Here Is Your Life
1966
Sadist
1966
Hemsöborna
1966
The Devil's Instrument
1965
The Devotion
1965
Gustav Vasa
1965
The Banquet Room
1965
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
4 x 4
1965
Interlude in the Marshland
1965
All These Women
1964
A Dream Play
1963
Topaze
1963
Winter Light
1963
Misantropen
1963
Kort är sommaren
1962
Stolarna
1962
The Brig Three Lilies
1961
Mr. Ernest
1961
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961
On a Bench in a Park
1960
The Devil's Eye
1960
The Wedding Day
1960
Av hjärtans lust
1960
The Die Is Cast
1960
The Virgin Spring
1960
Blackjackets
1959
The Phantom Carriage
1958
Ingen morgondag
1957
Girls Without Rooms
1956
Wild Birds
1955
Dance on Roses
1954
Tattarblod
1954
Resan till dej
1953