Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/10/1915
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Also Known As
Hans EkmanHans Gösta EkmanHeman
Hasse Ekman
Biography
Hasse Ekman (10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television.
Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman (and aside from him) and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950. Much influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging he...
Known For
Sawdust and Tinsel
as Frans
The Yellow Squadron
as Captain Birger Wreting
Prison
as Martin Grande
The Banquet
as Hugo Stenbrott
The Staffan Stolle Story
as Klad Traenger
Intermezzo
as Åke Brandt
Thirst
as Dr. Rosengren
Skådetennis
as Himself
The Nuthouse
as Hans Hasseson Ekman / Fänrik Bråde / Kim (voice)
June Night
as Willy Wilson
Miss Chic
as Buster Carell
Jazz Boy
as Teddy Anker
Gabrielle
as Kjell Rodin
Private Entrance
as Sture Falk
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
Jack of Hearts
as Lt. Anders Canitz
Jag är eld och luft
as Tore Ekström, Actor
The First Squadron
as Franconian Bråde
The Sixth Shot
as Man at the train platform
The Royal Rabble
as Tommy Anker