Mai Zetterling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1925
- Died
- March 17, 1994 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Polite Invasion
Movie
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Meeting with Mai
Movie
Minns ni?
Movie · as (archive footage)
Morfars resa
Movie · as Elin Fromm
Sellers' Best
Movie · as Self
The Witches
Movie · as Helga Eveshim
Hidden Agenda
Movie · as Moa
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Movie · as Self
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Movie · as Self
Calling the Shots
Movie · as Self
Stulet nyår
Movie · as Gerda
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Movie
Svenska noveller
TV · as Gerda · 1 ep
My Heart Is Red
Movie · as Nietzsche
We Have Many Names
Movie · as Lena
Visions of Eight
Movie · as Narrator
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
One Pair of Eyes
TV · 1 ep
Lianbron
Movie
The Man Who Finally Died
Movie · as Lisa von Deutsch
The Bay of St. Michel
Movie · as Helene Bretton
Only Two Can Play
Movie · as Liz
The Main Attraction
Movie · as Gina
Offbeat
Movie · as Ruth Lombard
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Movie
Faces in the Dark
Movie · as Christiane Hammond
Piccadilly Third Stop
Movie · as Christine Preedy
Danger Man
TV · as Nadia · 1 ep
The Traitor
Movie · as Frau Caypor
Jet Storm
Movie · as Carol Tilley
Interpol Calling
TV · as Carol · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · 2 eps
The Master Builder
Movie · as Hilda Wangel
Playing on the Rainbow
Movie
Seven Waves Away
Movie · as Nurse Julie White
The Truth About Women
Movie · as Julie Eaton
Ett dockhem
Movie · as Gurli Pall
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Miss Julie, Louise Josse · 1 ep
A Prize of Gold
Movie · as Maria
Knock on Wood
Movie · as Ilse Nordstrom
Dance Little Lady
Movie · as Nina Gordon
Desperate Moment
Movie · as Anna DeBurg
The Ringer
Movie · as Lisa
Tall Headlines
Movie · as Doris Rickardson
Blackmailed
Movie · as Mrs. Carol Edwards
Hell Is Sold Out
Movie · as Valerie Martin
The Romantic Age
Movie · as Arlette Tessereau
The Lost People
Movie · as Lily
The Bad Lord Byron
Movie · as Teresa Guiccioli
Life Starts Now
Movie · as Vera Ullman
Music in Darkness
Movie · as Ingrid Olofsson
Quartet
Movie · as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Portrait from Life
Movie · as Lidia
Studio One
TV · as Gabrielle · 1 ep
Frieda
Movie · as Frieda
Sunshine Follows Rain
Movie · as Marit Germundsdotter
Iris and the Lieutenant
Movie · as Iris Mattson
Torment
Movie · as Bertha Olsson
Prince Gustaf
Movie · as Anna Maria Wastenius
Jag dräpte
Movie · as Miss Peters
Lasse-Maja
Movie · as Fanny