Stefan Jarl Movies

When an inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by Detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of misconduct and possibly revenge.

A powerful film about a 35-year-old man who talks directly to the camera about his cancer and the reactions of those around him.

A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior...

Birgitta Trotzig's "A Landscape" depicted from the mythology of the sore human deaths from which the drug has been collected.

Misfits to Yuppies is the last of three films (Dom kallar oss mods, Ett anständigt liv, Det sociala arvet) that shows conditions for addicts in...

The documentary chronicles Bo Widerberg's journey from 1960s Malmö, where he worked as a writer and film critic, to his successes as a director...

Loosely based on the Sala gang, a group of five people that committed murders and thefts in Sweden in the 1930s.

A family on a small farm tries to live as usual even though there is a violent coup in the country. The threat is constantly present.

A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend...

A documentary film depicting a group of young boys from Stockholm which live on the outskirts of society. The film is the first part of a trilogy.

A cry from the revolutionary wilderness. About the solidarity that disappeared.

A feature-length documentary, possibly focusing, at least in part, on the recent anti-globalization protests in Gothenburg, Sweden and the alleged...

A father and his son move to small village in the south of Sweden. One day, the boy finds an injured bird. He skips the school and spend more time in...

With impressive visual clarity, memories, experiences, and events are interwoven with myths and dreams in a film about the search for meaning in a...

Documentary in which director Stefan Jarl has a blood test performed on himself to show the "chemical burden" of trace chemicals in the blood of all...

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's...

Stig works at a factory and loves painting. When the factory shuts down Stig enters the abandoned building and starts to paint a brick wall.

Stefan Jarl and the Danish director Carsten Brandt, having exchanged letters for many years, decide to start a correspondence of cinema letters. They...

The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries