Mr. Sleeman Is Coming(1983)

Orestea(it)

The story of the “Oresteia” begins with King Agamemnon's return to Argos after the fall of Troy. The chorus, composed of old Argives, recalls the sacrifice offered to the gods by Agamemnon, in Aulis, of his daughter Iphigenia to gain their favor.

Children of the Casbah(ar)

In a house in the heart of the Casbah of Algiers, a family is torn apart by the weight of war. Three divided brothers, caught up in the contradictions of a country in struggle, gradually unite around a single cause: the liberation of Algeria. Ibna El Casbah is a tense, emotionally-charged behind-closed-doors story that captures the moment when intimacy becomes history.

Medea(sv)

Medea is a powerful witch who gets revenge on her cheating husband Jason by killing their children.

The Tragedy of King Christophe(fr)

Special broadcast of Aimé Césaire's text, directed by Hervé Denis for the Cooperation and Cultural Action Mission of the French Embassy in Haiti.

Seven Crosses in a Notebook(ru)

Romeo and Juliet(en)

Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Muntra fruarna i Windsor(sv)

A light hearted adaptation of Shakespeare's play about middle class life in Elizabethan England.

Tuntematon sotilas(fi)

Kristian Smeds's sensational debut at the National Theater. Smeds's adaptation of Väinö Linna's The Unknown Soldier had a powerful impact even on those who had not seen the play. In the National Theater's interpretation, modernity and intensity are strongly present throughout the play. The cast includes Antti Luusuaniemi, Kristo Salminen, and Jaakko Kytömaa.

Diskrummet(sv)

About the people at the bottom of the hierarchy working in a restaurant.

Night Café(sv)

Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night

Körsbärsträdgården(sv)

Television adaptation of Chekhov's story about the spoiled widow Madame Ranevskaya.

Lek ej med kärleken(sv)

The baron wants his niece and her cousin to get married but their own intrigues challenge his plans.

Misantropen(sv)

Alceste has a very low opinion about humanity and is always brutally honest. This gets him into a lot of trouble.

Kams - tokerier från Ådalen(sv)

Jonas has to stay at home on the farm and look after his seven younger siblings, because stepfather and stepmother are going to a wedding with eldest daughter Anna. But Jonas is curious about how the party goes and when it might be his turn to get married.

Revisorn(sv)

When the people of a small corrupt town find out a secret inspector will be arriving shortly they panic, something which a lazy civil servant takes full advantage of and lets them believe that he is that inspector.

Ett Dockhem(sv)

Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.

Han som fick leva om sitt liv(sv)

The story of a man who has committed a crime but gets the chance to live his life again and avoid all of his past mistakes.

Från regnormarnas liv(sv)

The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.

Midsommardröm i fattighuset(sv)

Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows up dreaming about her future.

Kamraterna(sv)

Axel and Bertha are a married couple who are both artists in 1880s Paris, the film addresses the topic of gender equality in marriage and society, for example the property rights of married women.