Stefan Jarl
1941 (83 года)(born 18 March 1941, Skara) is a Swedish film director best known for his
documentaries. He made the Mods Trilogy, three films which follow a group of
alienated people in Stockholm from the 1960s to the 1990s, They Call Us Misfits
(1968), A Respectable Life (1979) and Det sociala arvet (1993). A Respectable
Life won the 1979 Guldbagge Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Jarl also
wrote and directed Jag är din krigare (1997), and directed Terrorists: The Kids
They Sentenced (2003), The Girl From Auschwitz (2005), and Submission (2010), a
documentary about the "chemical burden" of synthetics and plastics
carried by people born after World War II.
Själen är större än världen
Stefan Jarl
Ricky Bruch, Rolf Danneberg
A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior regarding his training and preparations. Facing difficulties with the Swedish Olympic Committee, Bruch is denied the right to compete in the Olympic Games. Bent on revenge, he trains like an animal and competes in smaller competitions, ultimately throwing his career-best 71.26 meters (233 feet, 9 inches). Proving to himself and the world that he is the greatest, Ricky's throw would have won the 1984 Olympics by nearly 5 meters.
The Soul Is Greater Than the World
Ett anständigt liv
Stefan Jarl
Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson, Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson
"A Respectable Life" - 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 Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter and Kenta goes to Kronoberg to greet her. Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it. He lives with his girlfriend Lena and their young son, Janne. Lena later throws Stoffe out their home when she gets enough of his abuse, and he is forced to live with his mother. Kenta calls Stoffe and decides to meet him, and he tries to persuade him to give up heroin, but the two have a falling out and they separate. This film features other users from the previous film, such as Jajje and Kenta Bergkvist. The film ends with the death of a prominent person in the trilogy.
A Respectable Life
Vi har vår egen sång - musikfilmen
Jan Lindkvist, Axel Rudorf-Lohmann
Bernt Andersson, Styrbjörn Bergelt
The film documents the alternative festival, made to protest against the Eurovision Song Contest held in Stockholm 1975. There are many Swedish and international artists on stage, as well as some clips from speeches, riots, civil wars, and the people at the song contest itself.
We Have Our Own Song - The Music Movie
Det sociala arvet
Stefan Jarl
Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson, Patric Gustafsson
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 Stockholm and try to find out how social legacy have been transferred to their children from previous films.
Misfits to Yuppies
Terrorister - En film om dom dömda
Stefan Jarl, Lukas Moodysson
Stefan Jarl, Lukas Moodysson
A feature-length documentary, possibly focusing, at least in part, on the recent anti-globalization protests in Gothenburg, Sweden and the alleged police misconduct during the protests.
Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced
