
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.

Vielleicht bin ich wirklich eine Zauberin

Seven Waves Away

Iris och löjtnantshjärta

Hets

Hidden Agenda

Visions of Eight

Dance Little Lady

One Pair of Eyes

ジム・ヘンソンのウィッチズ 大魔女をやっつけろ!

The Third Man

Jet Storm

Interpol Calling

Knock on Wood

Piccadilly Third Stop

Faces in the Dark

Quartet

The Man Who Finally Died

Musik i mörker

Offbeat

Fördom & stolthet – en queer filmhistoria

Regissören: En film om Mai Zetterling

Mai Zetterling's Stockholm

Portrait from Life

The Truth About Women

Only Two Can Play

The Ringer

Tall Headlines

The Lost People

Hell Is Sold Out

Driver dagg faller regn

Frieda

A Prize of Gold

The Romantic Age

Vi har många namn

Studio One

Jag dräpte

Mon cœur est rouge

The Main Attraction

Blackmailed

Nu börjar livet

Ett dockhem

Minns ni?

The Master Builder

Desperate Moment

Sellers' Best

Prins Gustaf

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

Lek på regnbågen

Lianbron

The Bay of St. Michel

Morfars resa

Lasse-Maja

Möte med Mai

Calling the Shots

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