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Jan Troell

Director

Jan Troell

Born July 23, 1931 in Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden51 films

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Jan Gustaf Troell (born 23 July 1931) is a Swedish film director. Typically Troell writes his own scripts, and serves as his own director of photography. He is known for his realistic films, with a lyrical photography in which nature is generally present. Jan Troell is cited as one of the greatest modern Swedish film directors, along with Ingmar Bergman, and Bo Widerberg.

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The New Land posterFirst watchThe New Land19727.5A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Emigrants poster7.4The Emigrants1971Everlasting Moments poster7.3Everlasting Moments2008

Filmography

51 films as director
  1. 2025Once Upon a Time There Was a NowDirector
  2. 2016Vid diktens portDirector
  3. 2016Vem var du Axel Ebbe?Director
  4. 2012The Last SentenceDirector
  5. 2011Peeping TomDirector
  6. 2010By My Own Measure – A Desert JourneyDirector
  7. 2008Everlasting MomentsDirector
  8. 2007TuneDirector
  9. 2006SnigelnDirector
  10. 2005Love 60+Director
  11. 2004Det gula märketDirector
  12. 2004Visions of EuropeDirector
  13. 2003PresenceDirector
  14. 2002Reflection 2001Director
  15. 2001As White as in SnowDirector
  16. 200092.8 MHz – Dreams in the SouthDirector
  17. 1997Their Frozen DreamDirector
  18. 1997...och barnen i äppelträdet: en film om åldrandeDirector
  19. 1996HamsunDirector
  20. 1994DansenDirector
  21. 1991Il Capitano: A Swedish RequiemDirector
  22. 1988Land of DreamsDirector
  23. 1982The Flight of the EagleDirector
  24. 1979HurricaneDirector
  25. 1979Det hender ikke megDirector
  26. 1977Bang!Director
  27. 1975Nålsögat: En film om möjligheterDirector
  28. 1974Zandy's BrideDirector
  29. 1973GamenDirector
  30. 1972Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: ValsenDirector
  31. 1972Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: HöstackenDirector
  32. 1972Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: FrierietDirector
  33. 1972The New LandDirector
  34. 1971The EmigrantsDirector
  35. 1968Who Saw Him Die?Director
  36. 1966Here Is Your LifeDirector
  37. 1965Vår i dalby hageDirector
  38. 19654 x 4Director
  39. 1965Interlude in the MarshlandDirector
  40. 1965Portrait of ÅsaDirector
  41. 1964Den gamla kvarnenDirector
  42. 1964Johan Ekberg: A Report About the Worries and Joys of Old AgeDirector
  43. 1964TrakomDirector
  44. 1963Dreams and Visions By the SeaDirector
  45. 1962De kom tillbakaDirector
  46. 1962BåtenDirector
  47. 1962The Boy and the KiteDirector
  48. 1962One More BrotherDirector
  49. 1961Nyårsafton på skånska slättenDirector
  50. 1961Summer DayDirector
  51. 1958CityDirector