Arne Mattsson

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Biography

Swedish film director

  • Primary profession
  • Director·writer·assistant_director
  • Country
  • Sweden
  • Nationality
  • Swedish
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 02 December 1919
  • Place of birth
  • Uppsala
  • Death date
  • 1995-06-28
  • Death age
  • 76
  • Place of death
  • Uppsala
  • Spouses
  • Elsa Prawitz
  • Knows language
  • Swedish language

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Often used his hometown Uppsala in his movies, including Farlig vr or Kastrullresan .

Swedish director who started as assistant to Per Lindberg. Worked as writer and director for Svensk Filmindustri and Nordisk Tonfilm from the mid-1940s. He first became known internationally for Hon dansade en sommar (aka "One Summer of Happiness"), which aroused controversy because of its permissiveness. Later in his career, he specialised in mystery and suspense subjects a la Hitchcock, notably Vaxdockan (aka "The Dummy").

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