Movies by Jenny Hasselqvist

Min fru har en fästman

Min fru har en fästman

A husband, jealous of his wife's flirtations with another man, hatches a plot to make his wife jealous.

In Self Defence

In Self Defence

A wealthy Russian family is faced with change and challenges as events unfold during the First World War.

The Ballerina

The Ballerina

Lovers are torn apart by a noble's desire for the female half of the couple.

Ways to Strength and Beauty

Ways to Strength and Beauty

The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.

The Hell Ship

The Hell Ship

A naval adventure that focuses on the rivalry among the crew, particularly the indignation wrought by the behavior of inplacable Captain Steen. Dick, one of the sailors, is one of the most rebellious and draws up plans to exact vengeance. The opportunity arises, but an incident that may sink the ship changes the focus of attention. The lighting for the film and the composition of the scenes are regarded as the highlights of the movie.

Love's Crucible

Love's Crucible

At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to a ritual: trial by fire, walking on fire along a path leading directly to a crucifix. A film that has been much commended for the visual creativity shown by the director in successive blending in of images involving Ursula, her husband, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ. Much applauded, also: the performance of Jenny Hasselqvist, thus described by French director René Clair: “We shall never forg...