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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-04-03 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Åke Falck

Biography:

Åke Falck (3 April 1925 – 12 October 1974) was a Swedish film director. He directed 13 films between 1958 and 1972. His 1966 film The Princess was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.

He married in 1949 the singer Brita Nordström (1925–2005) with whom he had a son Peter Emanuel Falck in 1952. In 1960 he remarried to the TV producer Karin Sohlman and had a daughter Carolina Falck in 1961.

Åke Falck was buried on 12 November 1974 at Djursholm's cemetery in the municipality of Danderyd. Åke Falcks Gata in the Torp district of Gothenburg was named after him in 2011.

Known For

Acting

2023

Året var 1974 as Self (archive footage)

1968

Petter's and Lotta's Christmas as Narrator (voice)

1964

Swedish Wedding Night as Speaker (voice)

1960

The Die Is Cast as Jerk Domare

1953

1952

The Firebird as Spinky

1950

Girl with Hyacinths as Man in Körner's studio

Directing

1974

Nattens konung as Director

1968

Waltz of Sex as Director
Easter as Director

1966

Prinsessan as Director

1964

1963

Adam och Eva as Director

1962

Trasiga änglar as Director

Writing

1968

Waltz of Sex as Scenario Writer

Production