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| Gösta
Ekman
1890 - 1938 |
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. The actor Gösta Ekman was regarded as a theater legend in Sweden of the 10's and 20's - a naming he already got to in his lifetime. His charisma and his stage presence brought him a huge following and let him become the first Swedish theater star. He made his stage debut in 1908 and belonged to the Swedish Theater
of Stockholm from 1913 to 1925.
Gösta Ekman already made his film debut in 1911 where he also was
very successful.
The height of his film career followed in the 20's and he impersonated impressive roles in many movies. To these movies belong "Thora van Deken" (20), "En lyckoriddare" (21), "Carl XII's kurir" (24), "Klovnen" (26), "En perfekt gentleman" (27) and "Gustaf Wasa" (28). In 1926 Gösta Ekman made his film debut in Germany and impersonated
the title character in one of the most important German silent movies of
the 20's. We are speaking about Murnau's"Faust" (26) with Emil Jannings
as Mephisto and Camilla Horn as Gretchen.
In the sound film era of the 30's he acted nearly exclusively in Sweden again, to his movies of those years belong "Kanske en diktare" (33), "Tva man om en änka" (33), "Kungen kommer" (36) and "Intermezzo" (36) with a young and still unknown Ingrid Bergman. It was already their second movie, one year earlier they played together in "Swedenhielms" (35). Besides his activity as an actor he also directed the movie "En perfekt gentleman" (27) and wrote some scripts. Gösta Ekman was presumed to be a workaholic and the bigger his successes were the bigger became the workload. During the shooting of "Faust" Gösta Ekman came in contact with cocaine when it was offered him as a helpful aid to cope with the work. He became addicted and the drugs affected his health and led eventually to his death at the age 47. His son Hasse Ekman became a well-known actor, director and screenwriter
for movies. Unfortunately he could not witness the birth of his grandson
who was born the year after his death. Hasse Ekman baptised him Gösta
Ekman in honour of his father. Today Gösta Ekman jr. belongs to the
most successful Swedish actors. His other grandsons are also busy in the
film business, Stefan Ekman as an actor and Mikael Ekman as a director.
Other movies with Gösta Ekman:
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