DEN STORA ANDRA VÄRLDSKRIGET-BOXEN (6-disk) (DVD)

A few years into World War II, Swedish emergency preparedness films began to change form. The war became more and more real, even for neutral Sweden, as knowledge of the atrocities afflicting Europe began to emerge. Filmmakers who had previously made lighthearted portrayals of dashing young men and cheerful women in the field began to tell realistic stories. Now the focus was on resistance movements, concentration camps, the takeover of fictional countries, and soldiers' life-sacrificing struggle against the enemy. From being Swedish tigers, the directors were transformed into roaring lions who used the medium of film in the fight against Nazism. Studio S has now collected six of the best Swedish war films in a box set.

Med livet som insats (1940)

Freedom fighters attempt to seize power from the military regime in a film that was banned in Norway after the Nazi invasion. By Alf Sjöberg, starring Aino Taube, Anders Henrikson, Åke Ohberg, Bengt Ekerot, and Holger Löwenadler.

A Spring in Arms (1943)

In the spring of 1940, two young men are stationed at the Norwegian border and fall in love with the same woman. By Rolf Husberg with Georg Fant, Gaby Stenberg, Erik "Bullen" Berglund, and Erik "Hampe" Faustman. On Life and Death (1943) A thriller set in a regiment of ski-mounted soldiers and a tourist hotel in northern Sweden. Somewhere in this mountain world, saboteurs are hiding. By Rolf Husberg, starring Hasse Ekman, Birgit Tengroth, Nils Kihlberg, Gull Natorp, and Karl-Arne Holmsten.

Det brinner en eld (There's a Fire Burning) (1943)

An allegory about Germany's occupation of Norway, in which many brave souls in a theater group take up the fight against the enemy by joining the resistance movement. By Gustaf Molander with Inga Tidblad, Lars Hanson, Victor Sjöström, Lauritz Falk, and Stig Järrel.

My People Are Not Yours (1944)

The Nazis take power in a fictional country, leading a German major to reconnect with his great love, pianist Else Hill. By Weyler Hildebrand with Sonja Wigert, Gunnar Björnstrand, Hampe Faustman, Håkan Westergren, and Douglas Hage.

The Invisible Wall (1944)

In an occupied country, an officer is shot dead at a train station. This has disastrous consequences for the Jews in the country, who are forced to flee. By Gustaf Molander, starring Inga Tidblad, Irma Christensen, Stig Järrel, Karl-Arne Holmsten, and Hilda Borgström.