Arne Mattsson was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 film director

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, born in Uppsala

Uppsala

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His early movies were mostly comedies

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. His biggest success was Hon dansade en sommar

One Summer of Happiness

One Summer of Happiness is a 1951 Swedish film based on the novel Sommardansen by Per Olof Ekström. It tells the story of teenage lovers who meet on a farm...

(1951, aka. One Summer of Happiness), which earned him the Golden Bear

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 at the Berlin International Film Festival

2nd Berlin International Film Festival

The 2nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 12 to June 25, 1952. The FIAPF banned the festival from awarding any official prizes...

 and a nomination for the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival

1952 Cannes Film Festival

-Jury:The jury at this festival was all French.*Maurice Genevoix *Tony Aubin*Mme. Georges Bidault*Pierre Billon*Chapelain-Midy *Louis Chauvet *A...

 in 1952. It caused some controversy at the time because it containined nudity

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His 1953 film of Peder Sjögren's

Peder Sjögren

Peder Sjögren , born as Gösta Sjögren, was a Swedish writer who fought in the Spanish Civil War and the Continuation War. Many of his books were based on those experiences.-Life and works:...

 second novel, Bread of Love

Bread of Love

Bread of Love is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Folke Sundquist - Prisoner* Georg Rydeberg - Ledin* Nils Hallberg - Tom* Lennart Lindberg - Narrator* Erik Hell - Bouncer...

(Kärlekens bröd), based on Sjögren's experiences as a volunteer in the Finnish Continuation War

Continuation War

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 of 1941-44 angered the author, was banned in Finland and incurred the wrath of the Soviets at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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. In spite of all this, Sjögren grudgingly admitted that as a study of men under severe pressure it was impressive .

In 1958 he directed Mannekäng i rött, the first in a series of murder mysteries, considered by some to be a precursor of the Italian

Italy

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 giallo

Giallo

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 films.

The popularity of his mystery movies declined and in the 1970s and 1980s he made mostly low-budget thrillers - some in collaboration with Mats Helge

Mats Helge

Mats Helge, also known as Mats-Helge Olsson is a Swedish independent filmmaker, best known for movies such as The Ninja Mission , and he is one of the most productive independent Swedish directors ever, with almost 100 titles to his résumé...

 - which got mostly bad reviews.

Selected filmography

• One Summer of Happiness
  One Summer of Happiness
  One Summer of Happiness is a 1951 Swedish film based on the novel Sommardansen by Per Olof Ekström. It tells the story of teenage lovers who meet on a farm...
  
  (1951)
• Bread of Love
  Bread of Love
  Bread of Love is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Folke Sundquist - Prisoner* Georg Rydeberg - Ledin* Nils Hallberg - Tom* Lennart Lindberg - Narrator* Erik Hell - Bouncer...
  
  (1953)
• Mannekäng i rött (1958)
• The Phantom Carriage
  The Phantom Carriage (1958 film)
  The Phantom Carriage is a 1958 Swedish horror film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on the Selma Lagerlöf novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! and is a remake of the 1921 film.-Cast:...
  
  (1958)

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