Known for Directing
Nils Olof "Olle" Hellbom (8 October 1925 – 5 June 1982) was a Swedish film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is most famous for directing films based on novels by Astrid Lindgren.
Born
October 8, 1925
Died
June 5, 1982 (age 56)
Birthplace
Stockholm, Sweden
Filmography
61 films, 8 shows


Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981 · 1h 45m · SE
9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.


The Brothers Lionheart
1977 · 1h 42m · SE
After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.


Karlsson on the Roof
1974 · 1h 39m · SE
Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.


Emil and the Piglet
1973 · 1h 35m · SE
Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.


New Mischief by Emil
1972 · 1h 31m · SE
Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten by crawfish, all is forgotten when he skillfully wins the family a free horse. And when Alfred the farmhand gets seriously ill, Emil puts his own life on the line, venturing into a snow storm to get his best friend to a doctor before it is too late.


Emil of Lonneberga
1971 · 1h 38m · DE
Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. Always with the best intentions in mind, because he is a good-hearted child, but often with catastrophic results, especially for his short-tempered father. As a result, Emil spends a lot of quality time in the wood shed carving wood figurines and waiting for Anton's temper to cool down. And the father's patience is certainly tried, as Emil gets his head stuck in the family's only soup bowl, hoists little Ida up the flag pole, and arranges a lavish Christmas party for the poor.


Pippi on the Run
1970 · 1h 34m · DE
Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.


Pippi in the South Seas
1970 · 1h 35m · DE
Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates.


Pippi Goes on Board
1969 · 1h 23m · DE
Pippi Longstocking lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father is a pirate king in the Southern Seas. She befriends her next door neighbors, siblings Tommy and Annika, who are swept into Pippi's wild adventures.


Pippi Longstocking
1969 · 1h 40m · DE
Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series. This was followed by Pippi Goes on Board.


Pippi's Christmas
1969 · 27m
Pippi prepares for Christmas. She bakes a huge number of gingerbread biscuits. In the big tree outside her house she has hung lots of Christmas presents. At Christmas Eve she sits at her window, looking out in the darkness at all the presents hanging in the tree. She feels lonely and thinks with sadness about having no one to give the presents to.


Life on Seacrow Island
1968 · 1h 35m · SE
A writer spends the summer holidays with his children on an island. The family grows together through friendships with humans and animals and through adventures.


Skrallan, Ruskprick and Gurnard
1967 · 1h 38m · SE
The children of Seacrow Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital. When they try to row back home they lose the oars and must take refuge on a desolate island. 4-year-old Skrallan is the first to discover that two colorful smugglers are hiding on the island.


Tjorven and Mysak
1966 · 1h 31m · SE
Tjorven and the other children at Seacrow island have received a play day in a gift. Uncle Melker will find himself ending up in the lake several times. The kids also have found an old ship that will be named Albertina. They divide themselves into two pirate gangs and fights about the wishing stone Mysak.


Tjorven and Skrallan
1965 · 1h 30m · SE
The residents of Seacrow island get new problems when Malin and Peter get their first child - Skrållan.


Tjorven, Batsman, and Moses
1964 · 1h 29m · SE
Vesterman has found a young seal in his fishing nets in the outskirts of the archipelago. When he comes back to the Saltkråkan island he gives the seal to Tjorven, who names it Moses. Peter Malm, a visitor who works at the Zoological Institute in Uppsala, wants to buy the seal, but Tjorven says it's not for sale. Vesterman is in need of money and tries to get the seal back, to sell it to Peter. The children have to hide the seal, so he won't find it. Pelle's rabbit Jocke and one of Söderman's lambs are found bitten to death. The dog Båtsman is accused of those evil deeds, which means that Tjorven's father has to shoot her dog. In the last minute Söderman finds out that a fox is the perpetrator. Peter Malm says he won't buy the seal. Vesterman is disappointed and the seal stays with the children.


Bara roligt i Bullerbyn
1961 · 1h 19m · SE
The children of the three houses that forms the Bullerby village are afraid of the shoemaker and his dog, but still have to go there to have their shoes mended.


Only Fun in Bullerby Village
1961 · 1h 15m · SE


The Children of Bullerbyn Village
1960 · 1h 14m · SE
Bullerbyn is a small village in Småland in the late 1920s. There are three farms there. Lisa lives in the middle farm with her brothers Lasse and Bosse. The sisters Britta and Anna live on the Norrgården farm, and Olle lives on the Sörgården farm. And then there's Kerstin, Olle's little sister. It's the height of summer and every day is full of adventure! The first film adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's books about Bullerbyn.
The Time of Liberation
The Time of Liberation
1960 · 49m
A film about the history of the Swedish labor movement from the 19th to the 20th century.


Blackjackets
1959 · 1h 28m · SE
Young Greasers, known as Raggare in Sweden, gather at a café outside Stockholm. Roffe is the toughest greaser and kidnaps his girlfriend Bibban, when he discovers that she is out riding with other guys. Bibban falls in love with the sensitive Lasse.
The Swedish General Strike 1909
The Swedish General Strike 1909
1959 · 19m
The struggle between the LO and SAF and history of the labor movement
Summer Dream
Summer Dream
1959 · 14m · SE
Summer dream or like nightmare? Somewhere, we're all on our way ...
A Day Like Any Other
A Day Like Any Other
1958 · 27m
Social democratic election film.


The Master Detective Lives Dangerously
1957 · 1h 32m · SE
When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.
13 Minutes
13 Minutes
1957 · 14m
Motorcycles and their dangers.
Dalmålningar
Dalmålningar
1955 · 11m
A film featuring the unique "valley paintings" (dalmålningar) of Dalarna, Sweden.
The Good Old Days
The Good Old Days
1955 · 14m
A story about Stockholm at the turn of the century drawn by Oskar Andersson (OA).
15 Minutes with Evert Taube
15 Minutes with Evert Taube
1954 · 16m
Swedish writer and troubadour Evert Taube flips through his memory album, tells stories and sings.


Döderhultare
1952 · 13m · SE
A film about the woodcarver Axel "Döderhultarn" Petersson.