Hasse Ekman (born Hans Gösta Ekman; 10 September 1915 – 15 February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. . Biography. Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director from the period after Sjöström and Stiller and prior to Ingmar Bergman, peaking between the mid-1940s and 1950. He was greatly influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films.
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