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Håkan Alexandersson

Håkan Alexandersson was a multi artist and a man of many talents. He was considered one of the more remarkable and the most wayward visionaries in the Swedish film. Among other things, he worked as a film director, screen writer, author, producer, actor, photographer, artist and musician. He studied at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, in the late 1950's. Håkan Alexandersson and Carl Johan De Geer met at Konstfack and the two produced a large number of films together. "Tårtan / The Cake" (1973) eventually became a cult hit among children and adults. At first it was viewed as mildly odd and incomprehensible. Lasse Sarri, CEO at the Swedish Television company, called the production crazy and absurd, but changed his mind after being informed by a hired plumber, that "Tårtan" was the best he had ever seen on TV. Håkan Alexandersson directed 40 feature films, shorts and television productions from 1959 to 2004. He suffered from cancer during his last ten years and died March 1, 2004 in Stockholm.


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Born:
Apr 21, 1940 In Mariestad, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Movie/TV Credits:
4
First Appeared:
In the movie Blushing Charlie 1970-09-08
Latest Project:
Movie I Remember Håkan Alexandersson 2006-03-24
Known For
Poster of I Remember Håkan Alexandersson
Poster of Hasan the Rose
Poster of Du gamla, du fria
Poster of Blushing Charlie
Filmography
Movie I Remember Håkan Alexandersson 2006-03-24
Movie Hasan the Rose The customer 1980-06-23
Movie Du gamla, du fria 1972-03-04
Movie Blushing Charlie 1970-09-08