Personal Info
Birth date
1927-02-27 (98 Years)
Day of death
1997-10-03
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ekeby, Malmöhus län, Sweden
Also known as
Ярл Кулле
Jarl Kulle
Biography
Jarl Lage Kulle was a Swedish stage and screen actor, director and singer. He graduated from the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1949, was subsequently employed at the theatre and was a member of the ensemble till 1995. In total, Kulle played in 76 plays at the Royal dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 1959 he appeared as Henry Higgins in the musical "My Fair Lady" at Oscarsteatern, Stockholm. Thirteen years earlier, in 1946, Jarl Kulle made his film debut in a minor role. Ten years later he was offered major parts as first lover and prince charming. Internationally he's probably most known for his performances in Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night" and "Fanny and Alexander".
Filmography
Fanny and Alexander
8.3
Overview:
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.The Guldbagge Awards
5.5
Overview:
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.Varför gömmer du dig i häcken?
NYR
Overview:
"Why are you hiding in the hedge?" - a Swedish version of the satirist Lenny Bruce's exuberant humor, obscenities and social criticism, embodied by actor Jarl Kulle.Babette's Feast
7.208
Overview:
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.Fanny and Alexander
7.776
Overview:
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.Smiles of a Summer Night
7.417
Overview:
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.The Devil's Eye
7.159
Overview:
The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things get even turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her. The fact that he feels love for the first time now, makes him even less attractive to her and Don Juan returns to hell.Zorn
5.5
Overview:
Swedish painter Anders Zorn gained notoriety for his nudes. His works are currently worth millions. The film is set in the time when Zorn, already respected for his art, was commissioned to paint a portrait of the Swedish king. Though an excellent painter, Zorn's personal life is dreadful. A boozer and a womanizer who frequently cheats on his wife, Zorn constantly seeks approval for his art. When he travels to the U.S. for a tour he meets Emilie Bartlett the wife of sculptor Paul W. Bartlett with whom he begins a sporadic affair. After Paul commits suicide, Zorn and Emilie move to Sweden. Zorn disregards his wife's feelings and openly displays his affections for Emilie.My Sister My Love
6.5
Overview:
Sweden, 1782. Jacob, a young noble, somewhat wild and vehement, returns from his studies in France. After his absence, he returns home happy, but is even happier of meeting his beloved sister Charlotte again. However, she has been promised to the Baron Alsmeden, a man of great influence at court, and this fact will awake a feeling like jealousy in Jacob.All These Women
6.1
Overview:
Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the critic's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.Wonderful Adventures of Nils
5.7
Overview:
A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.Leva på 'Hoppet'
NYR
Overview:
A young theater cast transforms with enthusiasm an old freighter into a theater boat.Rasmus and the Vagabond
6.3
Overview:
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.Waiting Women
6.5
Overview:
Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages. Rakel tells about the time she had an affair and confronted her husband with it. Marta's story is about how she at first refused to marry and had her child by herself. Karin tells about what happened when one time she and her husband got stuck in an elevator together. While the women tell their stories, Marta's younger sister Maj is planning to elope.Do You Believe in Angels?
6.6
Overview:
Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.Ungdom i fara
NYR
Overview:
A young man with a messy background stands trial for car theft. He gets away with a suspended sentence. With the help of a social worker, he gets on the right side of life — until a criminal friend shows up.Miss and Mrs Sweden
6
Overview:
To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.The Girl and the Press Photographer
6.1
Overview:
Bastian and Lene are a good couple, as a journalist and press photographer. They take turns to get ideas for how to get a scoop for the magazine "Tit og Lyt". They agree to play husband and wife so that Bastian can get an apartment. Lene is deeply in love with Bastian why she gets their mutual friend Soren to send a man from the housing authority. He says that they most have one child to stay in the apartment.Last Pair Out
5.6
Overview:
About the life of the student, Bo Dahlin. Bo's parents are divorced. Both have been unfaithful. Bo is engaged to Kerstin, but only has eyes for Anita. Anita is filled with self-disgust.The Telegraphist
4.889
Overview:
Set against the beautiful backdrop of northern Norway, this film tells the story of a telegraphist in a very small community at the turn of the century.Barabbas
6.4
Overview:
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.Ingen morgondag
NYR
Overview:
It is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive shooting between Finnish and Soviet troops takes place. The Soviet occupation is strong, and on the Finnish side it is ordered to withdraw. But Captain Viktor Aaltonen does not listen to the order but wants to shorten a wounded companion's suffering. Aaltonen is taken to the Soviet prison camp, Vorkuta, where he will spend a decade.Kort är sommaren
NYR
Overview:
Lieutenant Glahn arrives in a small village in northern Norway. He wants to live in peace in the company of his dog. The young Edvarda stirs emotions in the lieutenant.Dear John
5.313
Overview:
Divorced skipper John meets Anita, a single mother, at a port and spends the weekend with her.Herman
5.8
Overview:
"Herman", based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel of the same name, tells the story of the young boy Herman who suddenly loses his hair and becomes bald at the age of eleven. It follows him through what is a very difficult period in his life, through big mood swings and irrational behaviour until he finally learns to accept himself for who he is.Stjärnbilder
NYR
Overview:
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.Good-Bye Nana
NYR
Overview:
A film that questions the right of parents to force their children into the adult world's rational behavior. A 6-year-old revolt by going to a lawyer and ask for a divorce from their parents.Den kære familie
7.2
Overview:
Copenhagen around the turn of the century - December 29th, 1899. Great merchant and shipowner Jacob Friis is one of Copenhagen's richest men. His home is the gathering place for family and friends. Since his wife's dead 10 years earlier, he shares sense of family and business acumen with his three daughters. Jacob wants to find a nobleman for his daughter Emily. Baron Claes is a very charming gentleman, but also a great womanizer...Acting
2009Året var 1959 as Self (archive footage)
1995Jag Kulle as Self
1995Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
1995Zorn (3 Episodes) as Oscar II
1995Alfred as Immanuel Nobel
1994Zorn as Oscar II
1993Minns ni? as (archive footage)
1993The Telegraphist as Mack
1990Herman as Panten
1987Babette's Feast as General Lorens Löwenhielm
1984Fanny and Alexander (5 Episodes) as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
1983Alf Sjöberg - mästaren as Unknown
1982Fanny and Alexander as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
1981Rasmus and the Vagabond as Hilding Lif
1981The Guldbagge Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Host, Self - Best Actor winner
1980Swedenhielms as Unknown
1975Around the World in 80 Days (6 Episodes) as Phileas Fogg
1974Around the World in 80 Days as Phileas Fogg
1974The White Carnation as Docent
1974Karl XII as Karl XII
1972Ture Sventon - Privatdetektiv as Ture Sventon
1971Varför gömmer du dig i häcken? (6 Episodes) as Lenny Bruce
1970Good-Bye Nana as Ministern
1969Miss and Mrs Sweden as Leif Mix
1969The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing as Krakow
1966My Sister My Love as Baron Carl Ulrik Alsmeden
1964Dear John as John Berndtsson
1964Dance Around the Guldbaggen as Self
1964Swedish Wedding Night as Hilmer Westlund
1964Är du inte riktigt klok? as Hans Ringmar
1964All These Women as Cornelius
1964Pappa Sandrew as Unknown
1963The Girl and the Press Photographer as Unknown
1962Kort är sommaren as Thomas Glahn
1962Wonderful Adventures of Nils as Mårten Gåskarl (voice)
1962Den kære familie as Klaes
1961Lita på mej, älskling! as Karl Särner
1961Do You Believe in Angels? as Jan Froman
1960The Devil's Eye as Don Juan
1960Av hjärtans lust as Baron Patrik Sinclair
1959Sängkammartjuven as Johan Jacob Wenkel
1958Miss April as Osvald Berg
1957Ingen morgondag as Viktor Aaltonen
1957En drömmares vandring as Dan Andersson
1956Song of the Scarlet Flower as Olof Koskela
1956Last Pair Out as Ernst Farell
1955Smiles of a Summer Night as Count Carl Magnus Malcolm
1954Karin Månsdotter as King Erik of Sweden
1953Barabbas as Leper at Death Valley
1952The 69th, the sergeant and me as Unknown
1952Kärlek as Unknown
1952Waiting Women as Kaj
1952Defiance as Unknown
1951Leva på 'Hoppet' as Jalle
1950Kvartetten som sprängdes as Ture Borg
1946Ungdom i fara as Jänkarn
Writing
1974The White Carnation ... Writer
1970Good-Bye Nana ... Writer
1969The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing ... Writer
Directing
1974The White Carnation ... Director
1970Good-Bye Nana ... Director
1969The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing ... Director