Directed by:
Stellan OlssonCinematography:
Kent PersonComposer:
Christer BoustedtCast:
Henric Holmberg, Eva Remaeus, Jan Lindell, Anders Granström, Christer Boustedt, Ingvar Andersson, Ole Blegel, Peter Blomberg, Birgit Eggers, Per Eggers, Ninne Olsson, Catherine Parment (more)Plots(1)
Although this gem of Swedish, fictional jazz cinema has largely been forgotten, Sven Klang's Combo is a film worshipped by genre enthusiasts and voted by experts in 2012 among the 25 best Swedish films of all time. Stellan Olsson's sympathetic depiction of the late 1950s is no nostalgia trip but a study of the conflicts within a southern Swedish dance band. Made pleasantly in black-and-white, the film is based on a successful play of the Oktober group from Malmö. Christer Boustedt has not only composed the newer music for the film, but he also plays the capable saxophone player Lasse who comes from Stockholm to do his military service in a small town and joins the town's amateur band. A fan of Charlie Parker, Lasse would like to play jazz rather than dance tunes, "by the mood and not the notes". Gradually he wins over all the other musicians of the quintet except its leader Sven who sees music as business, contrary to his girlfriend who is the singer. Money, love, alcohol and pacifist ideology tear apart the internal relations of the band. Music is an essential part of the expression as the camera tracks sometimes-lengthy jamming sequences in long full shots. We get to enjoy jazz songs by Parker, Monk and Gillespie, as well as classics such as Over the Rainbow, Jailhouse Rock and Twilight Time. (Midnight Sun Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Henric Holmberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
The Girl (2009)
Tsatsiki, mum and policeman (1999)
![Eva Remaeus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/574/164574373_e72211.jpg)
Eva Remaeus
Sweden
Best movies:
The Man on the Roof (1976)
Jan Lindell
Sweden
Anders Granström
Sweden
Best movies:
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
Christer Boustedt
Sweden
Best movies:
Who Pulled The Plug? (1981)
Ingvar Andersson
Sweden
Best movies:
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
Zone 261 (2018)
Ole Blegel
Sweden
Birgit Eggers
Sweden
Per Eggers
Sweden
Best movies:
Like It Never Was Before (1995)
Catherine Parment
Sweden
Best movies:
False Trail (2011)
Heaven on Earth (2015)
Annika Bengtzon (2012) (series)
![Michael Segerström](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185599_66d3c5.jpg)
Michael Segerström
Sweden
Best movies:
The Best Intentions (1992)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
Adam & Eva (1997)