Åke Falck

Birthday: 1925-04-03
Deathday: 1974-10-12
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Gender: Male

Åke Falck (3 April 1925 – 12 October 1974) was a Swedish film director. He directed 13 films between 1958 and 1972. His 1966 film The Princess was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.

He married in 1949 the singer Brita Nordström (1925–2005) with whom he had a son Peter Emanuel Falck in 1952. In 1960 he remarried to the TV producer Karin Sohlman and had a daughter Carolina Falck in 1961.

Åke Falck was buried on 12 November 1974 at Djursholm's cemetery in the municipality of Danderyd. Åke Falcks Gata in the Torp district of Gothenburg was named after him in 2011.

Credits

Year Title
1974-01-01 Nattens konung
1971-03-04 Rafael Kubelik A Portrait
1970-07-25 Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
1968-09-22 Waltz of Sex
1968-04-14 Easter
1966-12-26 Prinsessan
1964-08-23 Swedish Wedding Night
1963-09-02 Adam och Eva
1962-09-23 Trasiga änglar
1953-01-01 Where the Herring and Bathers Flock