Bengt Idestam-Almquist

Bengt Idestam-Almquist (9 September 1895 – 16 September 1983) was a Swedish screenwriter, critic and film historian. The Swedish Film Institute calls him the "father of Swedish film criticism".[1] At the 3rd Guldbagge Awards he won a Special Achievement award.[2] He was a member of the jury at the 15th Venice International Film Festival in 1954.[3]

Bengt Idestam-Almquist
Born(1895-09-09)9 September 1895
Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died16 September 1983(1983-09-16) (aged 88)
Enskededalen, Sweden
OccupationFilm critic
Screenwriter
Years active1923-1965

Idestam-Almquist, who was the son of a Riksvensk father and a Swedish-speaking Finn mother, was born in Turku, Finland, and grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. He later fled to Sweden with his family during the February Revolution and studied art history in Uppsala. His fascination with film came after watching a silent film with a benshi while serving the Red Cross in Asia.[4]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Bengt Idestam-Almquist". The Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. "Bengt Idestam-Almquist". The Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. "Juries for the 1950s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. Forslund, Bengt (2012). "Bengt Idestam-Almquist". Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 September 2020.


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