Adolf Jahr
John Adolf Reinhold Jahr, born Johansson, was a Swedish stage and screen actor, singer and director. He made his film debut in Edvard Persson's "Den gamla herrgården" (1925). Adolf Jahr appeared in some 65 feature films.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.414 |
| Birthday | 1893-06-24 |
| Place of Birth | Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sweden |
| Also Known As |
1939
Oss baroner emellan
5/2
Baron Leijoncloo comes back to Sweden after many years in Argentina. On his way to his good friend Victor Sällberg's home, he loses his luggage. A con...
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Oss baroner emellan
1938
Just a Trumpeter
3.7/3
An army musician is mistaken for a company manager and fall in love.
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Just a Trumpeter
1960
When Darkness Falls
5.4/8
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace...
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When Darkness Falls
1944
Rannstensungar
7/1
Ninni is a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother dies and she is taken care of by a friend of the family. She is trapped in the heart...
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Rannstensungar
1936
The Ghost at Bragehus
4/1
Bragehus manor receives a new farm bailiff with new ideas on how to run a modern farm. The manor is haunted by a ghost.
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The Ghost at Bragehus
1948
Robinson i Roslagen
4.2/2
To get away from his nagging wife, a man goes to a desert island to settle down there.
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Robinson i Roslagen
1940
Karl för sin hatt
7/1
Urban girl falls for rugged forest ranger.
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Karl för sin hatt
1942
En sjöman i frack
5/1
First mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde.
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En sjöman i frack
1948
Lars Hård
4/1
Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.
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Lars Hård
1957
The People of Värmland
0/0
Erik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown...
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The People of Värmland
1954
Storm over Tjurö
4.5/2
Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
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Storm over Tjurö
1944
Hemsöborna
5/1
In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans fo...
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Hemsöborna
1945
Bröderna Östermans huskors
0/0
The Österman brothers have come to realize that they need a housekeeper. Oldest brother Kalle travel to town and return with the young and modern Anna...
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Bröderna Östermans huskors
1939
Adolf i eld och lågor
0/0
Swedish comedy from 1939. Adolf Berglund is a reporter at the newspaper Morgonbladet and is sent on one action-packed mission after the other. But it'...
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Adolf i eld och lågor
1938
Adolf klarar skivan
0/0
Adolf Jansson makes a living doing odd jobs until one day he gets a job working as a butler in the Pettersson residence. Adolf is instantly liked by e...
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Adolf klarar skivan
1946
Bröllopet på Solö
0/0
Kalle Österman lives on the small island Solö together with his wife, Agneta.
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Bröllopet på Solö
1946
Ebberöds Bank
0/0
Tailor Ågren in Ebberöd lives with his dominant wife Karolina and their two children. His everyday life would have been problem free if it weren't for...
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Ebberöds Bank
1950
While the City Sleeps
6.2/5
Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours....
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While the City Sleeps
1926
Miljonär för en dag
7/1
Millionaire for a Day was filmed during the summer of 1925 in Skåne, the southernmost province of Sweden. This Edvard Persson's third film became a fl...
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Miljonär för en dag
1938
A Cruise in the Albertina
0/0
John is the skipper of the Albertina which is moored in Mariehamn. Nearby is luxury yacht Sea Star, where Ann-Mari boards. She begins to take an inter...
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A Cruise in the Albertina
1936
Samvetsömma Adolf
0/0
Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major role in an operetta. On the train he meets Ulla Wern a...
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Samvetsömma Adolf
1940
'Swing It' Teacher
5.6/9
Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.
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'Swing It' Teacher
1933
Pettersson & Bendel
0/0
The two conmen Bendel and Pettersson starts doing business together. Bendel got the brains and Pettersson the charm.
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Pettersson & Bendel
1934
Fasters millioner
0/0
The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding.
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Fasters millioner
1959
Sköna Susanna och gubbarna
2/2
In the legend of Susanna in Babylon she was highly desired by the old men. In this movie, Susanna the beautiful lives in a Swedish town in the 19th ce...
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Sköna Susanna och gubbarna
1941
Dunungen
0/0
The shy Anne-Marie wants to marry the mayor's son despite his parents' opposition.
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Dunungen
1937
Adolf Armstarke
3.5/3
Adolph Turesson is a mild-mannered, meek college professor whose faint-heart isn't impressing the fair-lady he secretly loves, the golden-haired Britt...
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Adolf Armstarke
1936
Stackars miljonärer
0/0
Jan Eriksson wins a vacation trip to a hotel in the mountains.
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Stackars miljonärer
1935
Perhaps a Gentleman
5/1
Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren cl...
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Perhaps a Gentleman
1936
Ä' vi gifta?
0/0
The well-known musician and composer Åke Kjellberg wakes up in a nice Stockholm apartment. He lives in Count Sparvhök's empty home until it gets rente...
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Ä' vi gifta?
1948
Strange Harbor
7/3
"Strange Harbor " - A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern...
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Strange Harbor
1954
Tattarblod
0/0
David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals until it becomes known that David is the son of a noto...
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Tattarblod
1950
Kvartetten som sprängdes
0/0
A small Swedish town just after WW1. An accountant and his two journalist friends have entered the stock market. The result is not as good as expected...
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Kvartetten som sprängdes
1959
Just a Waiter
7/1
Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Mati...
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Just a Waiter
1956
Johan på Snippen
0/0
In the village of Stubbhult lives many motorcycle interested young people. However, their rampage interfere with the local population.
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Johan på Snippen
1957
Johan på Snippen tar hem spelet
0/0
There is a barn dance in the village Stubbhult. Johan Snippen and his friend the stationmaster Mandus plays happily, when a fight is about to break ou...
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Johan på Snippen tar hem spelet
1927
På kryss med Blixten
5/2
Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.
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På kryss med Blixten
1928
Hattmakarens bal
5.5/2
The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the p...
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Hattmakarens bal
1950
Ung och kär
0/0
The two young attachées Freddie Rundhult and Rutger af Utterfeldt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are rivals for the beautiful operetta singer Alic...
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Ung och kär
1937
En sjöman går iland
0/0
The sailor Axel Nord is asked by his captain to do him a favor before his leave begins. Captain Rundholm wants him to give a letter to his niece in St...
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En sjöman går iland
1953
Dance, My Doll
3.3/3
In a small town called Skrabbarp in Southern Sweden lives the school teacher Sebastian Pettersson, an amateur detective and one of the most diligent c...
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Dance, My Doll
1934
Falska Greta
0/0
A woman on vacation is mistaken for Greta Garbo.
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Falska Greta
1993
Minns ni?
0/0
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Minns ni?
1934
En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov
0/0
To save the family estate Stjärnehov, one of the twins Stiernhielm, Bertil, marries the rich sausage maker Magnusson's daughter Britta.
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En bröllopsnatt på Stjärnehov
1954
Östermans testamente
0/0
The fishermen Österman and Sjöberg are sued by merchant Wikström. In order to raise capital, they decide to start producing a medicine from a recipe b...
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Östermans testamente
1952
Adolf i toppform
0/0
A compilation of some of Adolf Jahr's films.
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Adolf i toppform
1951
Livat på luckan
0/0
Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time has come.
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Livat på luckan
1949
Hur tokigt som helst
0/0
"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor...
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Hur tokigt som helst
1925
Den gamla herrgården
0/0
A 40-minute fragment survives.
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Den gamla herrgården
1948
Marknadsafton
0/0
The farmer Magni is planning to marry Teresia, but the maid Lovisa has other plans.
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Marknadsafton
1948
Janne Vängmans bravader
0/0
Janne Vängman is heavy drinker who always stands up for the poor and oppressed.
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Janne Vängmans bravader
1949
Janne Vängman på nya äventyr
0/0
Janne is an old man who is locked up in the church on New Year's Eve 1900 and has to play the organ to make someone to open the door.
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Janne Vängman på nya äventyr
1933
En natt på Smygeholm
0/0
It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle.
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En natt på Smygeholm
1955
Friarannonsen
0/0
Algot and Bengt have built a house together. But they can not agree on how ownership should be distributed between them. In addition they don't get an...
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Friarannonsen
1953
Kungen av Dalarna
0/0
Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race Vasaloppet.
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Kungen av Dalarna
1946
Djurgårdskvällar
0/0
An artist with drinking problems is depressed because his career didn't turn out so good. He puts his faith in his daughter to carry the artistic heri...
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Djurgårdskvällar
1932
Svärmor kommer
0/0
John and Ulla are happily married and live in the villa Fridhem. Via telegram, John gets the news that his dreaded mother-in-law will come to visit.
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Svärmor kommer
1951
Skeppare i blåsväder
0/0
The story of the aging fisherman Alex who refuses to realize that his boat needs to be replaced.
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Skeppare i blåsväder
1932
Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
0/0
A traveling theatre company comes to Lund and one of the smallest hotels in town. A female actress gets a key by mistake to a room where Sten Stensson...
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Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
1947
Ådalens poesi
0/0
The farmers Zackris Månsson and the Kerstorps-farmer lives on each side of the river. The two villages has always been enemies. The Kerstorps-farmer d...
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Ådalens poesi
1955
Finnskogens folk
0/0
The year is 1906. Somewhere on the long lake of Fryken, pastor David Amberg appears. He is not satisfied with the religious life of the countryside. H...
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Finnskogens folk
1952
Janne Vängman i farten
0/0
Erik Ernsson is on his way to Jon-Persgården in Ångermanland to seek employment. He befriends the old man Janne Vängman.
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Janne Vängman i farten
1952
Kronans glada gossar
0/0
Pelle Frisk is serving in the Swedish armed forces.
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Kronans glada gossar
1956
Laughing in the Sunshine
0/0
Princess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name.
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Laughing in the Sunshine
1955
Janne Vängman och den stora kometen
0/0
Janne Vängman is having dreams of meeting aliens from outer space.
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