Hampe Faustman

Hampe Faustman, born Erik Stellan Chatham, was born in Stockholm on 3 July 1919, the son of the illustrator Gösta Chatham and of the artist and writer Mollie Faustman. A pupil of the Royal Dramatic Theatre's school in 1937, he made his debut as an actor in 1940 and directed his first film in 1943. He was the most openly political of the Swedish directors of his generation, and brought to the screen novels by proletarian writers. Married to the actress Gunn Wållgren from 1941 to 1949, he founded a production company with the actor George Fant. He died on 26 August 1961, aged forty-two.

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