FrameThrower · Actors · Nils Poppe
Nils Poppe
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1957–1960
Born 31 May 1908 · Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden · died 28 June 2000
Nils Poppe was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, but in Sweden he was much loved and participated in over 50 films on cinema and TV.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1957–1960
- Malmö City Culture Award1990
- Swedish Academy's Theatre Award1989
- Årets Skåning1988
- Illis quorum1988
- Lisebergsapplåden1987
- H. M. The King's Medal1987
- Litteris et Artibus1987
- Karl Gerhards Hederspris1982
- Edvardpriset1979
- Helsingborgsmedaljen1975
- Årets Skåning1974
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nils takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night — the look of the work Nils takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Nils Poppe's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.