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Ewa Aulin is a Actor Suédoise born on 13 february 1950 at Landskrona (Suede)

Ewa Aulin

Ewa Aulin
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Nationality Suede
Birth 13 february 1950 (74 years) at Landskrona (Suede)

Ewa Brigitta Aulin (born 13 February 1950 in Landskrona, Skåne County) is a Swedish actress who appeared in a number of Italian and some American films in the 1960s and 1970s. She is remembered for playing the title character in the cult film Candy where she appeared alongside such stars as John Huston, Ringo Starr, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando.

Biography

Ewa Aulin first rose to fame in her native Sweden when she won the title of Miss Teen Sweden in 1965 at age 15. In the same year Ewa had been approached by Gunnar Fischer to appear as the young girl in his short film, Djävulen's Instrument (The Devil's Instrument). Subsequently, she went on to represent Sweden in the first ever Miss Teen International pageant, which was held on April 6, 1966 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Ewa won; thereby earning the title of Miss Teen International 1966.

Ewa's success as Miss Teen International attracted attention not only in Sweden, where she appeared on the popular entertainment show Hylands Hörna, but also in Italy, and in 1967 at age 16 she made her feature-film debut with a supporting role in the comedy Don Giovanni in Sicilia (Don Juan in Sicily), based on the novel by Vitaliano Brancati. This was quickly followed by leading roles in two notable giallo films; the pop art-style Col cuore in gola (With Heart in Mouth, 1967) directed by Tinto Brass, and the bizarre avant-garde-inspired La morte ha fatto l'uovo (Death Laid an Egg, 1968) directed by Giulio Questi. Ewa's co-star in both these films was the acclaimed actor Jean-Louis Trintignant.

In late 1967, Ewa was cast as the title character in her most famous film, the American-Italian-French co-production Candy, directed by Christian Marquand. Ewa learnt that she had the role only the day before filming began in early December 1967. The story involves Ewa's character's search for the meaning of life, which leads to encounters with a variety of different men and always ends in a sexual situation. In spite of the presence of such big names as Marlon Brando, Ringo Starr, and Richard Burton, the film did poorly in America and failed to make an international star out of Ewa. It was more successful in Europe and has gained some popularity as a cult film in later years. Ewa, in particular received praise for performance in the film; earning a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer but she lost to Olivia Hussey for Romeo and Juliet. As a consequence of her appearance in this role, Ewa was stereotyped as something of a 'Blonde Nymphet' by people in the film industry who did not appreciate her desire to be accepted as a professional actress. This stereotype would be something that would overshadow the rest of her career and cause her to appear only in predominantly Italian films as of 1970.

The only other American film Ewa appeared in was Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), a comedy of errors set during the French Revolution. Ewa played a supporting role as Christina of Belgium, and the film starred Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, but just like Candy, the film did little business in America.

Later in the same year Ewa starred in the experimental film Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion, which was written, produced and directed by Ewa's husband, British writer-director John Shadow, whom she had married secretly in Mexico in early 1968 and who was the father of her son, Shawn, born in 1969. The film itself was barely released anywhere in the world, and Ewa and John Shadow later divorced in 1972.

After this, Ewa only appeared in Italian films. Many of her films were sex comedies set in the Middle Ages but she also managed to make more impact in drama and thriller films. She played one of the leads in the giallo The Double (1971) directed by Romolo Guerrieri, as well as leading role in Quando l'amore è sensualità (When Love is Lust, 1973) and played an undead avenging angel in Joe D'Amato's gothic horror film La morte ha sorriso all'assassino (Death Smiles at a Murderer, 1973) and also appeared in the thriller Una vita lunga un giorno (Long Lasting Days, 1973) all in the same year.

However, feeling unfulfilled with acting, Ewa remarried a builder named Cesare Paladino in 1974 and abandoned her acting career to enroll at university and fulfill her childhood ambition of becoming a teacher. Since her retirement, she has only appeared in one other film, Mi fai un favore (Stella's Favor, 1996).

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Filmography of Ewa Aulin (13 films)

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Death Smiles on a Murderer, 1h32
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Genres Horror
Actors Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Attilio Dottesio, Luciano Rossi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Roles Greta von Holstein
Rating58% 2.9015052.9015052.9015052.9015052.901505
A rich couple take in a young girl who was in an accident and has amnesia, and both have an affair with her. Meanwhile, Dr. Sturges (Klaus Kinski) uses an ancient Incan formula to raise the dead for his own series of revenge murders.
The Legend of Blood Castle, 1h42
Directed by Jorge Grau
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Lucia Bosè, Ewa Aulin, Silvano Tranquilli, Lola Gaos, Ramón Pons
Roles Marina
Rating57% 2.895412.895412.895412.895412.89541
Au début du XIX siècle en Europe Centrale, la riche comtesse hongroise Erzsébet Báthory, soucieuse de son vieillissement, fit tuer une centaine de jeunes filles vierges afin de se baigner dans leur sang, persuadée que ce rituel macabre pourrait conserver sa beauté et sa jeunesse. Alors que son époux, le marquis Karl Ziemmer, assiste à un procès posthume pour juger un médecin mort accusé d'être un vampire, sa femme remarque que quelques gouttes de sang tombées sur sa peau l'ont rajeunie. Influencée par sa suivante, la comtesse part à la quête meurtrière pour constituer sa fontaine de Jouvence afin de plaire éternellement et, surtout, cacher son vrai âge à son nouvel amoureux, un jeune soldat fou d'elle.
Death Smiles on a Murderer, 1h32
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Origin Italie
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Serial killer films, Zombie films
Actors Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Luciano Rossi, Attilio Dottesio, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Roles Greta von Holstein
Rating58% 2.9015052.9015052.9015052.9015052.901505
1909. Une jeune fille, Greta, a un accident de carrosse. Elle porte à son cou un mystérieux médaillon inca. Un couple est témoin du drame et l'a recueille tout d'abord dans sa maison où elle recouvrera assez de mémoire pour retrouver son prénom. Puis un étrange médecin, le docteur Sturges, l'emmène dans sa clinique privée pour femmes pour la guérir. Ce dernier remarque immédiatement son bijou autour de son cou et il croit qu'elle est une zombie. Trois ans auparavant, suite à son décès, son frère bossu, Franz, lui a redonné la vie grâce à ce médaillon qu'elle doit désormais toujours porter avec elle. Revigoré par cette découverte stupéfiante sur la résurrection, le médecin relance ses recherches scientifiques en expérimentant dans les sous-sols caverneux de sa clinique où il conserve des animaux et des cadavres froidement conservés. Pendant ce temps, ses autres patientes sont perturbées par l'arrivée de Greta qui déclenche une véritable hantise, générant chez elles à la fois hallucinations, paranoïa, passion et violence. Dans les couloirs de l'établissement, un tueur invisible y sème la terreur.
Fiorina the Cow, 1h43
Directed by Vittorio De Sisti
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ornella Muti, Ewa Aulin, Janet Ågren, Felice Andreasi, Mario Carotenuto, Renzo Marignano
Roles Giacomina
Rating48% 2.4408652.4408652.4408652.4408652.440865
Set in the sixteenth century, the film tells the story of a cow named Fiorina, sold by a farmer to seek his fortune as a mercenary. From here the cow will changing hands, sometimes legitimately, sometimes not. Finally the cow is sold to a rich man who also wants to buy the vendor woman, who is also called Fiorina.
The Double
The Double (1971)

Directed by Romolo Guerrieri
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosè, Ewa Aulin, Silvano Tranquilli, Antonio Pierfederici, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Roles Lucia
Rating55% 2.753442.753442.753442.753442.75344
Un soir, en rentrant chez lui, un architecte nommé Giovanni est abattu à coups de pistolets par un mystérieux inconnu dans le parking de son immeuble. Entre les détonations fatales de son agresseur, la mémoire de Giovanni se remémore le fil de son histoire et tente, de même que le spectateur, de comprendre pourquoi la vie de Giovanni va s’arrêter d’un instant à l’autre.
Start the Revolution Without Me, 1h31
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles
Roles Christina
Rating63% 3.196553.196553.196553.196553.19655
Two sets of identical twins, played by Wilder and Sutherland, are accidentally switched at birth. One set, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, is aristocratic and haughty, while the other set, Charles and Claude Coupé, is poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigues.
Death Laid an Egg, 1h26
Directed by Giulio Questi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ewa Aulin, Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Sobieski, Giulio Donnini, Biagio Pelligra
Roles Gabrielle
Rating58% 2.949392.949392.949392.949392.94939
Married couple Anna (Gina Lollobrigida) and Marco (Jean-Louis Trintignant) run a hi-tech automated poultry farm, breeding boneless chickens. Unbeknownst to Anna, Marco is a serial killer, who lures prostitutes to motel rooms before stabbing them. The arrival of Anna's cousin Gabri (Ewa Aulin) further fragments the troubled marriage, as she and Marco begin an affair and conspire to run away together. However, Gabri is actually planning, with her husband Mondaini (Jean Sobieski), to kill Anna and frame Marco, as they have discovered Marco's secret. What Gabri and Mondaini do not know is that Marco's fixation is not with killing prostitutes, but simply hiring them to role-play murders, letting them go safely and handsomely paid. As such, when Anna's murder is discovered, the police focus their attention on Gabri, suspecting her of committing the murder out of sibling jealousy. Marco and Mondaini struggle at the farm, Marco falling into a machine used to grind chicken feed. Gabri and Mondaini are eventually arrested for Anna's murder, as the farm chickens feed on Marco's ground corpse.
Candy
Candy (1968)
, 2h4
Directed by Christian Marquand
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Sex comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ewa Aulin, John Astin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn
Roles Candy Christian
Rating51% 2.553552.553552.553552.553552.55355
High school student Candy (former Miss Teen Sweden Ewa Aulin) seemingly descends to Earth from space. In the relatively simple plot, she naively endures an escalating series of situations in which her oblivious allure triggers satirical porn-film-like encounters. Roger Ebert wrote, "Candy caroms from one man to another like a nympho in a pinball machine, and the characters she encounters are improbable enough to establish Terry Southern's boredom with the conventions of pornography."
Deadly Sweet, 1h47
Directed by Tinto Brass
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Vira Silenti, Roberto Bisacco, David Prowse
Roles Jane Burroughs
Rating56% 2.8042452.8042452.8042452.8042452.804245
Bernard, un acteur francophone, se trouve à Londres pour le travail. Une nuit, il a le coup de foudre pour Jane, une jeune femme incroyablement sexy, alors que celle-ci est restée frappée, incrédule et effrayée devant un homme mort. Jane se trouve embarquée dans différentes péripéties et Bernard, qui en est amoureux, la protège des dangers du mieux de ses forces. Les crimes se succèdent et Bernard découvre, au prix cher, que c'est en fait sa bien-aimée l'assassin : mais il est à présent trop tard.
Don Juan in Sicily, 1h44
Directed by Alberto Lattuada
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Ewa Aulin, Katia Christine, Rossana Martini, Roberto De Simone, Giovanni Petrucci
Roles Wanda
Rating59% 2.98222.98222.98222.98222.9822
Lattuada suit les lignes directrices du roman homonyme dû à Vitaliano Brancati : Giovanni Percolla, jeune avocat catanais mène une existence morne et paresseuse auprès de ses trois sœurs, de vieilles filles qui ne cessent de le choyer. Son occupation principale consiste à traquer la gent féminine et à entretenir, avec d'autres amis masculins, de nombreux fantasmes sexuels. Or, l'arrivée en ville de Ninetta, une fille de l'aristocratie helvète qui semble être attirée par sa personnalité, le trouble profondément. Il s'éprend d'elle et l'épouse. Après s'être séparé de ses sœurs, il s'installe avec Ninetta, au Nord, à Milan. Là, il parvient à arracher un poste intéressant qui lui permet de progresser en affaires. Sa vie amoureuse le laisse néanmoins insatisfait. Dès lors, son travail, très contraignant pourtant, ne l'empêche pas de courtiser d'autres femmes : en particulier, Wanda, l'épouse d'un concurrent. Hélas, Wanda finit dans les bras d'un de ses amis catanais. Écœuré, puis lassé par l'ambiance milanaise, Giovanni retourne en Sicile où il renoue avec ses anciennes habitudes et son mode de vie nonchalant. Lattuada a, d'une part, modifié l'état d'esprit du héros à Milan et, aspect plus important encore, l'époque du roman : Brancati situe son récit, paru en 1942, à son époque, le fascisme, tandis que le cinéaste le transporte à la sienne, celle du miracle économique italien.