Bille August

Director · Born 9 November 1948 · 8 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

7 of Bille August’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 2 on Cineasterna, 2 on SVT Play, 1 on Disney+, 1 on Max and 4 more services. Highest rated available: The Count of Monte Cristo (2025) ★ 7.9.

Bille August  (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.

Directing

• The Kiss (2022)
• The Chinese Widow (2017)
• Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• The Best Intentions (1991)
• Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction (2023)
• The Pact (2021)

Created

• The Count of Monte Cristo (2025)

Writing

• The Kiss (2022)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• The House of the Spirits (1993)
• Les Misérables (1998)
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
• A Fortunate Man (2018)
• 55 Steps (2018)
• Return to Sender (2004)
• Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
• Goodbye Bafana (2007)
• To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
• The Best Intentions (1992)
• Silent Heart (2014)