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The Freethinker (1994)

Directed by Peter Watkins, Saman Ali, Hedvig Blidberg, Eva Bowden, Ria Busch, Göran Bäuerle, Ann Duroj, Maryn Eales, Thérèse Ferry, Mats Gustavsson, Annika Hallström, Jan-Anders Hansson, Fredrik Heurlin, Åsa Hoflin, Charlie Kristiansson, Peter Lindnér, Stefan Norlin, Pauli Saastamoinen, Robert Stengård, Daniel Strömberg, Ziskas Szemes, Helen Walhgren, Åsa Wendel, Niklas Westergren

Overview

The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg’s life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama “The Free Thinker” (1869), to the posthumously published “The Occult Diary” (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama “The Free Thinker”, depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author’s own life.

Length 276 minutes

Actors

Anders Mattsson | Lena Settervall | Roland Borgström | Ingela Berger | Torsten Föllinger | Mikael Rubbestad | Emil Eriksson | Karin Rubbestad | Camilla Lindberg | Karin Jansson | Sofi Holt | Jonas Holt | Karin Hagås | Göran Boll | Sofia Björnstedt | Lina Svanberg | Rune Jacobsson | Berit Bornecrantz | Maria Bång | Råger Wilson | Mats Kempe | Daniel Norbäck | Ralph M. Fleischer | Annmari Kastrup | Arne Johnson | Mats Eriksson | Roland Bolin | Tomas Lundvik | Magnus Eriksson | Margaretha Björkman | Carl-Magnus Åkerlund | Erik Åkerlund | Torbjörn Stenmark | Fredrik Heurlin | Ann Duroj | Peter Lindnér | Ulf Andersson | Peter Watkins | Hans Wilhelm Löwgren | Staffan Söderholm | Staffan Lennström | Lars Wester | Niklas Westergren | Torbjörn Cederqvist | Jan Gustavsson | Bengt Josefsson | Ulf Landergren | Margret Lundvik | Ellen Forslund | Barbro Björkman | Gösta Jurdell | Mats Lindberg | Etel Lundström | Evilina Lundström | Lisa Lundström | Annika Westerhult | Kristina Brant | George Häggvik | Lisen Häggvik | Arne Järneberg | Taisto Kirjavainen | Ellinor Lundvik | Matias Henriksson | Kerstin Harrison | Mattias Knave | Pia Bergendahl | Lena Nilsen | Anna Kåstedt | Pia Andersson | Marianne Engström | Magnus Stefanson | Sven Arne Svanberg | Lis-Kulla Moltke-Hoff | Sabine Burgwedel | Pierre Stahre | Krister Henriksson | Gunilla Abrahamsson | Max Lundqvist | Jaquiline Ramel | Anders Palm | Nina Carlheim-Gyllenskjöld | Jan Dalberg | Yasmine Garbi