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The Freethinker
Directed by Peter Watkins, Eva Bowden, Niklas Westergren, à sa Wendel, Annika Hallström, Robert StengÄrd, Stefan Norlin, Daniel Strömberg, Peter Lindnér, à sa Hoflin, Hedvig Blidberg, Ria Busch, Ann Duroj, Mats Gustavsson, Charlie Kristiansson, Fredrik Heurlin, Göran BÀuerle, Pauli Saastamoinen, ThérÚse Ferry, Helen Walhgren, Maryn Eales, Jan-Anders Hansson, Saman Ali, Ziskas Szemes
1994
4 h 36 min
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 The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the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.
