The Freethinker (movie)
Fritänkaren- User score: 6.7
- Production country: Sweden
- Producer: Göran Bäuerle , Mats Gustavsson , Thérèse Ferry , Fredrik Heurlin , Åsa Hoflin , Pauli Saastamoinen , Åsa Wendel , Hedvig Blidberg , Maryn Eales , Stefan Norlin , Ziskas Szemes , Peter Lindnér , Saman Ali , Annika Hallström , Helen Walhgren , Charlie Kristiansson , Ria Busch , Eva Bowden , Jan-Anders Hansson , Robert Stengård , Daniel Strömberg , Ann Duroj , Niklas Westergren , Peter Watkins
- Production companies: Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund, Nordens Biskops-Arnö folkhögskola, Svenska Filminstitutet
- Genre: History
- Release date: 9/3/1994
- Run time: 276 min.
Movie description
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 The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the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.
