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This mesmerizing debut by the great Swedish director Jan Troell is an epic bildungsroman and a multilayered representation of early twentieth-century Sweden. Based on a series of autobiographical novels by Nobel Prize winner Eyvind Johnson, Here Is Your Life follows a working-class boy’s development, from naive teenager to intellectually curious young adult, from logger to movie projectionist to politically engaged man of the people—all set against the backdrop of a slowly industrializing rural landscape. With its mix of modernist visual ingenuity and elegantly structured storytelling, this enchanting film—presented here in its original nearly three-hour cut—is a reminder that Troell is one of European cinema’s finest and most sensitive illuminators of the human condition.
Original Release
12/26/1966
US Release
12/20/1968
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Eddie Axberg | Olof Persson |
Gudrun Brost | Olof's Stepmother |
Ulla Akselson | Olof's Mother |
Bo Wahlström | Older brother |
Rick Axberg | Second brother / Rick Axberg |
Holger Löwenadler | Kristiansson |
Göran Lindberg | Olsson |
Tage Sjögren | Lund |
Tage Jonsson | Linus |
Allan Edwall | August |
Directors
Writers
Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell, Eyvind Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eddie Axberg | Olof Persson |
Gudrun Brost | Olof's Stepmother |
Ulla Akselson | Olof's Mother |
Bo Wahlström | Older brother |
Rick Axberg | Second brother / Rick Axberg |
Holger Löwenadler | Kristiansson |
Göran Lindberg | Olsson |
Tage Sjögren | Lund |
Tage Jonsson | Linus |
Allan Edwall | August |
Anna Maria Blind | Woman in Tale |
Birger Lensander | Brickworks Intendant |
Max von Sydow | Smålands-Pelle |
Ulf Palme | Larsson |
Jan-Erik Lindqvist | Johansson |
Börje Nyberg | Intendant |
Gunnar Björnstrand | Lundgren |
Stig Törnblom | Fredrik |
Åke Fridell | Nicke Larsson |
Ulla Sjöblom | Olivia |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bengt Forslund | Producer |