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Amorosa
Amorosa

Amorosa

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Drama

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About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Runtime

117 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

14 March 1986

Country

Sweden

Cast

Stina Ekblad

Stina Ekblad

Agnes von Krusenstjerna

Erland Josephson

Erland Josephson

David Sprengel

Philip Zandén

Philip Zandén

Adolf von Krusenstjerna

Lena T. Hansson

Lena T. Hansson

Ava de Geer

Peter Schildt

Peter Schildt

Gerhard Odencrantz

Catherine de Seynes

Catherine de Seynes

Eva von Krusenstjerna

Olof Thunberg

Olof Thunberg

Ernst von Krusenstjerna

Börje Ahlstedt

Börje Ahlstedt

Joachin Rosenhjelm

Inga Gill

Inga Gill

Miss Tollen

Gösta Krantz

Gösta Krantz

Felix

Anita Björk

Anita Björk

Arvida

Heinz Hopf

Heinz Hopf

Doctor Iller

Anja Landgré

Anja Landgré

Magnhild

Mimi Pollak

Mimi Pollak

Miss Rosenhjelm

Gunnel Broström

Gunnel Broström

Evelina Hamilton

Lauritz Falk

Lauritz Falk

Hugo Hamilton

Johan Rabaeus

Johan Rabaeus

Jan Guy Hamilton

Rico Rönnbäck

Rico Rönnbäck

Edward von Krusenstjerna

Margreth Weivers

Margreth Weivers

Beda

Henrik Schildt

Henrik Schildt

Frey Odencrantz

Nils Eklund

Nils Eklund

Salomon

Allan Svensson

Allan Svensson

Constable

Helene Friberg

Helene Friberg

Viveka Hamilton

Karin Forslind

Karin Forslind

Eva Hamilton

Inga Landgré

Inga Landgré

Nurse Clara

Efva Lilja

Efva Lilja

Johan Schildt

Johan Schildt

Anneli Martini

Anneli Martini

Eva von Hanno

Eva von Hanno

John Zacharias

John Zacharias

Sten Lonnert

Sten Lonnert

Gustav Kling

Gustav Kling

Leif Göras

Leif Göras

Ulf von Zweigbergk

Ulf von Zweigbergk

Tomas Laustiola

Tomas Laustiola

Bo Rehnberg

Bo Rehnberg

Ulf Montan

Ulf Montan

Paul Kessel

Paul Kessel

Carlo Barsotti

Carlo Barsotti

Federico Caprara

Federico Caprara

Lamberto Caprara

Lamberto Caprara

Peter Gröning

Peter Gröning

Bissa Abelli

Bissa Abelli

Efisio Coletti

Efisio Coletti

Lennart Järnstad

Lennart Järnstad

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