Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Mai ZetterlingDirector
- Mai ZetterlingWriter
- Roger WallisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Stina EkbladAgnes von Krusenstjerna
- Erland JosephsonDavid Sprengel
- Philip ZandénAdolf von Krusenstjerna
- Lena T. HanssonAva de Geer
- Peter SchildtGerhard Odencrantz
- Catherine de SeynesEva von Krusenstjerna
- Olof ThunbergErnst von Krusenstjerna
- Börje AhlstedtJoachin Rosenhjelm
- Inga GillMiss Tollen
- Gösta KrantzFelix
- Anita BjörkArvida
- Heinz HopfDoctor Iller
Stills
Themes
woman director