Amorosa (1986)

Amorosa (1986)

1986-03-14 Sweden 117 Min. PG-13
5.4 11 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Stina Ekblad is Agnes von Krusenstjerna
Agnes von Krusenstjerna
Erland Josephson is David Sprengel
David Sprengel
Philip Zandén is Adolf von Krusenstjerna
Adolf von Krusenstjerna
Lena T. Hansson is Ava de Geer
Ava de Geer
Peter Schildt is Gerhard Odencrantz
Gerhard Odencrantz
Catherine de Seynes is Eva von Krusenstjerna
Eva von Krusenstjerna
Olof Thunberg is Ernst von Krusenstjerna
Ernst von Krusenstjerna
Börje Ahlstedt is Joachin Rosenhjelm
Joachin Rosenhjelm
Inga Gill is Miss Tollen
Miss Tollen
Anita Björk is Arvida
Heinz Hopf is Doctor Iller
Doctor Iller