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Synopsis: About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940) during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel (1880-1941). 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.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Mai Zetterling
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Year:
1986
117 min
32 Views


...who entered the world

to look for love.

Is mother feeling alright?

She's calmer now.

Doctor Iller gave her an injection.

Poor father...

I'll note down the expenses... Your

notes will probably be more exciting.

I write about love.

Mother would like to talk with you

about that subject.

What does mother know about love?

What does Agnes know about love?

Be careful.

So you'll not end up like Aimee...

...who got sent to a mental institution

soon after her engagement.

It's in the family, Pa.

We are allergic to love. It makes us

sick. The women anyway.

How come, Pa?

How come we're afraid of love?

Why? Always "why?".

Can love make you sick, Pa?

Can it?

You're living in a fantasy.

If I didn't, would I have

the strength to live?

God, you two look

like a loving couple!

Dr. Iller, would you like to meet our daughter?

It was so long since we last saw you.

Agnes has grown up.

Whispers:
It would be wonderful

to sleep with Agnes.

You're not writing anything inappropriate,

I hope? We want you to make us proud.

Don't be worried. It will be

a cheerful little girl's book.

"Daughter of Colonel Ernst von

Krusenstjerna and his wife Eva"

"Daughters daughter to

Erik Gustaf Geijer... "

Maybe it was because of my nobility

that my book was accepted.

Our well-behaved little daughter...

An authoress...!

I'll go get Dr. Illers coat.

Poor young woman! She has

taken on a hard lap.

Love can't be forced.

It will come by itself.

But she didn't yet know.

Love...

...tenderness...

...infatuation...

...infatuation...

...eroticism...

...sensuality...

...sensuality.

Miss von Krusenstjerna managed

just fine with director Molander.

Congratulations.

It was thanks to Mr. Sprengel.

I'm said to have a sharp tongue...

I hope for a frank criticism when Mr.

Sprengel has finished reading my new book.

You're not afraid of my criticism,

Miss von Krusenstjerna?

I am, but I want it anyway. I admire

everything you have written immensely,

You may call me Agnes.

Being an author is to go to war.

It takes courage to have talent.

Do you have courage, Agnes?

Do Agnes also have courage to go

for a ride with me in the swan?

I thought it was forbidden

to use the props?

The forbidden is

the most alluring...

You must be mad!

You're mad!

Reasonable people adapt themselves to

the world and become boring.

Unreasonable people attempt to adapt

the world to themselves.

All progress depends on unreasonable

people, said Shaw. David Sprengel agrees.

Don't judge me by my outer shell. The best

fishing is at the greatest depth.

If you won't love me,

I'll drown myself.

The water is wet this year.

Haven't Agnes got a heart?

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Mai Zetterling

Mai Elisabeth Zetterling (Swedish pronunciation: [mâjː sɛ̂tːəɭɪ̂ŋ]; 24 May 1925 - 17 March 1994) was a Swedish actress and film director. more…

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