The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
as August Strindberg
as Siri von Essen
as Carl-Oskar Strindberg
as Ulrika Eleonora Strindberg
as August Strindberg (Old)
as August Strindberg (12 Years Old)
as August Strindberg (7 Years Old)
as Eva Karlsson
as Karin Strindberg (14 Years Old)
as Karin Strindberg (8 Years Old)
as Greta Strindberg (6 Years Old)
as Hans Strindberg (4 Years Old)
as Ann Marie
as Carl-Gustaf Wrangel
as Sofia in de Betou
as Ina Forstén
as Per Staaff
as Anne Charlotte Leffler
as Alfhild Agrell
as Axel Lundegård
as Hjalmar Branting
as Tor Hedberg
as Oscar Levertin
as Wilhelmina
as Surveyor
as Policeman
as Rosqvist
as Captain
as Bureaucrat
as Protester
as Protester
as Protester
as Protester
as Protester
as Protester
as Protester
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Critic
as Critic
as Critic
as Critic
as Critic
as Pub Discusser
as Pub Discusser
as Pub Discusser
as Pub Discusser
as Pub Discusser
as Pub Discusser
as Emigrant
as Emigrant
as Emigrant
as Emigrant
as Emigrant
as Emigrant
as Emigrant
as Construction Worker
as Construction Worker
as Construction Worker
as Construction Worker
as Construction Worker
as Construction Worker
as Anton Stuxberg
as Siri's Girlfriend
as Carl Larsson
as Helena Frankenfeldt
as Gurli Åberg
as Maid
as Marie David
as Sofie Holten
as Ville Walgren
as Carl Nordström
as Lise
as Karin Larsson
as The Stranger
as The Major
as Laura
as Master Olof
as Kristina
as Gert
as Interrogator at the Orionteatern
as Interrogator at the Orionteatern
as Harriet Bosse
as The Lady
