Amorosa (1986)

Drama

This well-executed biographical docudrama is a plunge into the madness (and the sanity) of a writer living life on its rawest edges. Agnes Von Krusenstjarna (Stina Ekbland) was a Swedish novelist (1894-1940) whose works ranged from the idyllically romantic to crushingly sardonic, sexually explicit autobiography. Von Krusenstjarna teamed up with the eccentric bisexual David Sprengel (Erland Josephson) and continued to suffer bouts of mental instability that Sprengel felt were best cured by sexual abandon. Von Krusenstjarna was not a model of emotional health when she first met Sprengel. She had inherited madness from her family while at the same time passionately rebelled against the narrow-minded mores of her genteel but poor parents. With his own wildly unorthodox behavior, Sprengel both helped and hindered Von Krusenstjarna throughout their turbulent relationship.

Updated May 28 2020

Releases:

MoreLess Releases

Keywords:

woman director

FACTS

Runtime: 117 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

Börje Ahlstedt

Joachin Rosenhjelm

Inga Gill

Miss Tollen

Inga Landgré

Nurse Clara

Erland Josephson

David Sprengel

Catherine de Seynes

Eva von Krusenstjerna

Stina Ekblad

Agnes von Krusenstjerna

Lena T. Hansson

Ava de Geer

Lauritz Falk

Hugo Hamilton