The Adventures of Picasso ( Picassos äventyr )

The Adventures of Picasso (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Picassos äventyr
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Mono )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Tage Danielsson

Written By:
Hans Alfredson
Tage Danielsson

Actors:
Gösta Ekman ..... Picasso
Hans Alfredson ..... Don Jose
Margaretha Krook ..... Dona Maria
Lena Olin ..... Dolores
Bernard Cribbins ..... Gertrude Stein
Wilfrid Brambell ..... Alice B. Toklas
Lennart Nyman ..... Henri Rousseau
Per Oscarsson ..... Apollinaire
Elisabeth Söderström ..... Mimi
Gösta Winbergh ..... Picasso's singing voice (voice)
Birgitta Andersson ..... Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim
Magnus Härenstam ..... Hitler
Sune Mangs ..... Churchill
Yngve Gamlin ..... Djagilev
Lisbeth Zachrisson ..... Olga

Synopsis:

Rarely does a film do homage to a serious artist through the medium of a madcap farce, as this one does; however, Picasso was known for an irreverent and ribald sense of humor which is quite in line with this Swedish film, Picassos Aeventyr. In a skit recounting his birth, a woman's heavy breathing is demonstrated to have nothing to do with childbirth. Another skit features an appearance by Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, played by two very masculine men in dowdy drag. In one particularly irreverent scene, Dr. Albert Schweitzer operates on Picasso. Picasso (Goesta Ekman) himself escapes the excessive commercialization of his works through a kind of suicidal self-transcendance. Told in a stripped-down mixture of French, Spanish and English, most will have no difficulty understanding the film's humor. Picassos Aeventyr is done in a style which has been compared that of Mel Brooks; as with Brooks' works, and some might not appreciate its broad humor.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 08 December, 2008.

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