Mina drömmars stad

 

Mina drömmars stad 1976

• Director: Ingvar Skogsberg
• Based on the book by Per Anders Fogelström
• Cast: Eddy Axberg, Britt-Louis Tillbom,
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Eddie Axberg – Nybyggarna, Utvandrarna, Här har du ditt liv
• Why? We read the book in our Swedish book circle.
• Seen: Once before. Now 9 January 2024               

        Fifteen year old Henning Nilsson (Axberg) walks into Stockholm in the mid 1800’s to find work. This is his story. Poverty, hunger, back-breaking work for little pay, or even worse, no work at all. But also happiness with his wife Lotten (Tillbom) and their children, friendship, solidarity, the slow endangered beginning of the working class waking up to the oppression crushing them.

       Based on one of the most beloved novels in Sweden and narrated by the author Per Anders Fogelström himself, it’s a Swedish film typical of the 70s, slow-moving, heavy, but emotional and gripping.

 4 * of 5