Die Stadt meiner Träume (1976)
33KDie Stadt meiner Träume: Directed by Ingvar Skogsberg. With Eddie Axberg, Britt-Louise Tillbom, Kjell-Hugo Grandin, Gunilla Larsson. In late 19th century Stockholm, young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive while dreaming of freedom in a city where there are those who own and those who are owned. Based on the first book of the City series by Per Anders Fogelström, who also is the narrator of the film.
“More than 100 votes and no review so far is a bit surprising. Anyway, I checked out an old review that I wrote to this and I found the words u0026quot;good actingu0026quot; which is not as true after a second look. The lines are mainly delivered unconvincingly and slowly, as is the film itself: mostly tedious. It was obviously made in the wake of the success of Jan Troellu0026#39;s Emigrants epics (also starring Eddie Axberg), but this lacks what made those films great.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat it has is first and foremost beautiful cinematography and the pathos for its characters (it is clearly made in the very RED 1970s Sweden) but this is not the place to start looking for quality drama depicting 19th century Scandinavia.”
