Here's Your Life
Brief Synopsis
A working-class boy struggles to find himself through a series of jobs and romances.
Cast & Crew
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Jan Troell
Director
Eddie Axberg
Olof
Ulla Sjöblom
Olivia
Gunnar Björnstrand
Lundgren
Per Oscarsson
Niklas
Ulf Palme
Larsson
Film Details
Also Known As
Här har du ditt liv
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
Jan
1968
Premiere Information
New York opening: 19 Dec 1968
Production Company
Svensk Filmindustri
Distribution Company
Brandon Films
Country
Sweden
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Romanen om Olof by Eyvind Johnson (Stockholm, 1945).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 59m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White, Color
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Synopsis
In 1914, fourteen-year-old Olof takes a job as a timber floater at a logging camp in Norrbotten in northern Sweden. The work is grueling, but Olof stays with it until the approach of winter forces him to find a job at a brickyard-sawmill. His disillusionment and anger upon discovering his boss's callousness toward a workman injured in an accident lead to Olof's being fired. At his next job, as a billboard sticker and candy salesman in a Boden movie theater, he meets his first girl friend, Maria; but his love for her is short-lived. Touring the summer village fairs as an assistant to Nicke, a motion picture projectionist, Olof boasts of his sexual activities, but later he reveals his inexperience by turning down a sexual invitation from Nicke's girl friend, Olivia. After hearing through a wall the sounds of Nicke and Olivia making love, Olof runs away, finds a job in a blacksmith's shop, and has his first sexual encounter when he seduces the blacksmith's daughter. Leaving her with merely a handshake, Olof takes a train out of town and arrives at a political rally. Upon returning to his job at the movie theater, he discovers that his acquired socialist leanings displease his boss, and he is fired. Retracing his steps, Olof sets up housekeeping with Olivia, but tiring of her wantonness, he soon leaves her and goes to work for a railroad. When his plans to call a strike and organize a union fail, Olof gets drunk for the first time in his life. Finally, as World War I ends, Olof looks back on his experiences, satisfied that he has become a man, and heads south in search of new adventures.
Director
Jan Troell
Director
Cast
Eddie Axberg
Olof
Ulla Sjöblom
Olivia
Gunnar Björnstrand
Lundgren
Per Oscarsson
Niklas
Ulf Palme
Larsson
Signe Stade
Maria
Allan Edwall
August
Anna Maria Blind
August's wife
Åke Fridell
Nicke Larsson
Holger Löwenadler
Kristiansson
Gudrun Brost
Olof's stepmother
Göran Lindberg
Olssen
Jan-erik Lindqvist
Johansson
Max Von Sydow
Smålands-Pelle
Stig Törnblom
Fredrik
Ulla Akselson
Mother
Börje Nyberg
Foreman
Katarina Edfeldt
Maja
Ulla Blomstrand
Elfrisina
Bengt Ekerot
Byberg
Bo Wahlström
Older brother
Rick Axberg
2d brother
Göran Lindberg
Olsson
Tage Sjögren
Lund
Tage Jonsson
Linus
Birger Lensander
Manager at brickworks
Friedrich Ochsner
Smith
Millgård Björklund
Union member
Bertil Linné
Gustafsson
Crew
Film Details
Also Known As
Här har du ditt liv
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
Jan
1968
Premiere Information
New York opening: 19 Dec 1968
Production Company
Svensk Filmindustri
Distribution Company
Brandon Films
Country
Sweden
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Romanen om Olof by Eyvind Johnson (Stockholm, 1945).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 59m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White, Color
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
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Here's Your Life
A working-class boy struggles to find himself through a series of jobs and romances.
Here's Your Life
A working-class boy struggles to find himself through a series of jobs and romances.
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Filmed on location in Sweden and released there in December 1966 as Här har du ditt liv; running time: 167 min.
