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The Ghost Sonata (1972)

The Ghost Sonata (1972)

Drama

A Chamber Play by August Strindberg

Release Date: 1972, October 30
Directors: Johan Bergenstråhle
Countries: Sweden
Cast: Per Myrberg, Gunnar Björnstrand, Marie Göranzon, Stefan Ekman, Lilian Johansson, Anders Nyström, Allan Edwall, Ulla Sjöblom, Lars Lennartsson, Inger Jalmert-Moritz, Chris Wahlström, Sture Ericson

Overview:

The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation. The play centers on a family of strangers who meet for the sake of meeting. They exchange no dialogue, nor gestures, they simply sit and bask in their own misfortune.

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based on play or musical strindberg