The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso show talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is ... See full summary »

Director:

Tage Danielsson

Writers:

Hans Alfredson, Tage Danielsson

Stars:

Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gösta Ekman	...	Picasso
Hans Alfredson	...	Don José
Margaretha Krook	...	Doña Maria
Lena Olin	...	Dolores
Bernard Cribbins	...	Gertrude Stein / Narrator
Wilfrid Brambell	...	Alice B. Toklas
Lennart Nyman	...	Henri Rousseau
Per Oscarsson	...	Apollinaire
Elisabeth Söderström	...	Mimi
Gösta Winbergh	...	Picasso (singing voice) (as Gösta Winberg)
Birgitta Andersson	...	Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim
Magnus Härenstam	...	Hitler
Sune Mangs	...	Churchill
Yngve Gamlin	...	Djagilev
Lisbeth Zachrisson	...	Olga

Storyline

Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso show talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is discovered by a rich American millionaire and starts to earn money. But he wastes his talent by painting plates. He meets the famous people of the 1920s: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler and Churchill.

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Plot Keywords:

fictional biography | painting | life story | spain | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Tusen kärleksfulla lögner av Hans Alfredson och Tage Danielsson

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Finnish song, repeatedly sung by Sirkka, is a recipe for a pastry of fish and bacon. Translation: How you cook "fish-rooster": first take water, salt, then butter and flour and knead, knead, then knead. Then take fish and bacon and put it on the dough, darling. Put it in the oven to bake, and forget it for a while. We start again, then kneed, kneed.

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Goofs

During the doctors visit after Don Jose death and rigor mortis, the corpse blinks during the doctors efforts to straighten the body out. (this may be explained however, in that it turns out Don Jose was only in suspended animation, and everyone thought he was dead).

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Quotes

Elsa Beskow: Ingrid Svensson-Guggenheim were among many who didn't understand Picassos work. But she knew it was expensive, and therefore immortal.

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Alternate Versions

Scenes making fun of Prohibition and the electric chair were deleted in the US version, making it eleven minutes shorter than the Swedish original. The filmmakers were not informed.

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Connections

References Svea hund på Göta Lejon (1976)

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Soundtracks

My Old Kentucky Home (Good Night)
Lyrics and Music Composed by Stephen Foster (as Stephen C. Foster) (1853)
Sung by Hans Alfredson (in English)

User Reviews

A very nice movie

This comedy is one of the funniest I ever seen. If you know the story of Picasso you will laugh at every new scene. It's a nice way of presenting a big artist and make people learn more about him. The actors are very good and some of them are among the top swedish actors.

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish German Spanish Latin Italian French Finnish English Russian

Release Date:

20 May 1978 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Picasso

Filming Locations:

Tomelilla, Skåne län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Svenska Ord, Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1