Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
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Pernille Fischer Christensen
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2 wins & 9 nominations.
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Cast
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| Alba August | ... | Astrid | |
| Trine Dyrholm | ... | Maria Bonnevie | |
| Henrik Rafaelsen | ... | Magnus Krepper | |
| Björn Gustafsson | ... | Sture | |
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Marius Damslev | ... | Lasse 3 year |
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Willy Ramnek Petri | ... | Gunnar |
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Liv LeMoyne | ... | Saga |
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Sofia Karemyr | ... | Madicken |
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Mira Mitchell | ... | Berta |
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Maria Fahl-Vikander | ... | Astrid 1987 (as Maria Fahl Vikander) |
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Maria Alm Norell | ... | Olivia |
| Lars Väringer | ... | Kak direktor | |
| Eric Ericson | ... | Läkare (as Eric Ericsson) | |
| Li Brådhe | ... | Landlady | |
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Sidsel Arnfred | ... | Midwife |
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Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
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Release Date:
14 September 2018 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,361, 25 November 2018, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$120,486, 28 March 2019Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Not since I was a child have I thought of the name Pippi Longstocking. I don't remember the books, nor did I ever know the name of the author, but as a writer myself I was interested in seeing this movie. I found it very engrossing and educational, both about Astrid Ericsson Lindgren and about Swedish culture in the early twentieth century. (I was so impressed with the scene in which Astrid's father had a completely civil conversation with the man who had impregnated his adolescent daughter.) Though I know nothing about Astrid besides her being the author of Pippi Longstocking, I thought Alba August did an excellent job of playing her. As a veritable child with a baby she couldn't keep, or at least thought she couldn't, she portrayed understandable ambivalence and indecisiveness. She also played her seeming cluelessness about being a mother very well. I also came away with a strong sense of why she became a writer of children's books. It was a worthwhile way of spending a couple of hours.