Movie about edvard munch biography
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Movie about edvard munch biography
Edvard Munch (film)
1974 Sweden/Norway film
| Edvard Munch | |
|---|---|
DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Peter Watkins |
| Written by | Peter Watkins |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Peter Watkins |
| Cinematography | Odd Geir Sæther |
| Edited by | Peter Watkins |
Release date | |
Running time | 210 minutes/174 minutes (US) |
| Country | Sweden/Norway |
| Language | English/Norwegian |
Edvard Munch (Norwegian pronunciation:[ˈɛ̀dvɑɖˈmʊŋk]ⓘ) is a 1974 biographical film about the NorwegianExpressionistpainterEdvard Munch, written and directed by English filmmaker Peter Watkins.
It was originally created as a three-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks NRK and SVT, but subsequently gained an American theatrical release in a three-hour version in 1976. The film covers about thirty years of Munch's life, focusing on the influences that shaped his art, particularly the prevalence of disease and death in his family and his youthful affair with a marri